PLYMOUTH – Plymouth High School math teacher Janelle Grube has been nominated for the 2021-2022 National LifeChanger of the Year award. Sponsored by the National Life Group Foundation, LifeChanger of the Year recognizes and rewards the very best K-12 educators and school district employees across the United States who are making a difference in the […]
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Kudos are in order: National Weather Service told us a week ago what was coming
MANSFIELD — The only thing people like to complain more about than the weather are the men and women who predict it. “It’s the only job in the world you get to keep even when you’re wrong half the time,” goes a common lament. Well, the professional prognosticators got it right this time with forecasts […]
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Signature Win: No. 1 Colonel Crawford gets defensive in victory over state-ranked Waverly
SMITHVILLE — Colonel Crawford played defense like the No. 1 team in the state Sunday evening. The Eagles, who took over the top spot in Division III in the most recent Associated Press state poll, nearly pitched a first-half shutout and cruised to an impressive 44-23 win over Waverly in the marquee game of the […]
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Mansfield City Council gives administration a snow removal ‘to-do’ list
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council gave the administration a “to-do” list of snow removal chores during a rare Sunday afternoon special meeting. But nothing on that list is likely to change any aspects of the city’s snowplowing efforts this winter, an endeavor that again came under fire from residents after a winter storm dumped 10 […]
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Joe Burrow could complete Mount Rushmore of Ohio prep QBs who have won the Super Bowl
It’s fun, even fashionable to select a Mount Rushmore of virtually any topic. Obviously narrowing down four greats is based on the famed South Dakota carving of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. Among Ohio’s high school quarterbacks, we’re looking for a fourth to complete our own Mount Rushmore of Super […]
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Reaping for others to sow: Carrie Williams Clifford
This story was originally published on Jan. 24, 2022 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Like many black women involved in early activism, poet, civil rights activist and suffragist Carrie Williams Clifford has frequently been overlooked within the […]
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2nd-ranked Shelby sews up outright MOAC crown with win over Clear Fork
SHELBY — Haylee Baker and her Shelby teammates put the exclamation point on another Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship Saturday afternoon. Baker scored a game-high 19 points and the second-ranked Whippets captured their fourth consecutive MOAC crown with a 49-28 win over visiting Clear Fork. The Whippets (20-0, 12-0) limited the Colts (18-4, 9-4) to nine […]
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Mansfield City Council streets committee schedules Sunday meeting to discuss snow issues
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council has announced a special streets committee meeting Sunday at 4 p.m. to discuss the city’s emergency snow response. An email about the special “online only” meeting was sent to the media Saturday at 2:42 p.m., thereby complying with state law regarding public meetings. According to Ohio Revised Code 121.22, “a […]
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Gorman-Rupp reports 4th quarter and full-year 2021 financial results
MANSFIELD — The Gorman-Rupp Company (NYSE: GRC), of Mansfield, is entering 2022 with a healthy backlog and is well-positioned to continue to deliver top-line growth, according to Scott King, President and Chief Executive Officer. King’s statement was part of the company’s report on financial results for the fourth quarter and the year ending on Dec. 31, […]
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The Star Theatre 1919
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. If you wanted to take in a movie in the summer of 1919 all you had to do was stroll down North Main, not far from Fourth Street, and fork over a nickel at the Star Theatre. That year you could have seen […]