ASHLAND — A state agency is in line to receive hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade or so aimed at plugging the thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells across Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Division of Oil and Gas conducted a video conference call with reporters Feb. 23 to […]
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Crestview standouts headline All-Firelands Conference girls basketball team
OLIVESBURG — Crestview’s unbeaten run to the Firelands Conference title didn’t go overlooked. Mary Leeper and Emma Aumend were selected to the first team and coach Amy Bays was tabbed the Coach of the Year when the All-Firelands Conference girls basketball team was announced Thursday. Norwalk St. Paul’s Maddy McCall was selected the Firelands Conference […]
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Defense: Lexington shuts down Mansfield Senior in district semifinal
ASHLAND — Marquis Sykes saw Lexington’s stingy half-court defense three times this season. He has seen enough. The Mansfield Senior coach, whose team entered the Division II district semifinals with a three-game winning streak, saw it come to an end Thursday evening in a 44-33 loss to the Minutemen at Ashland High School. Looking at […]
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Career night: Siesel scores 1,000th point as Buckeye Central advances to Elite 8
MASSILLON — Emily Siesel had reason to celebrate. But Buckeye Central’s senior point guard was all business after Thursday’s 61-28 win over Springfield in the Division IV regional semifinals at Perry High School. The Buckettes have their sights set on a trip to the Final Four. Siesel scored her 1,000th career point late in the […]
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Winning recipe: Shelby will have to cook up something special against Hartley
SHELBY — Shelby coach Natalie Lantz and assistant Scott Gurney will put their culinary skills to the test again Friday. After cooking up something special in second half of Tuesday’s regional semifinal win over Copley, the duo will have to channel their inner Gordon Ramsey ahead of the Division II regional championship game against Columbus […]
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Imagination Child Care to host first anniversary open house
MANSFIELD — Julie Wurthmann knew there was a need for child care in downtown Mansfield. What she didn’t anticipate was just how great the need was. Wurthmann’s center, Imagination Child Care, celebrated one year in business on March 1. The center is located at 100 Park Ave. West, inside the former First Merit Bank building. […]
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Suicides, drug overdose deaths on the rise, according to Richland County Coroner’s Office
MANSFIELD — Richland County Commissioner Cliff Mears called it the “saddest presentation” he’s heard since taking office two years ago. Richland County Coroner’s Office Chief Investigator Bob Ball and administrative assistant Randi Ritchie on Thursday detailed for commissioners the rising number of suicides and drug overdose deaths in the county since 2020. The increases are […]
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6 injured in Shelby house fire on Thursday morning
SHELBY — Six residents were injured during a house at 146 E. Main St. when it went up in flames on Thursday morning. According to Shelby fire Chief Mike Thompson, all six victims were rescued and were being treated for various injuries, mainly smoke inhalation and a few with burns. “We got them transported as […]
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Sasquatch searchers beware: ‘Bigfoot Basecamp Weekend’ coming to Pleasant Hill Lake Park
PERRYSVILLE — An inaugural all-things-Sasquatch festival is coming to Pleasant Hill Lake Park in September. The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District has organized an event dubbed “Bigfoot Basecamp Weekend” featuring a VIP dinner and town hall event with a bonafide Bigfoot expert, a guided Bigfoot hike, an outdoor movie night and other activities. It will take […]
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Spamalot tells medieval legend with Monty Python flair
MANSFIELD — Beau Roberts didn’t care what role he got when he auditioned for the Renaissance Theatre’s latest show. He just wanted to be in Spamalot. “I’ve seen a lot of musicals, I have been in a fair amount also. This is by far the most entertaining, the most fun to watch as an audience […]