MANSFIELD — The Ohio Rebels, a team of local AAU second grade basketball players, won the All-Ohio Nike Grassroots Tournament in Whitehall last weekend. The team, coached by Johnny Brooks, topped Martins Spartans 18-6 and All-Ohio Red 15-11 in pool play. In Sunday’s title game, Ohio Rebels knocked off All-Ohio Red yet again, 8-4. Players […]
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6-year old MMA phenom is shy, except on the mat
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Phoenix Hunter is shy. It’s why he missed being on America’s Got Talent and Little Big Shots. But with a record of 100 mixed martial art wins and 16 loses this year, the 6-year old lets his work on the mat do most of the talking. The Mixed Martial Arts prodigy, affectionately […]
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Stars shine in Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ohio — If he was going to break the News Journal All-Star Classic assists record, Lexington point guard Joey Zahn would need a little help from a longtime friend. Zahn’s record-setting 10th assist came as time expired in the North’s 114-93 win in the 38th edition of the showcase event Thursday night at Lexington […]
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STOMP artist stomps on bullying at Mansfield rally
MANSFIELD — A powerful message, delivered through drumsticks and buckets, rang through Mansfield Senior High School’s halls Thursday: show respect to others and stop the bullying. To get the message across, Elec Simon, a touring percussionist with STOMP and motivational speaker, formed a drum circle made of Mansfield students of all ages. Simon visited five […]
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Tiberi talks Trump, trade, taxes at chamber lunch
MANSFIELD – Rep. Pat Tiberi spent time delivering tough truths while heralding Republican accomplishments at the Richland Area Chamber of Commerce’s first legislative luncheon of the year. From the start, Tiberi outlined a number of measures Congress has accomplished despite a checkered perception. “We actually have gotten some things done,” he said. “Social Security, Medicare, […]
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Beyond Dreams…Within Reach: Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian Center looks forward to exciting future
Raemelton has been in operation at the same South Trimble Road location since 1995. This past December, the purchase of the historic Black Estate was finalized via donations from John and Peter Black and the Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation, as well as an anonymous gift in memory of John Taylor. This has given […]
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Improvements underway for Park Avenue East subway
MANSFIELD — There is a remodeling underway for the Park Avenue East/Ashland Road corridor and underpass, or “subway.” Doug Versaw, convener of the Richland Community Development Group’s Mansfield Area Beautification sector, discussed plans earlier this week. All four corners of the underpass will be landscaped, he said Wednesday. “We were originally just going to landscape it, […]
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Work program helps inmates, community
MANSFIELD – Drivers along Illinois Avenue may have noticed a small group of men in stripes collecting trash along the roadway on Wednesday. A simple act of cleaning up actually represents a symbiotic relationship between the Richland County Sheriff’s Office, the Richland County Jail, and the community. The inmates were part of the Community Control […]
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Richland Co. churning through infrastructure projects
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Regional Planning Commission discussed updates on county infrastructure and transportation projects at its quarterly meeting Wednesday. The County Garage Rehab Project on Main Street project is underway, with the anticipated completion date set for this September. Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) money is being used to fund this project. Additional TAP funds […]
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Authorities arrest 15-year-old female runaway
MANSFIELD (UPDATED AT 11:15 A.M. ON MARCH 24) — The Richland County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of 15-year-old Savana Murry, of Mansfield in a Thursday morning press release. Authorities sought the public’s help in finding Murry earlier this week. There was an active warrant out of Richland County Juvenile Court for her as […]