EDITOR’S NOTE: The Richland Source Gray Matters team traveled to New York City on Oct. 24 for The New Old Age summit sponsored by The Atlantic. This was one of the topics covered at that convention. We’ve all seen the elderly portrayed in cartoons. Pants way past the waist, pant legs not long enough. It’s dorky. […]
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Y-Not Cycling & Fitness services riders at every age, interest level and terrain
Note: This Shop Small Mini-Spotlight is part of an ongoing series intended to promote local commerce over the 2018 holiday season. Y-Not Cycling & Fitness brings a big city bicycle selection to Lexington and Mt. Vernon. The family-owned store sells comfortable and economical bicycles as well as accessories that make cycling just plain fun.  Bicycles […]
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Mount Vernon law report: Nov. 7 – 18, 2018
MOUNT VERNON POLICE DEPARTMENT Crash Reports Nov. 15 Matthew H. Boyette was traveling south on S. Mulberry St. where it crosses W. Vine St. Michael E. Farmer was crossing S. Mulberry St. headed west on W. Vine St. with the green light in his favor. Boyette ran the red light on S. Mulberry and was […]
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Knox County Sheriff’s law report: Nov. 15 – 17, 2018
KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Nov. 15 Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Darby Dale Dr. on a domestic violence report. Dispatch advised the complainant said the suspect, Jordan Ramsey, had pushed her to the ground. When the deputies arrived they arrested Ramsey and charged him with assault and domestic violence.A complainant reported when he […]
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Eagle Mountain, Minnesota: Taking a 10 year old to the frozen tundra
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ashland’s Adam Fox is a mountaineer. Each month he shares a climbing adventure with our readers. Where’s that line, of child endangerment versus providing your offspring with an unbelievable adventure that many will never get to experience? If you take your child mountain climbing, and something goes wrong, if the child gets hurt […]
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Clear Fork season ends in regional final loss to St. Marys
BELLEFONTAINE — Seldom losing doesn’t make losing easier. That was the hard lesson for Clear Fork on Saturday night after the Colts dropped a 38-7 decision to St. Marys Memorial in a Division IV regional title game at Bellefontaine’s AcuSport Stadium. DSC_1345.jpg DSC_1282.jpg DSC_1283.jpg DSC_1295.jpg DSC_1297.jpg DSC_1301.jpg DSC_1305.jpg DSC_1306.jpg DSC_1310.jpg DSC_1313.jpg DSC_1325.jpg DSC_1334.jpg DSC_1350.jpg DSC_1356.jpg DSC_1362.jpg DSC_1376.jpg […]
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PLAYOFF GALLERY: Clear Fork vs. St. Marys Memorial
DSC_1345.jpg DSC_1282.jpg DSC_1283.jpg DSC_1295.jpg DSC_1297.jpg DSC_1301.jpg DSC_1305.jpg DSC_1306.jpg DSC_1310.jpg DSC_1313.jpg DSC_1325.jpg DSC_1334.jpg DSC_1350.jpg DSC_1356.jpg DSC_1362.jpg DSC_1376.jpg DSC_1382.jpg DSC_1390.jpg DSC_1391.jpg DSC_1396.jpg DSC_1398.jpg DSC_1410.jpg DSC_1414.jpg DSC_1428.jpg DSC_1486.jpg Clear Fork senior Trevon Trammell races around the corner on Saturday night, pursued by St. Marys’ defender Blake Kanorr. Trammell rushed for 58 yards and the Colts’ only TD in […]
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Flaws and all, Ohio St. plays Michigan for a Big 10 title-game berth
This has not been Ohio State’s year in many respects, maybe not in any aspect. Coach Urban Meyer was suspended three games before the season began for not properly monitoring assistant coach Zach Smith, who was accused but never charged with domestic violence during his tenure in Columbus. A story emerged last week accusing Meyer of covering up a racial taunt […]
Posted inObituaries
Marlene Martin
Marlene Martin, 78, of Mount Gilead, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 14, 2018, at the Woodside Village Care Center. On June 15, 1940, Marlene was born in Elbert, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Ira Otis and Virginia Clay (Brown) Myers. For 18 years, Marlene was employed by Cosmo Plastics as a machine operator. […]
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A view of downtown Fredericktown around 1940
FREDERICKTOWN — In 80 years, the skyline of the north end of downtown Fredericktown has changed considerably, though the essentials remain. Judging by the cars in this postcard printed by the Dexter Press in Pearl River, New York, the photo was taken around 1940. Most recognizable is the grain mill, still in operation after over […]