MANSFIELD — The Richland County Foundation has announced its college and trade school scholarship applications for the 2019-2020 school year are now available online at richlandcountyfoundation.org. New applicants and high school seniors must have at least a 2.5 grade point average (GPA), college students and returning applicants must have at least a 2.0 GPA, attend […]
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Mid-Ohio ESC names Ed Swartz interim superintendent
MANSFIELD — At the Special Board Meeting on Dec. 27, 2018, the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center Board of Governors completed a contract for Interim Superintendent Ed Swartz. Swartz will begin interim superintendent duties on Jan. 1, 2019. Linda T. Keller, current Superintendent at Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center, announced her upcoming retirement to be effective on […]
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Construction progresses at Ashland’s new fieldhouse
ASHLAND — Construction work is progressing quickly at the site of the Keith Wygant Memorial Field House in Ashland. Crews from Simonson Construction were hard at work Wednesday getting structural beams in place and constructing arches over doorways that will soon say “Ashland Arrows.” School district officials and donors broke ground for the approximately $3.8 million building in September. […]
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Firelands Electric Co-Op honors Buckeye Central, Shiloh students
aNEW LONDON — Firelands Electric Cooperative has announced the winners of The A Team drawing for the month of December. Jeremy Leber, son of Len and Christine Leber of Shiloh, is in the sixth grade at St. Edward School. Lela Funk is a sixth grader at Ashland Middle School, and is the daughter of Jeffrey […]
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Future of Shelby’s Skiles Field sits in limbo
SHELBY — After voters twice rejected the notion of building a new football stadium in Shelby, the future of W.W. Skiles Field downtown has yet to be determined. The stadium will remain in its present downtown location, according to Lori White, president of the Shelby Board of Education. However, she said the stadium’s structural integrity […]
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Donation to Buckeye Food Pantry helps students in need
MANSFIELD – When you think of college students, you often picture people who have great lives with bright futures. Some college students struggle financially and, as a result, don’t have access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. When some Mansfield community members heard about how students at The Ohio State University at Mansfield […]
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Three students at Richland School of Academic Arts win $500 scholarships
MANSFIELD — Victoria Watkins, a teacher at Richland School of Academic Arts teacher, was shocked when she learned three of her students had received $500 scholarships. In her career as an art teacher, Watkins has seen six of her students receive scholarships from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Scholarship Committee, but never three […]
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Mid-Ohio ESC Superintendent Linda Keller retiring
MANSFIELD — Linda T. Keller, Superintendent at Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center, has announced her upcoming retirement to the Mid-Ohio ESC Board of Governors. It will be effective at the end of December 2018. Keller has been the Superintendent of Mid-Ohio ESC since 2011. She has been in education for over 36 years, but said she […]
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OSU-M microfarm project advances in Alliance for the American Dream competition
MANSFIELD – A food system intervention project developed by Dr. Kent “Kip” Curtis, a professor at The Ohio State University at Mansfield, has made it to the final stage of the Alliance for the American Dream competition. Along with two other projects, this unique collaboration between community partners and The Ohio State University, will advance […]