Latest Updates
- Northmor Elementary School honor rolls - 8:58 am
- How are you coping? - 7:56 am
- As U.S. death toll nears 15,000, mitigation efforts seem to be working - 10:32 am
- Galion school district earns award from Ohio’s state auditor - 5:47 am
- Crawford Park District sites will open for hiking, but Nature Center, playscape remaine closed - 5:36 am
- How the CARES Act can helps Ohio manufacturers - 5:28 am
- Local agencies working together to collect medical supplies - 5:56 pm updated: 3:54 pm.
- Second Harvest Food Bank will be in Bucyrus with about 500 boxes of food Monday - 4:31 pm updated: 4:31 pm.
- News briefs: Ohio changes rules about liquor sales, consumption; Ohio’s state tax receipts take a big hit - 4:14 pm
- First COVID-19 death reported in Richland County - 3:09 pm
- Miranda Jones off and running as Galion-Crestline’s new executive director - 12:05 pm
- Will you share with us? How are you coping with Ohio’s stay-at-home order? - 8:47 am updated: 10:20 am.
- Column by Russ Kent: Sadly, we still need protection from ourselves - 7:12 am
- Crawford County Recycling Center closed until further notice - 7:04 am
- Good morning! Jeff Hoffer of Bellville shared these photos of last night’s full moon. - 6:45 am updated: 7:02 am.
- CARES Act is designed to assist rural Ohioans, too - 6:45 am updated: 12:25 pm.
- Community Foundation for Crawford County offering grants for COVID-19 response - 6:14 am
- New guidelines start today for essential businesses in Ohio - 12:15 pm updated: 12:15 pm.
- Road construction report for April - 10:10 am updated: 7:10 am.
- What you must know about COVID-19 if you have an autoimmune condition - 6:34 am
- Surgeon General Adams: This week is ‘our Pearl Harbor moment’ - 6:27 am
NEWS
How the CARES Act can helps Ohio manufacturers
Two weeks ago, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARE...
Local agencies working together to collect medical supplies
GALION — Avita Health System, Crawford County Emergency Management Agency, Crawford County Public Health, and the Galion City Health Department are ...
April 8th, 2020 updated: April 9th, 2020. |
Second Harvest Food Bank will be in Bucyrus with about 500 boxes of food Monday
BUCYRUS — Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio contacted Bucyrus Backpack Program, LLC this week for the purpose of making food available ...
April 8th, 2020 updated: April 8th, 2020. |
News briefs: Ohio changes rules about liquor sales, consumption; Ohio’s state tax receipts take a big hit
Liquor commission allows off-premise consumptionBy Todd DeFeo | The Center Square(The Center Square) – Establishments with on-premises liquor pe...
First COVID-19 death reported in Richland County
RICHLAND COUNTY — Richland Public Health is reporting the death of a Richland County resident (Mansfield) who was a hospitalized patient who had...
Miranda Jones off and running as Galion-Crestline’s new executive director
GALION — Most people in the area are familiar with Miranda Jones, who has been the member engagement director with the Galion-Crestline Area Cha...
SPORTS
Despite shutdown, OHSAA still looking at abbreviated spring schedule possibilities
GALION — Despite Gov. DeWine’s decision to extend school closures to May 1, the Ohio High School Athletic Association is still looking int...
Don’t let thieves steal your COVID-19 stimulus money
COLUMBUS — Attorney General Dave Yost today urged Ohioans to watch out for thieves as stimulus payments arrive from the federal government. “Th...
April 1st, 2020 updated: April 1st, 2020. |
Northmor’s Leslie Brubaker signs to play college volleyball at Wilmington College
After a senior season that saw her named a first-team KMAC player, Northmor’s Leslie Brubaker will continue to compete in volleyball at the next lev...
March 31st, 2020 updated: April 1st, 2020. |
Winter tournaments cancelled
COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday that the winter sports tournaments of wrestling, basketball and ice hock...
Mid-Ohio Honda Indy 200 moved ahead one week, go Aug. 7-9
LEXINGTON — INDYCAR announced today that The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, originally set for Aug. 14-16, 2020, has been moved t...
KMAC honors winter athletes
The Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC) consisting of the Cardington, Centerburg, Danville, East Knox, Fredericktown, Highland, Mount Gilead, North...
LIFE
As U.S. death toll nears 15,000, mitigation efforts seem to be working
(The Center Square) — Despite the rising death toll, the U.S. continues to see encouraging signs that stay-at-home orders and social distancing ...
Crawford Park District sites will open for hiking, but Nature Center, playscape remaine closed
LEESVILLE — As of April 7, 2020, all Crawford Park District parks and preserves are open. However, the Lowe-Volk Nature Center will remain close...
Local agencies working together to collect medical supplies
GALION — Avita Health System, Crawford County Emergency Management Agency, Crawford County Public Health, and the Galion City Health Department are ...
April 8th, 2020 updated: April 9th, 2020. |
First COVID-19 death reported in Richland County
RICHLAND COUNTY — Richland Public Health is reporting the death of a Richland County resident (Mansfield) who was a hospitalized patient who had...
Will you share with us? How are you coping with Ohio’s stay-at-home order?
GALION -- There are two sides to every story ... good and bad, positive and negative, funny or sad, depressing or uplifting. Area residents are e...
April 8th, 2020 updated: April 10th, 2020. |
What you must know about COVID-19 if you have an autoimmune condition
At this point, the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted all of our lives in ways large and small. For many ...
OPINION
Column: Why it is important to be counted
During this difficult time, many people are looking for ways to help. Perhaps one of these easiest ways to impact our community right now is to comple...
Column by Russ Kent: The sounds of silence
We’re living in a strange, new world. It’s eerie. At night, when Beatrix and I go out, the night sky still looks the same. Venus, Orion, the...
April 2nd, 2020 updated: April 2nd, 2020. |
Absentee ballot rules, regulations announced for Richland County voters
RICHLAND COUNTY — The Ohio General Assembly has set the following procedures for the 2020 Primary Election:The March 2020 Primary Election has b...
Guest opinion column: Galion citizens desperately need help
The recent coronavirus impact has devastated our community. It is painful to see so many households facing unemployment and insurmountable financial p...
During this crisis, keep supporting your community
During this crisis, keep supporting your communityOver the course of the past week, life has changed dramatically right before our eyes. Our communiti...
It’s a good time to get fishing gear prepared
The hunting seasons are over, the ice-fishing season was a bust, and unless you are heading to Lake Erie it is still too early to get the boat out.So ...
BUSINESS
Miranda Jones off and running as Galion-Crestline’s new executive director
GALION — Most people in the area are familiar with Miranda Jones, who has been the member engagement director with the Galion-Crestline Area Cha...
New guidelines start today for essential businesses in Ohio
This message is joint announcement from the Galion City Health Department and Crawford County Public Health. We are sure that you are aware the Sta...
April 6th, 2020 updated: April 6th, 2020. |
Iron Vault will keep making sanitizer
GALION — The owners of the Iron Vault Distillery have taken it upon themselves to help others during these uncertain times by making much needed...
April 3rd, 2020 updated: April 5th, 2020. |
CARES Act can provide relief from COVID-19 hardships for small businesses
Last week, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES...
April 1st, 2020 updated: April 1st, 2020. |
Trump: ‘Surge is coming;’ Americans must adhere to distancing guidelines
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a surge is coming in the spread of the novel coronavirus that has infected more than ...
April 1st, 2020 updated: April 1st, 2020. |
IHME predicts Mid-April peak for daily COVID-19 deaths in U.S.
(The Center Square) – New projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations forecasts the U.S. will reach its peak for daily COV...
























