MANSFIELD, Ohio – Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist, an extension program of The Ohio State University, will hold training for Richland County volunteers. This program has not been offered in over ten years. The mission of the Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist (OCVN) program is to promote awareness and citizen stewardship of Ohio’s natural resources through science-based […]
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John F. Heitzman
John F. Heitzman, 74, of Galion, died Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Galion Community Hospital, Galion, after an apparent heart attack while at home. John was born in Galion on May 23, 1940. His mother, Maebelle (Rowe) Heitzman died giving birth to John. He was raised by his father, the late Frederick Heitzman, and Theresa […]
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Dorothy M. Eckstein
Dorothy M. Eckstein, 83, of Galion died Thursday morning, April 9, 2015 at home after failing health. Dorothy was born May 26, 1931 in Cuyahoga County to Charles and Garland (Rothschild) Eckstein. After her graduation from New Washington High School in 1949 she married Emerson Eckstein three months later on September 17, 1949. A member […]
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Joseph O. Gregory
Joseph O. Gregory, age 74 of Galion passed away Thursday morning, April 9, 2015 at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus after suffering a recent stroke. He was born March 19, 1941 in Galion and was the son of Orville and Esther (Zeller) Gregory. On March 19, 1961 he married Maxine M. (Morton) […]
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Detective Chris Brunk to retire June 5
Detective Christopher D. Brunk announced his retirement from the Mansfield Division of Police effective June 5. Detective Brunk began his career with the Mansfield Division of Police on June 21, 1982 as a Dispatcher and served in that capacity until his appointment as a Police Officer on Aug. 4, 1984. He served as a Patrol […]
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Active Design: Re-Defining Richland Workshop
MANSFIELD, Ohio – Richland Public Health and community partners will host an upcoming workshop to promote active living through design. The Active Design: Re-Defining Richland workshop will be held on April 16, beginning at 8 a.m., at the Gorman Nature Center, 2295 Lexington Avenue in Mansfield. The workshop will be facilitated by the Center for […]
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Severe weather forecast for Mansfield area
MANSFIELD, Ohio – The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch effective through Friday morning. Periods of heavy rainfall are expected today and into Friday morning. Rounds of thunderstorms could bring an additional one to three inches of rain to parts of Ohio. Thunderstorms that develop could produce damaging wind gusts in excess […]
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Albert Kenneth Leitenberger, Sr.
Albert Kenneth Leitenberger, Sr., 83, of Mansfield, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015. He was born December 27, 1931, in Mansfield, Ohio, to the late Conrad and Katherine (Bogantz) Leitenberger. Al graduated from Mansfield Senior High School in 1949. He worked as a tool and die maker at Westinghouse beginning in 1950, then for Electrolux […]
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Margaret H. Eckert
Margaret H. Eckert, age 89 of Leesville passed away on what would have been her 68th wedding anniversary to Ike on Thursday morning, April 9, 2015 at Crestwood Care Center in Shelby. She was born May 31, 1925 in Galion and was the daughter of Clyde and Julia (Christman) Winch. On April 9, 1947 she […]
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Katherine M. (Tharp) Damron
Katherine M. (Tharp) Damron -“Kitty”, 68 of Perrysville, Ohio, passed softly and peacefully on the evening of Monday, April 6, 2015, with her family by her side after a valiant battle resulting from a stroke. Kitty joins her father, Weldon V. Tharp “Bud”, mother, Hester Tharp, mother, Sylvia (Reardon) Cooke, and son, Eric Scott Lucas, […]