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Winter weather advisory extended to 10 a.m. in Richland, Ashland and Knox counties
The National Weather Service office in Cleveland is 1-0 this winter. It doubled down early Monday morning. After accurately predicting snow Sunday night, to the tune of three to five inches, the NWS early Monday morning extended the local winter weather advisory until 10 a.m. for an area that includes Richland, Ashland and Knox counties. […]
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Mansfield City Council may vote Tuesday on cleanup of former Westinghouse properties
MANSFIELD — The next step in the demolition and remediation of two former Westinghouse properties on the city’s east side may be taken Tuesday night by Mansfield City Council. Local lawmakers will likely be joined at the meeting by Richland County commissioners Tony Vero and Cliff Mears to help explain the need for the city’s […]
Posted inLife and Culture, Outdoor
Ohio State Parks offers winter hike challenge
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Ohio is a beautiful place to explore, especially in the winter. From the rare birds wintering along the Lake Erie shores, to the snow-covered bridge at Mohican State Park, to the frozen falls at Old Man’s Cave, there are majestic winter […]
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Dodging a winter bullet? North central Ohio may be spared worst of storm’s wrath
Count your wintry blessings if north central Ohio gets a few inches of snow tonight and into Monday. It could be worse. A lot worse. And it will be for our neighbors to the south and east. A major storm, dubbed Winter Storm Izzy by The Weather Channel, is thumping the South with snow, ice […]
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North central Ohio Native Americans admired the ‘Axe Man’
MOUNT VERNON — It’s common enough to hear about the first White settler in Knox County, Andrew Craig, who settled on the banks of the Kokosing just east of where downtown Mount Vernon is today in the early 1800s. But Craig was almost instantly followed by other adventurers committed to the idea of carving out […]
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Mansfield rapper releases his ‘best lyrical project’ yet
MANSFIELD – Local hip-hop artist Vaughn Robinson, known as ‘VaunDoom,’ doesn’t listen to other music when he’s crafting his own beats and lyrics. Although a fan and student of hip-hop, he seeks a style that is 100% authentic and original. “The inspiration for my latest project came from myself,” said Robinson, a 2007 Lexington graduate. […]
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Winter brings exotic bird species from as far away as Arctic tundra to Ohio
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. This is the Part 1 in a two-part series. Part 2 will be published on Jan. 23. COLUMBUS – Winter may seem like a quiet time for wildlife, but in Ohio birds and birding opportunities flourish during this season, according to the […]
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Native Son: Mansfield’s Missing Mound
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. It started out innocently enough. In 1886 JC Woley approached Henry Hedges downtown and asked if he could dig a hole on some land Hedges inherited on the east end of First Street down by the tracks. He promised to put the dirt […]