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CLEVELAND – One could argue that the Republican National Convention couldn’t have happened this week without Bill Freytag. Most days Freytag serves as the deputy director of Richland County’s Board of Elections. This week, he’s been in Cleveland serving as a volunteer driver transporting the speakers of the Republican National Convention. “We are a group […]

CLEVELAND – In the words of the son who bears his name, Donald J. Trump was never expected to succeed in a presidential race. “I’ve seen it time and time again – that look in his eyes when someone says it can’t be done,” said Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday evening. “I saw that look […]

CLEVELAND — As tensions arose in Cleveland’s newly constructed Public Square Tuesday during the Republican National Convention, Salvation Army Major Larry Shade prayed nothing chaotic would happen. “I’m just praying and hoping nothing happens,” the Ashland man said Tuesday evening. Most of the groundwork done for the Republican National Convention by law enforcement agencies and […]

CLEVELAND – The kick off to the Republican National Convention would not be complete without an appearance from the presumptive nominee himself. Though he wasn’t originally expected to speak, Donald Trump took the stage at Quicken Loans Arena on Monday evening to introduce his wife, Melania, with a kiss on the cheek, and escort her […]

CLEVELAND – Chaos erupted in Cleveland on Monday afternoon as some Republican delegates made a last-ditch effort to reject Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee. At a time when party leaders continuously called for unification, the scene at the Republican National Convention was anything but on Monday. Delegates loudly argued over a vote accepting […]