BUCYRUS — Mansfield Senior pulled away in the final seconds Friday night to edge Bellevue 64-59 for an exciting Division II boys sectional basketball championship at Bucyrus High School. With just 45 seconds remaining in a tie game, Ja’Ontay O’Bryant fed Duke Reese for a bucket to put the Tygers on top 61-59. Nine seconds […]
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Common Grounds: student run coffee shop opens at Madison High School
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Students at Madison Comprehensive High School now have their own campus coffee shop. Common Grounds is located inside the Ramble Inn, just off the high school cafeteria. The cafe is run by students in the high school’s culinary arts career tech program. The school celebrated Common Grounds’ grand opening Wednesday. Students took […]
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Bowersock: ‘Energy special improvement district’ could be tool for commercial development
MANSFIELD — A proposed citywide energy special improvement district could be a new tool for commercial economic development in Mansfield, according to Tim Bowersock. Bowersock, the city’s veteran economic development director, plans to introduce legislation that would create the new district, discussed this week at City Council. The program, created by state law through the […]
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Mother of twins: Richland Newhope ‘a blessing to our family’
MANSFIELD — Cassidy Gillum had twin daughters born prematurely three years ago. She told Richland County commissioners on Thursday that Richland Newhope’s early intervention program made all the difference in the world. “I had Help Me Grow come out to the house to see them monthly and it’s been nothing but a blessing to our […]
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Mansfield Middle School mural club creates cosmic tiger painting
MANSFIELD — Demetrius Howell stood over a group of seventh grade students, each with a different shade of blue on their paintbrush. A large black canvas with the profile of a tiger sketched in white sat atop their cluster of desks. Howell is an artist, clothing designer and advisor for the new mural club at […]
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Shannon Wiese sworn in as Ontario treasurer
ONTARIO — Shannon Wiese said her latest job offer was timed perfectly. Wiese was sworn in as the new part-time treasurer for the City of Ontario on Feb. 15 — following former treasurer Jim Hairston’s retirement. Zoi Romanchuk, central committee representative for the 4-A Ontario precinct, said the committee was pleased to hear […]
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Siesel leads Buckeye Central past South Central
WILLARD — Kate Siesel put on a shooting clinic Thursday inside Robert L. Haas Gymnasium. Siesel, Buckeye Central’s senior sharpshooter, broke her own single-game record with eight 3-pointers in three quarters of action in a 65-51 win over South Central in the Division IV district semifinals. The top-seeded Buckettes (21-3) will play No. 2 Danbury […]
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Mansfield Christian falls to Danbury in district semifinals
WILLARD — The free throw line was unkind to Mansfield Christian. The fourth-seeded Flames connected on just 8-of-24 free throw attempts and couldn’t dig out of an early hole in a 44-35 loss to second-seeded Lakeside Danbury in a Division IV district girls basketball semifinal game Thursday at Willard’s Robert L. Haas Gymnasium. “It was […]
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Junior Achievement Inspire to Hire event brings job opportunities to 700 local students
ONTARIO — High school students had the opportunity to practice CPR, bricklaying and their interview skills all in Fairhaven Hall Thursday. About 700 students from 12 area schools visited the first in-person Junior Achievement “Inspire to Hire” event with more than 50 local companies. Holly Dawson, Junior Achievement (JA) development officer for the North Central […]
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Mansfield will use ARPA funds to pay firefighter bonuses
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield will use American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay each of its sworn firefighters a $6,000 “retention payment,” according to a letter Richland Source obtained Wednesday through a public records request. With an authorized department strength of 93 sworn firefighters, the bonuses could amount to as much as $558,000. […]