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89-year-old man keeps tradition alive at Shelby Bicycle Days
SHELBY — Bob Chilcote smiled and waved from the back of an open trailer as it rolled down Main Street during the Shelby Bicycle Days parade on Saturday afternoon. Chilcote has been part of the parade every year since the founding of Shelby Bicycle Days 28 years ago. Normally, he rides his bicycle, but the […]
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GALLERY: Shelby Bicycle Days 2020 parade
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Soul Brothers returning to Cyclops
MANSFIELD — As far as Cleve Gordon is concerned, the Soul Brothers softball tournament is back where it belongs. The tournament, a longtime fixture in Mansfield, will return to the recently-renovated Cyclops Circle from July 24 to 26. “I think the last time the tournament was held was 2005,” said Gordon, the event organizer. “They […]
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Golf coaches hope for best as season approaches
GALION — All Bryce Lehman and the rest of his high school golf coaching colleagues can do is keep their fingers crossed. With the season scheduled to tee off Aug. 5, golf is the canary in the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s coal mine in terms of implementation of social distancing protocols. While every sport […]
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Balderson visits Mansfield in “back-to-business tour”
MANSFIELD — Congressman Troy Balderson visited Mansfield on Friday during his “back-to-business tour.” Balderson said his primary purpose was to check on business owners and get feedback on federal aid programs such as the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans. “I want to continue looking at the small businesses and seeing what needs […]
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Richland County may spend $500K in CARES Act funds to help with local mobile learning
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners may consider spending $500,000 in coronavirus relief funds to help facilitate mobile learning in the county’s schools. Commissioner Tony Vero said Friday, after another meeting with local school superintendents, the county would like to secure mobile internet hotspots for individual students to use at home when the 2020-2021 school year […]
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How racism impacts health issues
Editor’s Note: This is a monthly educational series about racism. Contributors include Donna Hight, Beth Castle, Margaret Lin, Deanna West-Torrence, Renda Cline, Tiffany Mitchell, Crystal Davis Weese, Brigitte Coles and Amy Hiner. MANSFIELD — While statistical evidence is vague connecting racism to health issues, there are well-documented instances of this disparity. “When we look at the […]
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Galion City Schools conducting kindergarten screenings Aug. 10 and 11
GALION – The Galion City Schools will hold kindergarten registration and screening Aug. 10 and 11. Families enrolling kindergarten children should do so by calling the district’s Administrative Office at 419-468-3432 ext. 13000. Any child five-years-old on or before Aug. 1, 2020 is eligible to register. Kindergarten registration and screening appointments are required, and are […]
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Christine Diener
Christine Diener, age 100, quietly passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2020 at Lexington Court Care Center. As a long member of the Apostolic Christian Church she knew she would be received with open arms into the Kingdom of Heaven. Christine was born September 20, 1919 to Phillip and Maria (Wilging) Neider in Crvenka, Yugoslavia. […]