The recent administrative leave of the principal and four teachers from the Mansfield Integrated Learning Center has prompted questions about the Learning Center’s role in the Mansfield City Schools district. Despite an investigation into these staff members regarding an alleged failure to follow Mansfield City Schools policy, the Learning Center is still considered a valuable […]
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Salvation Army to change operating hours
Beginning on March 5, the Salvation Army, located at 47 S. Main St., Mansfield, changed its hours of operation every Wednesday for those seeking assistance. The new operating hours will be from 12 to 7 p.m. This is an effort to provide assistance to those individuals unable to come to the office during normal business […]
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Old Lucas nightclub, Liquid, is about to come to life again
If you’ve lived in or around Lucas long enough, you’ll remember Ed’s Dairy Bar and Pizza. After that the structure was expanded and became a family-style restaurant and karaoke bar known as Pickles Along the Tracks. But even if you don’t remember either of the former businesses, chances are – if you’ve been anywhere near […]
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Grocery shopping, it’s a genetic trait
Every time I look at my husband, I am reminded that he carries the dominant genes. While my hair is blonde and my eyes green, my husband has only dark brown hair and eyes. So, it was no surprise that our children favored him in many ways. However, there was one dominant gene that he […]
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Community Consumer Resource Fair coming to Richland Mall
In conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week, Catholic Charities is hosting the fifth annual Community Consumer Resource Fair on Saturday, March 8 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Richland Mall. Exhibitors will provide information on identity theft, housing, scams and fraud, credit scores and credit protection. There will also be a virtual store […]
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Super Mario leads Tygers past Ashland
GALION — He doesn’t own blue overalls or wear a red conductor’s cap with the letter ‘M’ stitched on the front, but Mario Davison has played like Super Mario lately. Mansfield Senior’s three-year starting point guard, Davison scored a career high 20 points as the Tygers advanced with a 56-47 win over Ohio Cardinal Conference […]
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Richland Academy presents rade spring dance concert
Tickets are now available for Richland Academy’s annual rade spring dance concert. The company dancers will be performing on Friday, March 14 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 15 at 3 p.m. at The Ohio State University at Mansfield. This year’s performance will feature Richland Academy’s four companies: rade, rade jr., radkidz, and radkidz2 performing […]
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Sen. Brown urges Small Business Administration to help provide propane financial relief
With Ohio propane suppliers feeling the sting of increased supply costs, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter urging the U.S. Small Business Administration to use the full extent of its resources to backstop short-term loans to small businesses impacted by the national propane shortage. This winter’s extremely low temperatures, coupled with other contributing […]
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Fran Damoff
A bookworm lives a thousand lives; they who never read live only one. Fran loved to read and at one time she even worked for the Mansfield Richland County Public Library. Her reading allowed her to learn much and she especially loved mystery novels. The time she spent studying the Bible strengthened her faith in […]
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Ronald “Ron” E. Boyd
Ronald “Ron” E. Boyd, 70, of Ontario died March 6, 2014. Born April 27, 1943 in Sistersville, WV, he was the son of Leslie and Virginia (Mann) Boyd. Ron retired from Shelby Dunlap Tire after 20 years of service. He was a laid back, hardworking, good guy who loved hunting and fishing at the Clearfork […]