BELLVILLE — The very first Empty Bowls event for the Bellville Neighborhood Outreach Center was a rousing success, and a huge step forward in combating hunger in the Clear Fork Valley region. Hundreds of people gathered at Clear Fork High School on Sunday to enjoy delicious soup and support their community. According to Terri Hamilton, […]
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Futurist shares vision for valuing age in the workplace
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. Maybe Silicon Valley has it all wrong. The future is not algorithmic but human. And society’s push to front-load […]
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Loudonville to honor Centennial of World War I armistice on Nov. 11
LOUDONVILLE — On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month the guns of the Great War fell silent. For over four years a brutal war — filled with new technologies and horrors — had raged across the globe, claiming over 40 million casualties. What had begun as a “splendid little war,” […]
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Clear Fork survives scare from Bryan to remain unbeaten
BELLVILLE — Starting in the secondary as a sophomore on a veteran, unefeated Clear Fork team hasn’t always been easy for Ashton Lyon this season. But the 5-10, 160-pound defensive back made it all pay off on Saturday night when he made perhaps the biggest defensive play of the season in Clear Fork’s 20-6 playoff […]
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PLAYOFF GALLERY: Bryan at Clear Fork
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PLAYOFF GALLERY: Lucas vs. River
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Buckeyes survive sloppy performance to edge Nebraska
COLUMBUS — Victories over two-win teams aren’t supposed to be this tough, but this has not been a typical Ohio State football season. The record, 8-1 overall, 5-1 in the Big Ten, is fine. The Buckeyes’ spot in the top 10 is secure for one more week. But this appears to be the most vulnerable outfit […]
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Lords drop road game at DePauw
GREENCASTLE, Ind. – Chase Andries and Andy Hunt spearheaded a DePauw University passing attack that rang up 315 yards and four touchdowns during the Tigers’ 38-6 North Coast Athletic Conference win over the visiting Kenyon College Lords. In an attempt to top those numbers, Kenyon quarterback Thomas Merkle went 28-of-46 for 288 yards, while receiver […]
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Civil War medal awaits the family of this Knox Co. soldier
MOUNT VERNON — What I love about history is that very human moments emerge when you dig out the stories. I recently wrote a two-part column about the Maplehurst murder which took place in Mount Vernon in 1905. This week’s column is a corollary to that. The initial suspect (later exonerated) in that crime was […]
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Lexington stuns Tiffin Columbian in opening round of playoffs
TIFFIN — Cade Stover and his Lexington teammates sent a message to the rest of Region 10 on Friday. The Minutemen are the real deal. An Ohio State recruit, Stover picked off two passes and rushed for two touchdowns as the seventh-seeded Minutemen upset No. 2 Tiffin Columbian 31-21 at Frost-Kalnow Stadium on Friday. Lex […]