GALION — The Galion City Schools is excited to announce that the Galion Intermediate School has received the Bronze Award for its success with Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) for the second year in a row. PBIS involves teaching students expected behaviors in a consistent and positive way, modeling and acknowledging those behaviors, and […]
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Cox selected as 2020 Trooper of the Year
MOUNT GILEAD – Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Caleb E. Cox has been selected as the 2020 Trooper of the Year at the Mount Gilead Post. The selection of the 29-year-old Cox is in recognition of outstanding service during 2020 at the Mount Gilead Post. Fellow officers stationed at Mount Gilead, chose him based on […]
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Tenison selected Volunteer of the Year by Richland SWCD
MANSFIELD — Denise Tenison was announced as the Richland SWCD 2020 Volunteer of the Year at the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District (Richland SWCD) annual celebration. Tenison is a long-time volunteer with Richland SWCD. She is a Precipitation, Lake and Stream Monitor Volunteer who was born in Mansfield. She and her husband of 34 […]
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Mansfield organization launches children’s bike drive for Christmas season
MANSFIELD — A local organization, Project One ARC Empowerment Center (located at 378 Park Ave. West), has announced its first annual bike drive. “The goal is to provide bicycles for needy children in our area for Christmas,” said Amanda Nichols, executive director of Project One ARC Empowerment Center. “By providing these bikes we believe we […]
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Commentary: Improving as allies
Editor’s Note: This is a monthly educational series about racism. Contributors include Donna Hight, Beth Castle, Margaret Lin, Deanna West-Torrence, Renda Cline, Tiffany Mitchell, Crystal Davis Weese, Brigitte Coles and Amy Hiner. Maybe you’re like me: white, relieved a new presidency is incoming, but aware that, as a nation, we have so far to go. If […]
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Bench at Brookside Golf Course serves as memorial to Mapleton golfer
ASHLAND — On a frigid and rainy November afternoon at Brookside Golf Course, a bench dedication ceremony honored an individual who embodied the exact opposite of what the weather was trying to portray. Zach McGregor, who died on Nov. 22, 2018, was honored Sunday with a bench donated by his mother, Jen Reed. Zach had […]
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Then & Now: Memorial Cannon 1907
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2014. MASFIELD — After the Civil War, when towns all over the country were petitioning Congress for old cannons to decorate their town squares, Mansfield was given four huge cast iron beauties that weighed 8,500 pounds apiece designed for coastal defense. Their original configuration […]
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Mansfield Shade Tree Commission announces Heritage Tree program winners
MANSFIELD – Mayor Tim Theaker is pleased to announce the City of Mansfield Shade Tree Commission has designated two trees for Heritage Tree Status. The City of Mansfield Heritage Tree Program, launched in 2019, is based upon the “National Big Trees” program recognizing Heritage Trees of each species within the City of Mansfield Corporation limits. […]
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Drop-off locations announced for Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts
MANSFIELD — The Christmas holiday is just around the corner, which means it’s time for the Samaritan’s Purse annual Operation Christmas Child mission. Samaritan’s Purse collects shoebox gifts filled with toys, school supplies, and hygiene items for children around the world. Since 1993, more than 178 million children in more than 160 countries have received […]
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Light up Lexington set for Nov. 30
LEXINGTON — Light Up Lexington will go on, according to Brenda Wilson, the village’s clerk of council. The event will take place on Monday, Nov. 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. on the square. Participating stores will stay open for customers, while Santa and his Elves will be strolling downtown. Carolers will be out singing […]