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Crestview’s Welch, Shelby’s Gonzales win individual titles at Galion CC Festival
GALION — Shelby’s Kayla Gonzales could have done without all the heat and humidity, but Crestview’s Morgan Welch didn’t seem to mind. Both Gonzales and Welch raced to individual titles at Saturday’s steamy Galion Cross Country Festival at Amann Reservoir. Gonzales won the Division II girls race in 19 minutes, 22.8 seconds while Welch broke […]
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Henderson’s breakout performance may provide a needed tonic for Ohio State’s fragile defense
COLUMBUS — Ohio State just might have found something while struggling with Tulsa for the vast majority of a subdued 41-20 victory on Saturday at Ohio Stadium. Everyone knows the Buckeyes’ defense is in the midst of a massive overhaul with glaring deficiencies at all three levels. Yet coach Ryan Day may have just stumbled […]
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Pop-up park on W. 3rd St. opens Monday in Mansfield
MANSFIELD – The Richland Community Development Group (RCDG) and the Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development have announced they are working with several other partners to host a temporary pop-up park on West Third Street in downtown Mansfield. “Imagination Park on 3rd Street” will open on Monday, Sept. 20 and run through Friday, Oct. 1. […]
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It’s a long road for nursing home legalization in Ohio’s statehouse
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is from the Investigative Reporting Workshop in collaboration with Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Richland Source also has a collaborative agreement with Eye on Ohio. Please join Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list as this helps us provide more public service reporting. As Ohio grapples […]
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Private Louis Bromfield drew on his experiences from World War I
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. This is a decoration to the memory of a Richland County veteran — a simple wreath trimmed in carnations and roses. Memorial Day was known for a century as Decoration Day, a time to decorate the graves of America’s soldiers, and this will […]
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David vs. Goliath? Not quite. Unbeaten Lucas knocks off larger Lakewood
LUCAS — Scott Spitler believes the success of his Lucas football teams is largely due to the fact his players do not fear failure. “We don’t fear failing, number one. There’s a lot of freedom when you don’t have that fear. You just play,” the veteran coach said after the unbeaten Division VII Cubs knocked […]
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Check out Week 5 high school football roundup from Richland County and beyond
A regional high school football wrap-up from all over north central Ohio. Look to Richland Source for sports results from Richland, Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Marion, and Knox counties. For feature coverage from this week, check out our sports section. Ontario humbles Lakewood in non-conference affair The Warriors took a road trip to Licking County and […]
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Heartbeat of ‘Great Mohican Pow-Wow’ returns with hoop dancing, traditional acts
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP — The heartbeat of the Great Mohican Pow-Wow roared to life again on Friday after a year of silence. The 36th annual, three-day event held at the confluence of Ashland, Holmes and Knox counties kicked off Friday morning with traditional music of the Andes Mountains by Malkuri, a hallmark act of the event. Robbie […]