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Crawford County Fair promises fun-filled week
BUCYRUS — Festivities at the 160th annual Crawford County Fair are well underway. The first weekday of the 2017 fair featured close-up encounters with Bengal tigers, a sheep and lamb show and the fair’s first-ever calf scramble, an event that offered a chicken and sheep scramble for younger participants. Among the calf scramble participants was […]
Portland Way traffic to flip on Wednesday
GALION — Concrete will be poured Monday, July 17 for one lane of the Portland Way North project, according to city officials. Weather permitting, traffic will be flipped to the west lane on Wednesday so the contractor can finish the other half of the roadway. The project area, from Heise Park Lane to Carter Drive, […]
Bucyrus Police probe reported robbery at knifepoint
BUCYRUS — The Bucyrus Police detained a 27-year-old man on Saturday in connection with a robbery in the 300 block of E. Mansfield St. The man is being held on suspicion of robbery. According to police, on Saturday at approximately 5 p.m. a man sitting in his vehicle in the area was forced out of […]
ODOT cautions Crawford County drivers on these roads
GALION — The Ohio Department of Transportation has issued its weekly District 3 construction report. Crawford County drivers are urged to use caution on these roads: State Route 19 State Route 19, from the Seneca County line to SR 19 and on SR 19 to SR 100, is closed for a 14 day closure to […]
Galion Kindergarten registration set for July 26
GALION – Kindergarten registration and screening for the Galion City School District will begin at 8:40 a.m. at the Galion Primary School on Wednesday, July 26. Any child 5-years-old on or before Aug. 1, 2017 is eligible to apply. Children entering school for the first time must be screened for hearing, vision, speech and communication, […]
Contemporary Artspace comes home to Galion
GALION – Artistic types have a new space to create in Galion thanks to an alumnus who returned to her hometown. Meg Frazier, a 2000 graduate from Galion High School, opened her new gallery Contemporary Artspace earlier this year. The 2,400 square foot space, housed in the Lincoln Professional Building, is a windowless vault filled to the […]
Galion’s oldest business, Longstreth Memorials, moves to new location
GALION – After nearly 150 years of memorializing its customers and their family members through tombstones, monuments and more, Galion’s longest-running business has etched its own name into the city’s history. Longstreth Memorials opened in 1868 at 134 Harding Way West and stayed there until two months ago when it relocated to 1263 Ohio 598, also […]
ODOT cautions Crawford County drivers on these roads
GALION — The Ohio Department of Transportation has issued its road work schedule for this week. Crawford County drivers are urged to use caution on these roads: State Route 19 SR 19, from the Seneca County line to SR 19 and on SR 19 to SR 100, is closed for a 14 day closure to […]
