NEWS

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Hometown Hero Veteran Banners available

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Sentinel wins two ONMA awards

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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

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 |

Iberia: Unique history, modern growth

IBERIA — This village that sits on Ohio 309 is home to a Dollar General, a manufacturing plant, a dog park and a large volunteer firehouse.But r...

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. |

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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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 |