ASHLAND — The warmest day of the year Tuesday was an appropriate time for Ashland City Council to discuss and act on planned improvements at Brookside Park. Council voted unanimously to participate in the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance, which will allow for the resurfacing of the park’s tennis courts and other improvements through Vasco Sports. […]
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Autopsies consistent with Grate’s confession
ASHLAND – The medical examiner who conducted autopsies on the bodies of Elizabeth Griffith and Stacey Stanley testified in court Tuesday about his findings. Dr. Todd Barr, a pathologist in the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office when he conducted the autopsies for Ashland County, identified the cause of death for both victims as asphyxiation caused […]
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Diamond Gems: Division II baseball field loaded
MANSFIELD — If the Division II district baseball tournament is anything like the basketball tourney — and by all accounts it ought to be — fans had better buckle their seatbelts. The state-wide tournament draw was held over the weekend and like the basketball district tournament, the baseball district field is loaded. Of the 14 […]
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Ashland city, county officials tour WARCOG
ASHLAND – Elected officials from Ashland and Ashland County journeyed to Wooster Monday to see the Wooster Ashland Regional Council Of Governments dispatch center. By the time they left, most of the tour participants were talking about the city leaving WARCOG to rejoin the county’s dispatch center. Better known by its acronym, WARCOG is a […]
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Grate described murders as premeditated
ASHLAND — Testimony on day six of Shawn Grate’s capital murder trial in Ashland County Common Pleas court centered around Grate’s motivations and mindset before and after his alleged crimes. The prosecution picked up where it left off at the end of last week, with Ashland Police Detective Kim Mager on the witness stand. Mager […]
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ACWH Career Center donates books to UH Samaritan
ASHLAND — The Emergency Department at UH Samaritan Regional Health System was thrilled to receive carefully made-up packets of books recently donated by the Early Childhood Education program at Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center. The donation was a community service project for the students in the Early Childhood Education program. It was conceived as a […]
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ODOT cautions Ashland County drivers on these roads
ASHLAND — The Ohio Department of Transportation has issued its District 3 construction report for the Week of April 30. As a result, Ashland County drivers should use caution on these roads: State Route 39 SR 39, east of Wally Road over Black Fork of the Mohican River, will have signalized, single-lane closures to maintain […]
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Jury hears audio of Grate’s confessions
ASHLAND – Over the course of several hours of recorded interviews with police detectives, accused serial killer Shawn Grate confessed to a majority of the crimes for which he is on trial — including rape and murder. Jurors in Grate’s capital murder trial followed along with transcripts as they listened to the recordings in Ashland […]
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Hillsdale 7th grader earns academic honor from Firelands Electric Co-Op
ASHLAND — Firelands Electric Cooperative has announced the winners of The A Team drawing for the month of April. Emily McGovern is a seventh-grader at Hillsdale Middle School and is the daughter of Kent and Sheri McGovern of Jeromesville. Marson Kimberlin is the son of Benny and Jennifer Kimberlin of Greenwich and is a sixth-grader […]
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Alleged kidnapping, rape victim testifies in Grate case
ASHLAND — A tearful witness took the stand Thursday in the capital murder case against alleged serial killer Shawn Grate. The 38-year-old, who Ashland Source is referring to as Jane Doe, described the events of Sept. 11 through Sept. 13, 2016 as best as she could remember. Jane Doe said she was sitting on Grate’s […]