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Latest Updates
- Area softball roundup: Lady Knights get two KMAC wins - 10:16 am updated: 10:45 am.
- Civil War show coming to north central Ohio next month - 10:15 am updated: 10:46 am.
- Celebration of Life for Virginia Barnhart - 10:14 am updated: 10:47 am.
- Galion area church briefs: egg hunts, Easter services and more - 10:12 am updated: 10:49 am.
- Column: Looking at the sad state of special education - 10:10 am updated: 10:51 am.
- Central Ohio Fishing Report - 5:17 pm
- Lady Tigers stay hot, sweep previously unbeaten Clear Fork - 9:59 am updated: 10:05 am.
- Gallery: Clear Fork 16, Galion 3; Photos by Don Tudor - 9:14 am
- Bits and pieces: Old Bellville school buiding coming down - 8:56 am updated: 9:06 am.
- Galion news briefs: OGS meeting in New Washington; free meal at Trinity Lutheran - 7:57 am
- Ashland University planning a Young Chef Camp this summer - 7:54 am
- Richland County a highlight for TourismOhio - 7:52 am
- Gallery: Galion 8, Clear Fork 6; Photos by Jeff Hoffer - 10:55 am
- Gallery: Galion 7, Clear Fork 5; Photos by Jeff Hoffer - 10:48 am
- Clear Fork schools may relocate its bus garage - 9:59 am updated: 10:12 am.
- Agency on Aging sponsoring a diabetes empowerment program - 9:57 am updated: 10:13 am.
- Sherrod Brown column: Apprenticeships lead to good jobs - 9:51 am
- Shelby storm a good reminder: When severe weather is in the forecast, take precautions - 9:50 am updated: 10:15 am.
- Galion police reports - 9:48 am updated: 10:27 am.
- Galion school board recognizes students, food service workers - 9:43 am updated: 10:26 am.
- Sue Stark, a long-time teacher in Galion, earns honor - 9:35 am updated: 10:24 am.
NEWS
Central Ohio Fishing Report
COLUMBUS — Ohio offers many fantastic locations for the public to fish, including 124,000 acres of inland water, 7,000 miles of streams, 2.25 mi...
Lady Tigers stay hot, sweep previously unbeaten Clear Fork
GALION — The Galion Lady Tigers softball team looked to extend their winning streak to nine games on Wednesday as they welcomed the Clear Fork Lady ...
April 18th, 2019 updated: April 18th, 2019. |
Gallery: Clear Fork 16, Galion 3; Photos by Don Tudor
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Bits and pieces: Old Bellville school buiding coming down
BELLVILLE – The school yards in Butler and Bellville are quiet, with students, teachers and other staff off enjoying their spring break. But smal...
April 18th, 2019 updated: April 18th, 2019. |
Galion news briefs: OGS meeting in New Washington; free meal at Trinity Lutheran
Local chapter of OGS plans next meetingNEW WASHINGTON — The next meeting of the Crawford County Chapter Ohio Genealogical Society will be Thursd...
Ashland University planning a Young Chef Camp this summer
ASHLAND — Is your dream to become a chef? Do you love to cook? Come join Ashland University’s talented team of chefs for AU’s sixth ...
SPORTS
Lady Tigers stay hot, sweep previously unbeaten Clear Fork
GALION — The Galion Lady Tigers softball team looked to extend their winning streak to nine games on Wednesday as they welcomed the Clear Fork Lady ...
April 18th, 2019 updated: April 18th, 2019. |
Tigers split series with Colts
GALION — On Wednesday afternoon, the Galion Tigers baseball squad returned to their home diamond in Heise Park to play hosts to the visiting Cle...
Gallery: Clear Fork 16, Galion 3; Photos by Don Tudor
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Gallery: Track meet, Ashland at Clear Fork; Photos by Jeff Hoffer
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Northmor gets two in sixth to edge MG
One bad half-inning proved costly for Mount Gilead in a 3-1 loss to Northmor at home on Tuesday.The score was tied at one going into the top of the si...
