NEWS

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Mount Gilead football team receives Academic All-Ohio award

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SW Ohio township to appeal court ruling on biodigester

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Senate candidate Ryan speaks in Mount Gilead

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Winter Weather Advisory: Snow coming Saturday night, Sunday

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CMM Mobility Solutions Center opens

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Iberia: Unique history, modern growth

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 |

CARDINGTON FFA

Members of the Cardington-Lincoln FFA Chapter recently competed in the advanced and novice parliamentary procedure contests beginning at the county le...

January 18th, 2022 |

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Meetings, events• The Village Gathering Place will host the first Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours of the year on Jan. 27 ...

January 18th, 2022 updated: January 21st, 2022. |

Watermain breaks repaired in Mount Gilead

MOUNT GILEAD — The village experienced three watermain breaks in a four-day span.Village Administrator Derek Allen told village council Monday n...

January 17th, 2022 updated: January 17th, 2022. |

MOUNT GILEAD POLICE CALLS

Jan. 11-16ASSIST EMSOfficer provided assistance to county EMS with a female having difficulty breathing. She was transported to the hospital.THEFTA Go...

January 17th, 2022 |

SPORTS

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Click going into Cardington Athletic Hall

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Mount Gilead girls hold on for win over Northmor

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Northmor boys defeat Indians

MG wrestlers place well at Heath

The Mount Gilead wrestling team finished fourth out of 15 schools on Saturday at the Robin Drumm Classic at Heath.The Indians finished with 125 points...

January 24th, 2022 |

Good harvest for deer muzzleloader season

Ohio hunters completed the 2022 muzzleloader season with 12,141 deer checked from Saturday, Jan. 8 to Tuesday, Jan. 11, according to the Ohio Departme...

January 24th, 2022 |

MOUNT GILEAD POLICE CALLS

Jan. 17-24AccidentA motorist was southbound on Westview Drive and went off the road and slid into a small bush causing minor damage. He was cited for ...

January 24th, 2022 |

Highland boys battle back to top Ontario

By Rob Hamiltonroberthamilton@aimmediamidwest.comHighland claimed a 59-56 road win over Ontario in MOAC boys’ basketball action Thursday night t...

January 21st, 2022 |

Click going into Cardington Athletic Hall

Douglas (Doug) Click, 1961 Cardington High School graduate, will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday, February 5.The ce...

January 21st, 2022 |

Mount Gilead girls hold on for win over Northmor

Visiting Mount Gilead built a big third-quarter lead over Northmor in a Wednesday night KMAC girls’ basketball game and was able to hold on for ...

January 20th, 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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Good harvest for deer muzzleloader season

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Career comes full circle

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Support Ohio’s newspapers vs. Big Tech

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 |