MANSFIELD — Saturday was a record-shattering day for Lexington’s Jacob Hathaway. A senior, Hathaway smashed the pool record in the 100 yard backstroke and was a part of two record-breaking relay teams at the Division II sectional swim meet at Malabar’s Frank Bartholow Natatorium. Hathaway’s winning time of 53.3 seconds in the 100 backstroke was […]
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Mansfield City Council expected to vote Tuesday on $1.4 million purchase of 2 fire trucks
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on the $1,408,054.53 purchase of two new Piece Impel Pumper Fire Trucks. A final decision on how to pay for the trucks has not been made, Mayor Tim Theaker said Saturday. The legislation includes language that says “lease-to-own” over a maximum of 10 years and […]
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Corner store on Chestnut & South Main: 1975
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. Mansfield used to be full of little “Mom & Pop” neighborhood stores. This is one of them on the corner of South Main and Chestnut Streets. This one started in the 1920s and mom and pop were Mrs. and Mr. Woodard who had […]
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Ashland’s dynamic duo downs Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON – When your best players play like the best players, it makes things difficult for your opponent. That’s what Mount Vernon found out Friday night. Ashland’s best players, Luke Denbow and Grayson Steury, combined for 57 points and led the Arrows to a 71-57 victory over the host Yellow Jackets in Ohio Cardinal […]
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Tygers of Many Stripes: Mansfield Senior swim team a cultural melting pot
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story came from a tip via our Open Source tool, that allows readers to ask a question or suggest a story. Log on to contribute your story tips. MANSFIELD — There are times when Jacob Perl might benefit from a translator, but Mansfield Senior’s swim coach wouldn’t have it any other way. […]
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Dayton man sentenced to 2 life prison terms for killing Mansfield couple
DAYTON — A Dayton man received two consecutive life sentences on Friday for the 2019 murders of a Mansfield couple and their unborn child, according to a report published in the Dayton Daily News. Larry Dwayne Rogers, 33, was sentenced in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court for the shooting deaths of Kayla Hayton, 20, and […]
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Lexington 6th grader wins Tri-County Spelling Bee
MANSFIELD – The 2022 Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center Tri-County Spelling Bee took place on Thursday, Feb. 10 at Mid-Ohio ESC in Mansfield. An impressive group of 34 of the top spellers from 16 local school districts in grades 4 through 8 from Crawford, Morrow, and Richland counties were invited to compete to be the Tri-County […]
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Love is brewing at The Phoenix on Feb. 12
MANSFIELD — Beer isn’t the only thing brewing at craft breweries, love is too. Breweries have long been known as community spaces with the power to bring people together, but there is a lesser-known connection between craft beer and romance — whether it started in a taproom as a first date or became shared experiences […]