Gallery: Galion 8, Clear Fork 6; Photos by Jeff Hoffer
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LIFE
Celebration of Life for Virginia Barnhart
Please join us for A Celebration of Life in loving memory of Virginia Barnhart on May 7 at 11 a.m. at Caledonia Cemetery. Dinner immediately following...
April 20th, 2019 updated: April 20th, 2019. |
Galion area church briefs: egg hunts, Easter services and more
Easter Egg Hunt 10 a.m. Saturday at Peco Park GALION — A Community Easter Egg hunt sponsored by St Joseph ‘s Catholic Church, Christ United Met...
April 20th, 2019 updated: April 20th, 2019. |
Column: Looking at the sad state of special education
Recently, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Department of Education engaged in an illegal delay of the implemen...
April 20th, 2019 updated: April 20th, 2019. |
Bits and pieces: Old Bellville school buiding coming down
BELLVILLE – The school yards in Butler and Bellville are quiet, with students, teachers and other staff off enjoying their spring break. But smal...
April 18th, 2019 updated: April 18th, 2019. |
Agency on Aging sponsoring a diabetes empowerment program
ONTARIO — The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging, Inc. and Grace Episcopal Church are offering a free diabetes self-management workshop to the pub...
April 17th, 2019 updated: April 17th, 2019. |
Galion school board recognizes students, food service workers
GALION — The Galion school board celebrated the accomplishments of students and the district’s food service operations at Tuesday’s regular meet...
April 17th, 2019 updated: April 17th, 2019. |
OPINION
Sherrod Brown column: Apprenticeships lead to good jobs
At a time when hard work isn’t paying off for too many Americans, apprenticeship partnerships are the kinds of innovative programs we need to sh...
Wild turkey season about ready to begin
For many hunters, spring brings the unmistakable sound of gobbling wild turkeys as Ohio’s annual hunt of this popular game bird begins, accordin...
Column: Trump should close U.S. border
President Trump has repeatedly cited Israel to prove that border walls work. With the President threatening to close the Mexico border, some Democr...
April 11th, 2019 updated: April 11th, 2019. |
Sherrod Brown column: The fight against fentanyl continues
There’s not a community in Ohio that hasn’t been touched by the opioid crisis, and law enforcement is on the front lines. Because of the massiv...
April 10th, 2019 updated: April 10th, 2019. |
Guest column: Dealing with a painful loss
She had sat at the table for hours, pen in hand but so paralyzed with grief she could not write. Finally, Nancy Mills expressed her feelings to her so...
Good fishing at Lake Erie
Lake Erie anglers have the chance to experience excellent fishing opportunities on Lake Erie in 2019, according to Ohio Department of Natural Resource...
BUSINESS
Bucyrus Hospital adds forensic services for the community
BUCYRUS — Avita Health System’s Bucyrus Hospital has implemented a forensic program to provide medical screenings and forensic exams to individual...
March 29th, 2019 updated: March 29th, 2019. |
With spring’s arrival, be prepared for storms, possible flooding
GALION — Rain is expected this weekend in north central Ohio. In fact the long-range forecast — as of Tuesday — is predicting rain almost daily ...
March 27th, 2019 updated: March 27th, 2019. |
Akron Children’s Mansfield Health Center opens March 26
MANSFIELD — Akron Children’s Hospital will bring together pediatric primary care, urgent care, nearly a dozen of its most in-demand pediatric spec...
March 20th, 2019 updated: March 20th, 2019. |
Galion fifth-grader Elliott Freyman making a difference for kids at Sara Beegle
GALION — Elliot Freyman, 11, wanted to find a way to help in her community. A fifth grader at Galion Intermediate School, Freyman was inspired by...
March 20th, 2019 updated: March 20th, 2019. |
Brock Williamson, of Bucyrus, will be new wildlife officer in Van Wert County
FINDLAY, OH – Brock Williamson, 23, of Bucyrus, Ohio will be assigned as the new state wildlife officer in Van Wert County, according to the Ohio De...
