After undergoing a brief hiatus from Jan. 2-8, the Richland Carrousel Park held a grand re-opening event on Saturday, drawing dozens of visitors to the site at 75 N. Main St. Co-Director Sharon Bishop explained that the carrousel was recently renovated. Improvement projects included re-building the platform and the sleighs and re-varnishing the walls. Further, a […]
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Chief Coontz adjusting to his new role at MCPD
Mansfield City Police Chief Ken Coontz is settling into his new position. Since he’s taken over as chief in December, he has prioritized bringing new officers into the department, while remaining within the budget. “We just got two guys off of field training so they will be getting ready to hit the streets solo. We […]
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Residents experience power outage as a result of an insulator failure
Residents in Richland, Ashland, and some in Morrow County experienced a power outage early Saturday evening with a blackout in areas outside of Bellville, in Butler, Mansfield, and Ontario. According to Tim Suter with First Energy’s Ohio Edison company as many as 32,000 residents were affected. Richland Source Facebook readers also reported outages in Perrysville; […]
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Second-half scoring drought dooms Madison
ASHLAND — Madison woke a sleeping bear Friday at Arrow Arena. The Rams fell behind big early, scrapped their way back into the game, then came unhinged during a nightmarish 11-minute second-half stretch in a 69-49 loss to Ashland at Arrow Arena. Trailing 29-21 at the half, the Rams (4-8, 1-6 Ohio Cardinal Conference) pulled […]
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Meth lab found at Mansfield residence
Officers from the Mansfield Police Department Afternoon Watch were investigating a complaint of an individual possibly manufacturing methamphetamine on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at approximately 8 p.m. while children were present at the residence. Both the patrol officers and detectives from the METRICH Enforcement Unit conducted a knock and talk at the upstairs of 87 Lexington […]
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Scoring spurt carries Tygers past Clear Fork
MANSFIELD — Clear Fork coach Steve Bechtel said his Colts had Mansfield Senior right where they wanted them, down by just five points midway through the third quarter. Then the pressing and speedy Tygers shifted into an even higher gear. The result was a 20-8 spurt the remainder of the period as Mansfield Senior hit […]
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Health Department announces February health screenings
The Mansfield/Ontario/Richland County Health Department has announced a series of health screenings to be held in February. Details below. Senior Screenings Special health screenings for senior citizens to check blood pressure and blood sugar levels (three hour fast required for blood sugar), will be provided by Mansfield/Ontario/Richland County Health Department nurses at the following […]
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Ontario youth serves as Humane Society volunteer
Sydney Vetter, 14 of Ontario, needed no encouragement to become a volunteer at the Humane Society of Richland County. Vetter made the decision about three years ago that she wanted to become a volunteer with the Humane Society when she visited the Richland County Fairgrounds for the Humane Society’s Woof Stock (dock diving) event. “Sydney […]
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St. Peter’s snaps losing streak, takes down Lucas
The fans of the St. Peter’s Spartans and the Lucas Cub were treated to a trio of basketball games at Lucas High School when many area teams cancelled games on a snowy Friday night. The freshmen kicked off the fun filled night of basketball at 4:30pm with a Lucas Cubs win followed by the junior […]
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Two locals head to Chicago for The Voice Auditions
Several thousand hopefuls will be vying for a spot on hit NBC reality competition The Voice. The auditions will take place in Chicago this Sunday. Among them, North Central State College alum Jessica Hannan and Pioneer Performing Arts student Raven Stanley have their eyes set on the show’s red card that will send them on […]