Latest Updates
- Highway money top of DeWine’s budget concerns - 1:37 pm
- MORROW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS - 12:00 pm
- Rock’s Edge plan gets zoning nod - 8:00 am
- Reflections: Cahoon: Remembering the Midway Truck Stop - 7:00 am
- Young inventors gear up for the VEX Robotics at Highland - 2:00 pm
- Mount Gilead Middle School honored for PRIDE program - 12:00 pm
- Mount Gilead Board of Education meeting time changed - 10:33 am
- Board of Health considers location alternatives - 9:05 am updated: 10:31 am.
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR - 2:57 pm updated: 10:49 am.
- County’s new public transit system to launch March 1 - 11:00 am
- Trash Bash plans made - 10:00 am updated: 10:05 am.
- C-L treasurer explains ‘ups and downs of revenue’ - 9:00 am
- First Families of Morrow County wanted - 1:45 pm updated: 1:47 pm.
- OWjL Camp earns grant - 10:00 am
- Red Cross collecting coffee for GIs - 11:59 am
- Auditions set For Palace’s “Twelve Angry Men” - 10:37 am
- Trustees to decide on Rock’s Edge development plan - 10:15 am updated: 8:50 am.
- Kroger assists Food Pantry with holiday hams - 10:00 am
- Group takes part in Wreaths Across America - 9:33 am
- Bonecutters donate to Sheriff’s K-9 program - 8:00 am
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR - 6:00 am
- Highland celebrates winter homecoming - 6:45 pm
- Reflections: Cahoon: A Cardington business entrepreneur - 7:00 am
- MOUNT GILEAD SCHOOLS - 12:30 pm
- MORROW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS - 12:19 pm updated: 11:42 am.
NEWS

Trash Bash plans made
MOUNT GILEAD — Trash Bash is celebrating its 40th year and has a long history of the community collaborating and making a strong effort to make ...
February 14th, 2019 updated: February 14th, 2019. |
C-L treasurer explains ‘ups and downs of revenue’
Jon Mason, Cardington-Lincoln School District treasurer, gave his report during the board of education’s meeting on Feb. 11.“We are in the...

First Families of Morrow County wanted
Do you have ancestors who lived in Morrow County in 1850 or before?You can honor your ancestors by recognizing them as First Families of Morrow County...
February 13th, 2019 updated: February 13th, 2019. |
OWjL Camp earns grant
DELAWARE — The Ingram-White Castle Foundation is awarding Ohio Wesleyan University’s OWjL Camp a three-year $11,250 grant to provide schol...
Red Cross collecting coffee for GIs
The American Red Cross North Central Ohio Chapter is inviting the public to participate in a new project to support military personnel and veterans. T...
SPORTS
Northmor boys top Highland
In a defensive-minded game at Highland Friday night, visiting Northmor was able to claim a 32-30 win to enter the postseason with a 11-11 mark.Competi...
Sports Calendar
Wednesday, Feb. 20• Northmor at Mount Gilead, Division III girls’ basketball sectionals, 7 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 21• Division II distri...
Highland team, MG individual advance in boys’ bowling
By Rob Hamiltonroberthamilton@aimmediamidwest.comThe boys’ bowling sectional was held at HP Lanes in Columbus on Saturday, with the Highland boy...
Cardington girls win bowling sectional
By Rob Hamiltonroberthamilton@aimmediamidwest.comThe Cardington girls won the Central District’s Division II sectional meet on Friday, as they t...
New sponsor for Mid-Ohio Xfinity event
As NASCAR goes racing again this week, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is proud to announce a new title sponsor for its NASCAR Xfinity Series event. B&...
LIFE

Reflections: Snippets from the past
Several readers of this column have voiced their appreciation at seeing names from the past, including relatives, friends, friends of their parents, e...

Reflections: Tombstone unearthed in back yard
It was almost 30 years ago that Jay and Diane Haycook were Roto-tilling a small plot of earth behind their home, 534 S. Marion St., in Cardington, pre...

Reflections: Cardington native’s escape from Germany
I want to share with you a story I read in the March 20, 1952. edition of the Union Register about Cardington native Otto Koeppe, his wife and daughte...

Reflections: Remembering Singer Livery Barn
Although it was razed exactly 45 years ago, I wonder how many remember the Singer Livery Barn. It was located on North Marion Street at the southeast ...

Reflections: Potpourri of Cardington history
I love reading items about Cardington’s people and what they contributed in the past.For instance, in a story published in the Morrow County Ind...

Reflections: Village bios interesting
I collect information about Cardington and Morrow County. Some are short pieces so am using this last edition of 2018 to share one.There was a publica...
OPINION

Preacher’s Point: If thou hast run with the footmen
Currently, I live in a rural area, a county of small towns and much farmland. The largest church in our county runs about two hundred in attendance, m...

Preacher’s Point: Are you spiritually naked?
The seven churches of Revelation are a fascinating study. Four of the seven churches God has some compliments and some ridicule. Two of the churches, ...

Small game and bird seasons have been proposed
The 2019-2020 small game and migratory bird hunting seasons and trapping seasons were proposed to the Ohio Wildlife Council on Wednesday, Jan. 9, acco...

Preacher’s Point: Does the Bible brag?
The great philosopher Dizzy Dean once said, “It ain’t braggin’ if you can do it!”With that thought in the back of my mind, I c...
Local implications of the shutdown
It is now day 28 of the shutdown and many social service agencies are feeling a financial pinch and considering cuts until the government reopens. Sev...

Preacher’s Point: Understanding the Scriptures?
Every Christian should study the Bible. If all you are getting are a few verses and a page or so of commentary (this column, for example) from time to...
BUSINESS

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October 31st, 2018 updated: October 31st, 2018. |

Disparity in funding between Ohio’s poorest an wealthiest school districts has changed little in 20 years
New study shows little has changed since landmark DeRolph Ohio Supreme Court caseCOLUMBUS — Despite 20 years of effort by the Ohio Legislature, ...
August 15th, 2018 updated: August 15th, 2018. |

SBA deadline for 2016 drought assistance is Oct. 24
ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in Ohio that working capital loans are still available to small busines...

Gallery: Cardington Memorial Day Parade: Photos by LeAnne Gompf
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Freeze watch tonight for Morrow County area
From the National Weather Service ... A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S ARE FORECAS...
Wind advisory today from 3 p.m. through midnight
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT. WINDS... INCREASING TO 20 TO ...