NEWS

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Chamber members enjoy Business After Hours

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Family genealogy quest leads to Kansas cousins

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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Hometown Hero Veteran Banners available

8:00 am |

Sentinel wins two ONMA awards

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Mount Gilead football team receives Academic All-Ohio award

Winter Weather Advisory: Snow coming Saturday night, Sunday

The National Weather Service has a Winter Weather Advisory in effect for most of northeast and central Ohio through Sunday.Lake effect snow and a R...

January 22nd, 2022 |

CMM Mobility Solutions Center opens

The Morrow County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting and open house Friday for the CMM (Crawford Marion Morrow) Mobility Solutions Center.Mob...

January 21st, 2022 |

Bowl for the Cure coming

The 15th annual Bowl for the Cure will be held at Morrow Lanes Saturday, Feb. 19. There will be two sessions, one at 1 p.m. and the second at 3 p.m.Pl...

January 21st, 2022 |

Cardington council gets updates

CARDINGTON — Fiscal Officer Deb Fry, gave an update on the American Rescue Plan Act funding when Village council met, Tuesday, Jan. 18.Fry said ...

January 20th, 2022 |

CARDINGTON MAYOR’S COURT

The following cases were determined in the December, 2021 and January 2022 sessions of Cardington Mayor’s Court:Jeffrey A. Cunningham, Cardingto...

January 20th, 2022 |

Big Walnut Joint Fire District meeting Tuesday

Big Walnut Joint Fire District is having a special meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the new Station 2 and permanent replacement lev...

January 20th, 2022 |

SPORTS

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Highland sweeps Galion girls

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Highland boys stifle Danville in Tuesday win

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Gallery: Highland-Galion girls basketball — photos by Don Tudor

Bowling teams compete in matches

By Rob Hamiltonroberthamilton@aimmediamidwest.comHighland split a Tuesday bowling match at River Valley with the boys’ squad earning a 2127-2085...

January 26th, 2022 |

Local teams see non-league action Tuesday

By Rob Hamiltonroberthamilton@aimmediamidwest.comNorthmor couldn’t overcome a slow start in dropping a 48-41 non-conference road game against Lu...

January 26th, 2022 |

Highland sweeps Galion girls

GALION — Highland (6-10, 4-7 Mid Ohio Athletic Conference) completed a season sweep of Galion on Tuesday evening by a score of 50-40. This win c...

January 26th, 2022 |

Highland boys stifle Danville in Tuesday win

A fast start combined with a strong defensive performance paved the way for the Highland boys’ basketball team (6-9) to earn a non-conference ho...

January 26th, 2022 |

Sports Calendar

Wednesday, Jan. 26• Galion at Highland, bowling, 5 p.m.• Mount Gilead home swim meet at Marion YMCA, 6:30 p.m.• Mount Gilead at Colo...

January 24th, 2022 |

LIFE

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Photo Gallery: Honor Flight ‘magical’ for Allen Stojkovic

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Photo gallery: Highland at Galion boys soccer — Photos by Don Tudor

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Photo gallery: Fredericktown at Northmor homecoming

Thursday at the Morrow County Fair — Photos by LeAnne Gompf

[caption id="attachment_39482" align="alignnone" width="200"] Animals and other fun at the fair on Thursday.[/caption] ...

September 3rd, 2021 |

Photos: Wednesday at the Morrow County Fair — Photos by LeAnne Gompf

[caption id="attachment_39378" align="alignnone" width="300"] Hogs, horses, p...

September 2nd, 2021 |

Photos: Tuesday at the Morrow County Fair — Photos by LeAnne Gompf

[caption id="attachment_39299" align="alignnone" width="300"] Tuesday at the Morrow ...

September 1st, 2021 |

Photos: Monday at the Morrow County Fair — Photos by LeAnne Gompf

[caption id="attachment_39265" align="alignnone" width="200"] Youngsters prepare their animals for the 171st Morrow County Fair.[/caption] ...

August 31st, 2021 updated: August 31st, 2021. |

Photos: Morrow County Fair opens with youngsters, animals ready to go

[caption id="attachment_39236" align="alignnone" width="300"] Morrow County Fair 2021 opens. Photos by Anthony Conchel[/caption] ...

August 30th, 2021 updated: August 31st, 2021. |

Blue Donkey Auction nets money for food banks

MOUNT GILEAD — Democrats of Morrow County banded together on Dec. 16 via Zoom to hold their first Blue Donkey Auction. The Auction made over $2,...

December 21st, 2020 updated: December 21st, 2020. |

OPINION

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Reflections: Blizzards and other past events

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Good harvest for deer muzzleloader season

9:00 am |

Career comes full circle

Support Ohio’s newspapers vs. Big Tech

Media outlets in America are boxing with the biggies. In this corner: Google and FaceBook (rebranded as Meta). In that corner: multiple newspapers. Sh...

January 21st, 2022 |

Reflections: Cardington is 200 years old

I plan to have more on the Cardington history later but I am reading the story of Cardington written by a resident and teacher, now deceased, in which...

January 21st, 2022 |

Reflections: Tales of girl corn grower

Yes, this was the headline in a January, 1916 Morrow County Independent newspaper. It was headline news when a girl, “Miss Leelo Jones, was the ...

January 14th, 2022 |

Reflections: A contrast in news reporting

As you know I love looking through past newspapers and read the contrasts between the news of that time and that of today. For instance, scanning a No...

January 7th, 2022 |

Ohio, Make 2022 a year to read

No pressure. No noble goal to read 101 books in 12 months. No guilt. Just read.In 2021, a Pew Research Center survey found that 77 percent of American...

January 5th, 2022 |

Reflections: Comparing December 1932 to today

Reading or listening to the national news today can be discouraging and one wonders if we will once again enjoy more pleasant times.I was scanning a &...

December 31st, 2021 |