LOUDONVILLE – Loudonville Police Department has identified the body of a woman found deceased on railroad tracks in the village of Loudonville Sunday morning. Loudonville Chief of Police Kevin Taylor declined to release the woman’s name as of Monday but said next of kin has been notified. The police department is in the process of […]
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Butler student wins 2 soybean scholarships
WORTHINGTON – Lauren Mellott, of Butler, is the recipient of two scholarships from a unique field. One scholarship is from the Ohio Soybean Council Foundation and one from the Ohio Soybean Association. Mellott, a sophomore at The Ohio State University studying agriscience education, received a $3,000 undergraduate scholarship from the Ohio Soybean Council Foundation and […]
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Shots fired, man arrested after multi-county pursuit that ends in Ashland County
MANSFIELD –- It began with the pursuit of a suspected stolen vehicle on a sunny Sunday afternoon. It ended with shots fired, a stolen Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser, a carjacking, a standoff and finally the arrest of a 31-year-old suspect from Mount Gilead. Troopers from the Mansfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol […]
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Women in construction are taking the road less traveled
Editor’s Note This is part 3 of 6 in a series sponsored by Adena Corporation. This series will look at the local people behind the construction company’s projects across the world and right here in our community. Passing by a construction site, watching the workers in their hard hats and reflective vests operating machinery or […]
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Ohio has recovered 14 confirmed meteorites, one in Wayne County
Editor’s Note This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Meteorites are fragments of asteroids or comets that have entered Earth’s atmosphere and reached the ground intact. Scientists analyze their chemical and mineralogical properties for clues as to how Earth and other bodies in our solar system formed. They range in […]
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Welcome to a new outdoor column
I was often the student staring out the window on a sunny day counting the clicks of the clock on the wall that would eventually ring and let me outside. Even in college, a beam of sunlight could put a kink in my attention receptacles almost immediately. Truth be told, I am still that way. […]
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Buckeye Central gets defensive in regional final win over Dalton
MASSILLON — It was a defensive performance for the ages. Buckeye Central limited Dalton to just four points during a 14-minute stretch bridging the second, third and fourth quarters and the Buckettes advanced to the Final Four with a 48-32 win over the Bulldogs in the Division IV Massillon regional championship game Saturday night at […]
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Colonel Crawford’s dramatic rally nips Western Reserve & nets a district crown
NORWALK — Carson Feichtner’s layup with 16 seconds remaining was the go-ahead bucket that propelled No. 1-ranked Colonel Crawford to a dramatic, 53-51 victory over Western Reserve on Saturday night in the Division III district championship game at Norwalk. Senior guard Mason Studer scored a team-high 14 points and had the assist on Feichtner’s bucket […]
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Maple Syrup Festival begins at Malabar Farm
LUCAS — Perfect weather greeted the first day of Malabar Farm’s traditional Maple Syrup Festival. The annual event returns this spring after a haitus last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers presented a virtual event, but judging by the large crowd Saturday, visitors much preferred the in-person show. On an afternoon that featured 70-degree […]