Lexington Local Schools Superintendent Jeremy Secrist has announced his resignation effective July 31, though his next professional destination has not yet been disclosed.
A new Kids Count Data Book report found that while Ohio ranks 12th nationally in education, 68% of the state’s fourth graders are not proficient in reading and 68% of eighth graders are not proficient in math.
Ohio Mutual Insurance Group celebrated its 125th anniversary and annual Associate Appreciation Day by bringing together current and former employees to recognize the company’s history, growth and connection to the Bucyrus community.
A Richland County judge heard arguments July 15 over whether key evidence in the case against Sara Westmoreland should be suppressed, with the hearing set to continue in August ahead of her scheduled trial.
Employee-owned Gledhill Road Machinery, a longtime Galion manufacturer of snow and ice control equipment, is seeking welders, assemblers, painters and CNC operators while offering competitive benefits and a company-funded pension plan.
The John Schiefer Memorial Toy Drive has returned to the Crawford County Fair, inviting fairgoers to donate new toys for Nationwide Children’s Hospital while the first 100 donors receive a free ice cream coupon from Mark’s Homemade Ice Cream.
Seneca County Sheriff Fredrick Stevens says newly released body-camera footage from the July 7 deputy-involved shooting involving Jeffrey Sergent supports deputies’ actions, showing officers opened fire only after Sergent allegedly used his vehicle in a manner that placed law enforcement personnel in immediate danger.
The South of the Square Block Rally raised $3,100 for Sleep in Heavenly Peace’s Crawford-Wyandot chapter, bringing the event’s total charitable contributions since 2010 to more than $50,000.
