ASHLAND — No contraband was located Tuesday when eight K9 teams searched Ashland High School, Middle School and the Ashland County Community Academy, according to a press release from the Ashland Police Department. Officers from the Ashland Police Division were assisted by teams from the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office, Wooster Police Department, Lodi Police Department […]
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ODOT seeks feedback on Ashland County bridge replacement by April 30
ASHLAND – The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is proposing to replace the existing bridge on Ohio 179 at the 5.37 mile marker in Ashland County. The subject bridge is located in Ashland County on Ohio 179 at the 3.69 mile marker, just north of Mohicanville. The existing bridge is a concrete slab structure with […]
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Ashland City Schools extends superintendent’s contract
ASHLAND – Ashland City Schools superintendent Doug Marrah’s contract now extends through July 2024. District board members on Monday unanimously approved an early renewal of Marrah’s contract for five years, using a contract extension clause written into a 2016 amendment to Marrah’s contract. The clause states that if the board found Marrah’s performance satisfactory in […]
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Officials address Ashland school threat
ASHLAND – Ashland City Schools officials on Monday night addressed the social media threat that left classrooms nearly empty Friday, triggering questions from parents and community members about the district’s reaction. Police became aware of the potential threat around 11 a.m. Thursday and first made the threat public through a press release around 5:45 p.m. […]
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Loudonville grad is MVNU Athlete of the Week
MOUNT VERNON — Freshman Emily Weber won the long jump event with a leap of 5.24 meters (17′ 2.25″) at the Amy Adams Invitational at Muskingum University on Saturday, March 24, which was a new school record. That effort earned Weber the Mount Vernon Nazarene University Athlete of the Week honor. Weber hails from Loudonville, […]
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Mohican Science Day celebrates region’s top young scientists
ASHLAND – The tri-fold boards and binders that filled Ashland University’s convocation center Saturday represented thousands of hours of designing, implementing and analyzing experiments. Students used their self-directed science fair projects as an opportunity to answer some of their most pressing questions. Do vibrations make bacteria grow differently when you play Mozart than when you […]
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Hundreds take part in Ashland March For Our Lives
ASHLAND — Ashland High School senior Hannah Caram marched because she was too afraid to attend school Friday. She and her sister, Hailey, would like to see metal detectors or bag inspections in their school, or possibly even a ban on coats and backpacks — anything to make it harder to conceal a weapon. Kitty […]
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Ashland High, ACCA subjects of anonymous shooting threat
ASHLAND — The Ashland Police Department is investigating an anonymous Snapchat post containing a threat toward Ashland High School and Ashland County Community Academy. Police say a report was made to the department’s school resource officer, Jeremy Jarvis, on Thursday that a student had uncovered a threatening post on Snapchat. “I’m shooting up Ashland city […]