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Board votes July 16 on cell phone ban at Fredericktown Local Schools
FREDERICKTOWN — Fredericktown Local Schools has drafted an updated cell phone policy that would ban them during school hours for the 2024-25 school year. The policy was introduced at June’s special board of education meeting, in a quest to enhance student engagement and academic focus. The policy will...
Love Center, which processes 660K pounds of food a year, benefits from run proceeds
The Millersburg Food Run is set to take off at 8 a.m. Sunday, July 28, along the Holmes County Trail in Millersburg. The Millersburg Food Run 10k, 5k and 1-mile races began in 2018 as a way for the Millersburg Seventh-day Adventist Church to help meet the needs of Holmes County families. Proceeds from the race are donated to the Love Center Food Pantry.
Turner Classic Movies host to lead ‘Shawshank Redemption’ panel discussion
MANSFIELD — The 30th anniversary celebration of “The Shawshank Redemption” movie is designed for the film’s legion of fans around the world. But it’s also a family reunion of sorts for the cast and crew that created the film that earned seven Academy Award nominations and is IMDB’s top-rated movie of all time. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Slideshow: Granville’s annual Mile Long Parade went off without a hitch on July 4
Alan Miller teaches journalism and writes for TheReportingProject.org, the nonprofit news organization of Denison University's Journalism Program. He is the former executive editor of The Columbus Dispatch and former Regional Editor for Gannett's 21-newsroom USAToday Network Ohio.
Newark City Council votes to limit recreational marijuana sales to existing dispensaries
NEWARK, Ohio (WSYX) — Newark City Council members unanimously passed an ordinance that would limit the number of locations where recreational marijuana can be sold. According to the ordinance, only the existing medical marijuana facilities in Newark will be able to obtain a dual-use license. There are currently three...
Newark Catholic promotes Evans to girls basketball head coach
NEWARK — The month of June was a dry run for Dani Evans. The news now is official. Evans was named Newark Catholic’s head girls basketball coach on Wednesday. The NC graduate is the school’s first female head coach. ...
ABDO-men return for Granville Fourth of July parade tradition
While visiting his brother-in-law in Frederick, Maryland, Greg Dixon was killing time. Dixon and his wife, Megan, accompanied by friends Jeff and Vicki Lammers, milled about in a multifloor antique shop cluttered with dust-covered junk-treasure and antiques. Dixon’s fingers fluttered through a long, skinny box of postcards, one at a...
Man critically injured during alleged robbery in north Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A man is in critical condition after being assaulted during an alleged robbery Wednesday night in north Columbus. Police said that they received reports a man was unresponsive just before 11 p.m. at the intersection of Corrugated Way and English Alley from an assault. Officers found the man had suffered from […]
Critically endangered gorilla born at Columbus Zoo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium welcomed another baby gorilla over the weekend. The Zoo said the baby western lowland gorilla was born to first-time mother, Sue, and experienced father, Ktembe. Sue is currently bonding with the newborn under the watch of the Animal Care team....
A lip reader shared what Julia Roberts may have told Travis Kelce at Taylor Swift's concert in Dublin
While Travis Kelce was stateside for Clyde Edwards-Helaire’s wedding for much of the weekend, he managed to make a (possibly) surprise appearance at Taylor Swift’s Sunday Eras Tour show in Dublin. And Swift wasn’t the only one thrilled to see Kelce arrive mid-show at Aviva Stadium. Academy...
Story of the Clintonville Mystery House Will Be Explored in an Upcoming Documentary
Meshach Malley, the grandson of homeowner Bob Erickson, wants to provide a behind-the-scenes historical look at Clintonville’s most distinctive and fascinating residence. Bob Erickson’s whimsical Clintonville home, with its turrets and fanciful adornments, has been a point of curiosity in its neighborhood and beyond for decades. Now, a documentary will open the home’s doors to the curious and tell its story.
Daycare with locations across U.S. greenlit to build first central Ohio academy
DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) — A daycare chain boasted as the “innovator in educational child care” with locations across the East Coast received final approval to build its first Ohio academy in the Columbus area. A proposal by Lightbridge Academy, a New Jersey-based daycare chain, to build a location on a 1.68-acre Dublin site near the […]
Mansfield dad starts Community Day to bridge gap between kids & cops
MANSFIELD — Travontae Wilson was inspired to organize a “Community Day” by his son Cameron. He said he doesn’t want Cameron, 9, to be afraid of law enforcement — so he asked some friends if they would be interested in a basketball game with Mansfield police officers.
Cameron Mitchell's new downtown Columbus steakhouse is ready for its debut
Butcher & Rose, a new steakhouse from Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, will join the downtown Columbus dining scene this Saturday. Located on the ground floor of Edwards Cos.' Preston Centre at 155 E. Broad St., the restaurant will serve dinner seven nights a week, from 4-10 p.m. on Monday through Saturday and 4-9 p.m. on Sundays.
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