It’s hard to believe we have come to the end of 2018. What a busy year it’s been! I have always felt that the holiday season provides a refreshing change from our usual hectic pace: it is an opportunity to focus on others and the ways in which we might be able to give back […]
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‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus’ still rings true today
More than a century ago — when trust between citizens and the media was not so strained — an 8-year-old girl named Virginia O’Hanlon in New York City wrote a letter to the editor. “Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus,” the youngster wrote to the New York Sun in 1897. […]
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Ohio businesses filings increase year over year
COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has announced 9,035 new entities filed to do business in Ohio last month, an increase of 477 when compared to November 2017. Ohio is on track for 2018 to be another record-breaking year for new business filings. Since January, the Buckeye State has seen 116,410 new businesses […]
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Georgia L. Meyer
Georgia L. Meyer, 84, of Howard passed away on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018 at the Knox Community Hospital. She was born on June 13, 1934 in Canton, Missouri to the late Benjamin and Lillie Mae (Wilson) Klusmeier. She attended the Gay Street United Methodist Church. Georgia loved traveling, cooking, gardening, and spending time with friends […]
Posted inArea History
Follow-up: From the Maplehurst murder to Hollywood
MOUNT VERNON — Whatever the confusions and disconnects that modern technology may cause us, there’s no denying that it has made some wonderful things possible for historians. Today, one can find long-lost information with a few taps of the computer keyboard. Of course, you have to know what keys to tap. This was the drawing […]
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Sherrod Brown: Protecting small businesses from shady lenders
We hear a lot about the importance of protecting consumers from shady lenders, but many people may not realize small businesses often fall victim to these predators as well. That’s why last week, I joined my Republican colleague Senator Marco Rubio to crack down on one of the most common ways these lenders go after […]
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ODOT: Busy Ohio highways expected with record-level travelers
COLUMBUS — AAA is forecasting that a record-4.6 million Ohioans will travel more than 50 miles from home this holiday. More than 90 percent of those Ohioans will travel by vehicle. The last time Christmas fell on a Tuesday, 2012, Ohio roads experienced a 37-percent increase in traffic volume, according to Ohio Department of Transportation […]
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Hot-shooting Ashland knocks off Mount Vernon
ASHLAND — Garrett Denbow and Mitch Heilman hosted a shooting clinic Friday at Arrow Arena. Denbow scored 25 points and Heilman added 22 as the Arrows snapped a two-game losing streak with a 73-56 win over Mount Vernon. IMG_6716.jpg IMG_6718.jpg IMG_6720.jpg IMG_6729.jpg IMG_6730.jpg IMG_6731.jpg IMG_6735.jpg IMG_6737.jpg IMG_6739.jpg IMG_6741.jpg IMG_6748.jpg IMG_6752.jpg IMG_6754.jpg IMG_6756.jpg IMG_6757.jpg IMG_6759.jpg IMG_6760.jpg […]
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GALLERY: Ashland vs. Mount Vernon Boys Basketball
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Loudonville survives scare from Mansfield Christian
MANSFIELD — Jacob Gessner didn’t shy away from a 3-point attempt with 28 seconds left and his team down by two. That’s because the 5-foot-8 Loudonville sophomore has literally hit the shot thousands of times in practice. Gessner calmly knocked in the jumper from the top of the key as the Redbirds survived a second-half […]