WILLARD – Sophomores just don’t do what Mason Campbell and Jared Jakubick did in Mansfield St. Peter’s 57-52 district title win on Friday night over Sandusky St. Mary’s. Campbell scored 20 points, including all 10 Spartan points in the third quarter, and Jakubick added 13, all but two in the fourth period, as St. Peter […]
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Students come alive to recreate history
MANSFIELD — The likenesses of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Ben Franklin, and Sacagawea came to Eastview Elementary School to help teach students about United States history on Friday. Christine Vermillion, the school’s fourth grade reading teacher created a project hoping to increase her students’ learning by increasing their imagination. For the assignment, her students were […]
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Galion teen faces felony for “terrorist threats”
BUCYRUS — Dennis Heefner, 18, faces fifth-degree felony charges after making “terroristic threats” to Galion Schools on Thursday, authorities said. The Galion Police Department transported Heefner from Loveland, a Cincinnati suburb, to the Crawford County Jail Thursday, where he remains. After his arraignment Friday, the municipal court set a preliminary hearing for Friday, March 11, Crawford […]
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Lexington ready for rematch with Sandusky
LEXINGTON, Ohio — Nobody wants a second shot at Sandusky more than Lexington’s Joey Zahn. Lexington’s senior point guard will get his wish Saturday and the stakes couldn’t be much higher. Zahn and the top-seeded Minutemen will take on the third-seeded Blue Streaks at 2 p.m. in Galion for a district title. A win would […]
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Raising Richland Community Garden Summit set for March 10
MANSFIELD — The sixth annual Raising Richland Community Garden Summit will be Thursday, March 10 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Longview Center, 1495 W. Longview Ave. in Mansfield. This free event will provide inspiration and information for the home gardener as well as those involved in community or organizational gardens. Summit speakers will include Jim Chatfield, Associate […]
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Mansfield officials: Local water supply safe
MANSFIELD — Mansfield officials hope to allay concerns residents may have about the local drinking water, in the wake of the Flint water crisis. According to Mansfield Mayor Tim Theaker’s 2015 State of the City address, 3.755 billion gallons of water were purified and pumped at the Mansfield Water Treatment Plant with no Environmental Protection […]
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Ashland University professor says school-based bomb threats increasing
ASHLAND, Ohio – Richland County and the surrounding areas have seen a number of school-based bomb threats this school year, and according to one national school safety expert, these incidents are part of a trend. School safety expert Dr. Amy Klinger says her research over the last 18 months shows a dramatic increase in school-based […]
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Mansfield Art Center to host teachers workshop March 17
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield site of the Kennedy Center’s Partners in Education program will offer an arts integration professional development workshop for teachers on March 17. Jamin Carter, of Focus 5 Arts Integration Consulting (Virginia) will lead “Reading Portraits as Biographies: Observe. Infer. Inquire.” This professional development workshop, at the Mansfield Art Center, is geared towards educators and […]
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Slow start haunts Galion in district semifinal loss
NORWALK, Ohio — In less time than it takes to boil an egg, Western Reserve had built a lead Galion couldn’t overcome. The third-seeded Rough Riders scored the first 11 points and kept up the heat in a resounding 65-47 win over the Tigers in the late game of a Division III district semifinal doubleheader […]
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Fireworks part of GOP sheriff’s debate
MANSFIELD — Richland County Sheriff challenger Jerry Botdorf sparred with incumbent Steve Sheldon at a GOP primary debate Thursday in Mansfield Senior High School’s auditorium. News Journal Editor Ted Daniels moderated the event, which lasted about 30 minutes. The first question, similar to the commissioners’ debate, asked the candidates to describe their qualifications for the […]