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Fredericktown woman, 1-year-old child killed in Ohio 13 crash
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A Fredericktown woman and a 1-year-old child were killed Saturday in a two-vehicle fatal crash in Knox County, according to the Mount Gilead Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The incident took place at approximately 10:50 a.m. on Ohio 13 near milepost 12 in Clinton Township. Stacie R. Smith, 27, of […]
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Mowing the Graveyard: John Peter Altgeld
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. This story is going to go backward. It starts with a great man — one of the most famously loved and hated men of his time — and trace him back to see where he came from. His life ended in Chicago — […]
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Mansfield hopes to ‘go big’ in federal fund requests for North End road improvement efforts
MANSFIELD — Mansfield hopes to “go big” with two potentially federally-funded, multi-million dollar road construction projects on the city’s north side. The city’s Board of Control on Tuesday will be asked to contract with K.E. McCartney & Associates to do preliminary design work and assist in completing an application for about $2.5 million in federal […]
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Lexington boys relay team defends state title
CANTON — The celebration was subdued compared to last year, but the state championship was every bit as satisfying. Lexington’s boys 200 yard medley relay team of Jacob Hathaway, Ivan Prykhodko, Tanner Holmes and Lucas Starling defended their title during the Division II finals of the state swimming and diving tournament Friday at C.T. Branin […]
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Ware’s final-second bucket lifts Mansfield Sr. to stunning upset of Shelby for sectional title
BUCYRUS — It’s not quite March, but Mansfield Senior has already brought Madness to the boys high school basketball tournament trail. Senior High’s Maurice Ware was the culprit in the biggest shocker of the postseason. The senior swingman hit a shot from the lower left block with .8 seconds remaining to lift Mansfield Senior to […]
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Gas prices continue to skyrocket, but Russian invasion of Ukraine only 1 factor
MANSFIELD — Gas prices at the pump across Ohio have been on the rise for a while, but Russia’s invasion this week – and other more natural factors – could make those prices rise even more. The American Automobile Association reported Friday that Ohio’s average price at the pump for regular gas rose $0.01 from Thursday. […]
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Colts, Whippets ready for Round 3
ASHLAND — Clear Fork coach Scott Sellers may have sounded crazy, but his logic was sound. “I’m the only one in the state who wanted to play Shelby three times this year,” Sellers said after his third-seeded Colts knocked off No. 7 Mansfield Senior in the nightcap of a Division II district semifinal doubleheader Thursday […]
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Crestline police looking for man after woman found dead in home
CRESTLINE — Crestline police said they are looking for a 40-year-old man as they investigate the death of a West Bucyrus Street woman whose body was found in her home Thursday night. Officers responded to 701 W. Bucyrus St. at 9:08 p.m. to assist the family of Cynthia Jo Heath, 47. “After the family made […]
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COVID makes identifying, assisting unhoused students harder
MANSFIELD – Phil Mitchell begins his workday like many of us — he checks his email inbox. But the correspondence he’s looking for is hardly ordinary. Mitchell is the coordinator of the Mansfield City Schools S.A.F.E. program, which identifies unhoused students and offers support to them and their families. One of the primary ways schools identify […]