When Lexington won the district championship on Saturday afternoon I scurried to the Ohio High School Athletic Association website to see who was on deck for the Minutemen at the Bowling Green regional. It was not a pleasant find. Ottawa-Glandorf. I don’t know a single person from that school district, and have no personal animosity […]
Featured
Posted inNews
Three-car crash sends two to ER
ONTARIO — Two people were sent to OhioHealth Mansfield Tuesday after a three-car crash on Park Avenue near the Ohio 309 split. Chet Mullins, of Crestline, was driving his blue Chevrolet Cobalt east on Park Avenue when he looked up and saw that cars were stopped just before the railroad underpass. He did not stop […]
Posted inCrawford Source, News
Attorney seeks dismissal of murder charges
BUCYRUS — Defense attorney Adam Stone filed a dismissal motion Monday morning to the Crawford County Common Pleas Court. The case for which he was seeking a dismissal? Murder and kidnapping charges on Frederick Lee Saunders Jr. and his wife, Marla Saunders. The Saunders were indicted in October 2015 for the kidnapping and murder of […]
Posted inNews
New trees planted downtown
MANSFIELD — The first of six planned beautification projects commenced Tuesday with the planting of six hackberry trees on West Fourth Street, between Walnut Street and Mulberry Street. Doug Versaw, convener of the Richland County Development Group Beautification Sector, said these will be downtown Mansfield’s first hackberry trees. He said they’re taking the place of six dead […]
Posted inNews
Shelby on par for putt-putt golf course
SHELBY – Shelby City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance designed to pave the way for a miniature golf course to come to Shelby. Council unanimously passed the first reading of Ordinance 5-2016, designed to amend the conditionally permitted uses of one of Shelby’s business districts. Currently the ordinance states that in the […]
Posted inNews
Ohio Bird Sanctuary band, release bald eagle back into wild
MANSFIELD — The Ohio Bird Sanctuary released a male bald eagle back into the wild Monday. Before taking flight, OBS Executive Director Gaul Laux and Lake Erie Nature & Science Center worked to get the bird banded so they could track the bird’s progress in the wild. “By having him banded, we’ll be able to […]
Posted inBusiness
Ohio’s 1st cask-conditioned ale brewery coming to Lexington
LEXINGTON — Ohio’s first cask-conditioned ale brewery is coming to Lexington. Laxton Hollow Brewing Works plans to open at 302 E. Main St. in May, pending licenses and construction. The nano-brewery, which means Laxton Hollow makes one barrel — 31 gallons per batch — will create cask-conditioned ale. The term Laxton, according to owner Ken […]
Posted inSports
Rugged schedule prepares Spartans for postseason
MANSFIELD, Ohio — St. Peter’s coach Joe Jakubick tried to maintain his composure outside the visitor’s locker room at Shelby High School, but it was an exercise in futility. The Spartans sleep-walked through the second half of an ugly, 65-47 loss to the Whippets on Jan. 23 and Jakubick was fuming. “We didn’t show up […]
Posted inSports
Beyond his Years: Lexington’s Stover not playing like a freshman
LEXINGTON, Ohio — It’s not his height or freakish athleticism that distinguish Lexington’s Cade Stover from his classmates. It’s what’s inside him that’s making a difference.. “That kid is a competitor,” Lex point guard Joey Zahn said. “Everybody talks about how he is a phenomenal athlete, which he is, but that doesn’t mean anything unless […]
Posted inNews
Mansfield teen fighting rare cancer needs community help
MANSFIELD — A rare form of cancer is attacking a Madison teen, and his family could use a helping hand from the community. Jacob Crockett suffered from brain cancer in 2014 and later went into remission. In January, the 15-year-old Madison High School student was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, which causes big, fast-growing tumors, said Crockett’s mother, Marlene […]