UPDATE: This story has been updated since it was originally published on Wednesday afternoon. LUCAS — A strange season got even stranger for Lucas athletic director Taylor Iceman. The Cubs search for a Week 5 foe crossed the state diagonally after Cincinnati Western Hills had to cancel this week’s game. Lucas will now play host […]
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Newsroom After Hours moves metal show to the basement Sept. 17
MANSFIELD — The next Newsroom After Hours show this Friday is so hardcore, our newsroom can’t contain it. So we moved it downstairs. The garage doors open at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 17 in the basement of Idea Works, located at 40 W. 4th Street in Mansfield. Find us by way of the West Temple […]
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Madison High School to remain in remote learning through Sept. 17
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Madison Comprehensive High School will continue on remote learning through Friday, Sept. 17, according to Supt. Rob Peterson. The high school went into remote learning last week due to general illness, COVID-related illness, and staffing issues. In-person classes will resume on Monday, Sept. 20, Peterson said. The school will continue to provide […]
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Veteran karate instructors offer female self-defense class Sunday in Ontario
ONTARIO — Reneta Music doesn’t believe women should feel helpless. “Weapons are not allowed everywhere, but everywhere someone can be a victim,” the veteran karate instructor said Monday. That’s part of the reason she and her husband, Gary, are offering a self-defense class for women Sunday afternoon, sponsored by the City of Ontario Recreation Department. “These […]
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Inkcarceration announces 2022 dates — July 15 to 17
MANSFIELD — Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival set a new record for the event this past weekend as 75,000 music fans rocked the sold-out event on the historic grounds of The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield – a site made famous by the movie The Shawshank Redemption. After originally selling out the event in only […]
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Defensive-minded Minutemen blank Madison in OCC boys soccer
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The attack has been erratic at times, but the Lexington defense has been all but impenetrable. The Minutemen pitched their fifth shutout of the season and pulled away in the second half for a 4-0 win over Madison in Ohio Cardinal Conference soccer action Tuesday at Madison. Lexington (4-1-2) has given up […]
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Carmichael: COVID, absences have dropped since Ontario implemented mask requirement
ONTARIO — Nearly two weeks after implementing a mask mandate for students and staff, Supt. Lisa Carmichael reported that things are going well at Ontario Local Schools. “We’ve seen a huge decrease in the number of cases and our attendance has greatly improved,” Carmichael told the school board Tuesday evening. Ontario began classes on Aug. […]
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Mansfield Police seek public’s help in probe of 12 burglaries, home invasions
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Division of Police is asking for the public’s help as it investigates several burglaries that have occurred in the south-end of the city over the past month. The area that is being targeted includes homes located within a 1-mile radius of the Cherryhill Neighborhood and comprises residences on Rambleside Drive, Betzstone […]
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COVID-19: Rep. John labels federal vaccine mandate ‘government overreach’
COLUMBUS — State Rep. Marilyn John on Tuesday labeled as “government overreach” a planned presidential executive order that would mandate millions of Americans receive a COVID-19 vaccine. John and 60 other members of the Ohio House have signed onto a letter to state Attorney General Dave Yost, urging him to “immediately pursue every legal recourse […]
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Mansfield Senior on solid footing in first computer ratings
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Senior may have suffered its first loss of the season, but the Tygers are still in good standing as the postseason picture begins to take focus. The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the first of its official weekly computer ratings Tuesday afternoon and the Tygers (3-1) are third in Division III, […]