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Mason High School's Speech & Debate team earned the National Speech & Debate Association's Leading Chapter Award for the Western Ohio District for the 2025-2026 school year, placing the program among the top tier of more than 4,000 member schools.
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After wrapping a STEM Kitchen Challenge where children made salsa as a science experiment, Mason Recreation has 22 enrichment classes open for registration at Mason Community Center, with sessions starting as early as Oct. 3.
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New nursing students who qualify for the Federal Pell Grant can receive up to $4,000 through the Chamberlain Care Grant, available at most Chamberlain campuses including the recently opened Sycamore Township location, with no separate application required.
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Hebron Trucking LLC in Mason was among more than 110 commercial driver's license training providers ordered to immediately stop operations after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found their graduates repeatedly failed English proficiency requirements at roadside inspections.
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Mason City Schools earned a perfect 5.0-star rating on the 2025-26 Ohio Report Cards with the highest average teacher salary and largest enrollment among 17 Warren County-area districts, while Kings Local improved from 4.0 to 4.5 stars. Data across all districts shows higher pay does not track neatly with higher ratings.
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Gov. Mike DeWine declared Sept. 25 Dolly Parton Day in Ohio, honoring the late entertainer's Imagination Library, which has delivered nearly 28 million free books to children statewide since 2019. Warren County families, including those in Mason and Deerfield Township, can enroll children from birth to age five through Mason Public Library or online.
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William Mason High School earned a 96.88 out of 100 score and placed 560th out of 17,945 schools in the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings, landing in the top 3% nationally and 22nd in Ohio.
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Mason High School's Science Olympiad team made program history with consecutive Ohio state championships and eight medals at the national tournament at USC, fueled by a districtwide pipeline of hundreds of students and a collaborative team culture.
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Chamberlain University opened its 25th campus at the Kenwood Collection in Sycamore Township on Aug. 20, where nursing students train on lifelike patient simulators before entering real clinical rotations at regional hospitals.
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The Mason City Schools Board of Education recognized the Science Olympiad team's historic repeat state championship, approved an outside review of the athletic program starting with football, and introduced attendance policy changes that will count all absences toward chronic absenteeism.
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The Mason City Schools Board of Education meets Tuesday, Aug. 18, with votes on a Focus 3 athletic program review, 2026-2027 staff handbooks and nine service agreements as the new school year gets underway.
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Warren County voters will decide six tax issues on Nov. 3, including two new school district earned-income taxes and two countywide levy renewals that will appear on every Mason and Deerfield Township ballot.
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