MADISON TOWNSHIP — Students at Madison Comprehensive High School now have their own campus coffee shop. Common Grounds is located inside the Ramble Inn, just off the high school cafeteria. The cafe is run by students in the high school’s culinary arts career tech program. The school celebrated Common Grounds’ grand opening Wednesday. Students took […]
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Mansfield Middle School mural club creates cosmic tiger painting
MANSFIELD — Demetrius Howell stood over a group of seventh grade students, each with a different shade of blue on their paintbrush. A large black canvas with the profile of a tiger sketched in white sat atop their cluster of desks. Howell is an artist, clothing designer and advisor for the new mural club at […]
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Poetry reading focuses on condition of Black life in America on March 22 at Ashland University
EDITOR’S NOTE: This event was previously stated as taking place on March 2. It will actually take place on March 22. Richland Source received incorrect information. ASHLAND — The department of English at Ashland University is sponsoring a poetry reading by visiting writer Saeed Jones on March 22, at 7 p.m. It will take place […]
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Local student brings passion and ambition into her work with the Richland County Youth Substance Use Coalition
Editor’s Note RCYSUC wants to empower Richland County youth, families and the community to reduce youth substance use through education, intervention, and participation. This is part 2 of a 7 part sponsored series around preventing substance abuse. Read the previous story here. Julia Long has ambition. She dreams of renovating old Victorian homes across the […]
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Smaller campuses like OSU help students make waves in their programs
Editor’s Note This story is part of an ongoing partnership between The Ohio State University Mansfield and Richland Source. For more, click here. When looking to further their education, many students crave the comfortable, caring and personal environment a smaller-scale college can provide. The Ohio State University at Mansfield community offers these qualities and many […]
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Leadership in action: Madison teens teach Black history at Eastview Elementary
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Maxwell Carroll and Myla Davis stood at the front of the classroom with a slideshow pulled up on the screen between them. To their left was a selection of Black history-themed children’s books. A cheerful bulletin board with third grade vocabulary words was on their right. The students in Kathy Jansen’s third […]
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Mind games: school chess clubs foster friendships, critical thinking
MANSFIELD — Alim Rawls does his best to stay focused on school, but sometimes he’d just rather play chess. A sophomore at Mansfield Senior High, Rawls has taught multiple friends how to play using a foldable board he carries around in his backpack. He typically plays during lunch. He’s also admitted to the occasional game […]
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Madison Choral Dept. to present Into the Woods Jr. March 17 to 19
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The Madison Choral Department has announced it will present the musical Into the Woods Jr. with a cast of high school students March 17-19 in the Middle School Auditeria. The shows are at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18 with a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Sunday, March 19. […]
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Clear Fork BOE votes to re-employ Supt. Wyckoff for one year
BELLVILLE — The Clear Fork school board voted 5-0 Thursday to re-employ Supt. Janice Wyckoff for one more year, despite widespread criticism of the district’s leader. Board president Lori McKee said the agreement between Wyckoff and the board will allow the district to transition to a new superintendent while avoiding potentially lengthy and expensive litigation. […]