Once upon a time there was a majestic theater, the main attraction for entertainment in Mid-Ohio: The Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield. A place where age-old tales came to life, where dreams became realities. This old iconic building still lives on today and the show goes on. Last night marked the second matinée of the Les […]
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Local painter finds ‘freshness and ease’ with watercolors
Mary Haley-Rocks has always been an artist. Some of her earliest memories are associated with her love of drawing. “Growing up in Kansas, we obviously didn’t have television. My mother gave me and my four siblings pencils and crayons and we would draw.”
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Panther Racing shares a message with Girl Scouts
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ohio National Guard Ohio’s Heartland Girl Scout Council Panther Racing Earlier in the week, National Guard Indy driver Oriol Servia and John Barnes, CEO of Panther Racing, visited at the 179th Airlift Wing. Then on Saturday Ohio Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst met Girl Scouts at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car […]
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Momentum builds for 2013 Honda Indy 200
The Honda Indy® 200 is in progress at the Mid-Ohio Motor Sports Car Course this weekend and many area residents can hear the sounds of the engines as the cars make laps around the course. Activity stirred at the track on Wednesday but the crescendo is building as cars were tested and then ran practice […]
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Slow moving climate patterns change summer weather
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association in Cleveland (NOAA) has faced a busy summer with weather alerts, watches and warnings. And it’s not expected to slow down anytime soon. Mansfield native and Madison High School graduate Martin Thompson, a Hydro-Meteorological Technician for NOAA in Cleveland, says it’s definitely been an unusual summer
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Counter terrorism analyst returns home to new role
The career path that brought adjunct professor of entrepreneurship, Heather Tsavaris, to North Central State College’s Urban Center, is far from conventional. Tsavaris characterizes herself as a typical first-born child. She worked hard and cared deeply about her grades. Naturally, when she went to college she started out on the path of many high-achievers: […]
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163rd Richland County Fair poised to please
The Richland County Fair opens to the public this Sunday, but the fairgrounds are already abuzz with activity and excitement. Preparing for an event as large as the fair is no small task. Countless volunteers donate thousands of hours, many of them working on fair activities all year long. Dick Hagerman and Bob Hoover have […]
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Daily Letters From ‘Honey’ a WWII Courtship
March 30, 1946 “Hello Honey, I hope this letter finds you feeling well. As for me I’m the same as usual. Lonely and sad. I guess I’ll go on being lonely and sad until I get out of this outfit. I only have 63 days to go.”
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CCSS standards: the core of the matter
In 2010, schools nationwide began aligning their course curriculum in accordance to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Ohio was one state that hopped on the bandwagon, joining 44 other states that also adopted the standards. Since adoption, schools across Ohio, including right here in Richland County, have been introducing CCSS into their curriculum. The CCSS […]
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Representative Romanchuk discusses possible flood solutions
“This is not a small local problem, this is a regional issue,” said Shelby’s mayor Marilyn S. John in Wednesday’s meeting at Bellville’s Police Department. In response to the flooding in Richland County earlier this summer, mayors, county commissioners, community members, and State Representative Mark Romanchuk convened to talk about possible solutions to excessive flooding. […]