Here is your go-to list for scares, screams and goosebumps this fall in Richland, Ashland and Knox counties.
Halloween
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Costumes and creativity collide at Newsroom After Hours Halloween hip-hop showdown
Experience our annual Halloween hip-hop party with live music, costumes, and free beer in Mansfield. Join the spooky fun!
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Halloween parade strolls Saturday down Shelby’s Main Street
Trick-or-treaters were met with a beautiful autumn afternoon Saturday in downtown Shelby as the city’s Halloween parade traveled down Main Street.
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GALLERY: 2024 Mansfield Halloween Parade
MANSFIELD — Trick-or-treaters in downtown Mansfield were greeted with a bright sun and plenty of candy from Halloween parade participants and local businesses Saturday morning.
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Step inside Blood Prison: Horror gets a high-tech upgrade at former Ohio State Reformatory
MANSFIELD — Vic Amesquita has been involved in the haunt business long enough to know one important thing. If you want to remain relevant in today’s competitive fright world, you must constantly be improving. “Working to stay in the top echelon of haunts …. that’s the challenge …. and that’s what makes it fun because […]
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Ferndale Avenue double-homicide allegedly stemmed from gang dispute
MANSFIELD — A dispute between two gangs in Mansfield led to a shooting at an 810 Ferndale Ave. party that left two people dead and four others wounded on Oct. 27. That was the testimony Thursday afternoon from Mansfield police Sgt. Jered Kingsborough, a detective in the major crimes division. The testimony came during a […]
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North end neighbors throw children’s Halloween party
MANSFIELD — Doris Windham Pickett calls herself “the kid lady.” Pickett often has relatives and neighbor kids at her house, where she bakes cookies and kisses booboos. On Tuesday, Pickett and her family gathered at North Lake Park to throw a free Halloween party for the neighborhood. Pickett said she collected donations from the community and […]
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GALLERY: Loudonville Halloween celebration
LOUDONVILLE — Loudonville rung in the Halloween weekend with its annual parade on Saturday afternoon. The parade was followed up with a trick-or-treat event downtown and residential trick-or-treating.
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GALLERY: 2023 Harvest Festival at NECIC Urban Farm
MANSFIELD — The urban farm at 311 Bowman Street hosted its third annual harvest festival on Saturday with hay rides and free snacks.
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GALLERY: 2023 Mansfield Halloween parade and downtown trick-or-treat
MANSFIELD — More than 40 downtown businesses passed out candy to families after the annual Halloween parade.