MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Schools will be unrolling its COVID-19 reopening plan through virtual community community meeting on July 29, Supt. Stan Jefferson announced Tuesday. This virtual meeting will be co-hosted by Richland Source and could include a follow-up on Aug. 5. The guided conversations will take place online from 5:30 to 7 p.m. “The question […]
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Community Engagement: Playoff expansion will bring excitement to more communities
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a four-part series on the expansion of Ohio’s high school football playoff system. HOWARD — The entire town was painted Purple. Signs sprang up in every yard and in front of every business and everywhere coach Cody Reese or All-Ohio running back Caleb Gallwitz went, they were treated like […]
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GOP state rep. candidate Marilyn John to return Householder campaign contribution
MANSFIELD — Richland County Commissioner Marilyn John, the Republican nominee to represent the county in the Ohio House, said Tuesday night she will return a $13,292.35 donation from Friends of Larry Householder, the House speaker’s campaign committee. Householder (R-Glenford) and four others were arrested earlier Tuesday on federal charges related to an alleged $60 million […]
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$1 million federal COPS grant will pay for four new Mansfield police officers for 3 years
MANSFIELD — A $1 million federal grant will pay for the Mansfield Police Department to hire four additional officers, Chief Keith Porch told City Council on Tuesday evening. Council unanimously approved acceptance of the $1,083,097, three-year grant from the U.S. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program, a competitive offering open to all state, […]
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Galion man, 2-year-old boy killed in Tuesday afternoon crash
MANSFIELD — A Galion man and a 2-year-old boy were killed in a Tuesday afternoon crash in Franklin Township, according to the Mansfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The two-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 12:44 p.m. on Bowman Street Road just north of Amoy East Road in Franklin Township, Richland County. Colin A. […]
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DeWine calls for Householder’s resignation amid bribery charges
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has called for the resignation of Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) in the wake of his arrest in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme. “I am deeply concerned about the allegations of wrongdoing in the criminal complaint issued today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” DeWine said in email Tuesday […]
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Funds sought to repair Great American Crossroads mural in Bucyrus
BUCYRUS — Recently Projects, Inc., a local non-profit and support organization of The Community Foundation for Crawford County, has asked the public to help it reach the goal of $17,200 to fix the crack in the Great American Crossroads Mural at Millennium Park on the square in downtown Bucyrus. So far $4,430 has been raised. […]
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Clear Fork grad Ammons joins Sluss Realty
MANSFIELD — Sluss Realty has announced the most recent addition to its team of professionals, Paula Ammons. Ammons is a graduate of Clear Fork High School and Knox County Career Center where she specialized in marketing and accounting. She has four children and said she is extremely excited to be blessed with the recent addition […]
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COVID-19: Richland County commissioners urge elected officials to ‘buckle down’ on spending
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners, facing a local economy that has seen COVID-19 cut deeply into its major source of revenue, cautioned elected officials on Tuesday to “buckle down” in terms of spending. “We have not yet come out and used the words hiring freeze or salary freeze, but I would suggest things have definitely […]
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Abraxas and FIRST School ready for remote learning
MANSFIELD – With COVID-19 still a major concern, the Abraxas School of Ohio and FIRST School, the Private Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) programs partnered with Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center, have put plans in place in case there is a need to educate students solely through remote learning. Vanessa Wagner, principal of FIRST School, said, in […]