BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The St. Peter’s basketball team is supposed to be too young, too inexperienced. This year is supposed to be too soon for the Spartans. Instead, they were just too good for McComb on Tuesday night. Coach Joe Jakubick’s squad pounded the Panthers 68-50 in a thorough Sweet 16 beating at Bowling […]
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Banks should be next GOP commissioner candidate
Disclosure: Members of the Richland Source leadership team support the Banks campaign for Richland County Commissioner. The Board of Commissioners represents some of the most important elected officials in Richland County government. They employ approximately 150 people and control a budget of $30.9 million. In many ways, the board is the face of Richland County […]
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Commissioners hear update on Black Fork Wind Farm
MANSFIELD – A representative of the company developing the Black Fork Wind Farm told Richland County Commissioners the company plans to start construction this year but there is no guarantee that will happen. Bill Behling, a business development manager with Capital Power, the Canadian-based developer associated with the wind farm in the northwest corner of […]
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Newhope art exhibit to be featured at Richland Mall
MANSFIELD — Richland Newhope, along with Element of Art Studio/Gallery and the Richland Mall, are sponsoring the 6th annual Bringing the Elements Together Art and Talent Exhibition. The event, featuring the work of individuals supported by Richland Newhope, takes place Friday, March 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Richland Mall in Ontario. […]
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Flu vaccine still available in Richland County
MANSFIELD — Influenza-like illness is now widespread throughout Ohio, and the numbers of associated hospitalizations took a big jump for the first time this season. Last week, there were 203 new confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations in Ohio compared to 93 from the week before. This brings the total to 653 since flu season began last October. […]
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Lexington vs. O-G matchup rekindles 20-year-old nightmare
When Lexington won the district championship on Saturday afternoon I scurried to the Ohio High School Athletic Association website to see who was on deck for the Minutemen at the Bowling Green regional. It was not a pleasant find. Ottawa-Glandorf. I don’t know a single person from that school district, and have no personal animosity […]
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Three car crash
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Three-car crash sends two to ER
ONTARIO — Two people were sent to OhioHealth Mansfield Tuesday after a three-car crash on Park Avenue near the Ohio 309 split. Chet Mullins, of Crestline, was driving his blue Chevrolet Cobalt east on Park Avenue when he looked up and saw that cars were stopped just before the railroad underpass. He did not stop […]
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Dog suspected of biting person sought
MANSFIELD – Richland Public Health is seeking the public’s help in locating a dog which has been implicated in the bite of a person. The dog is described as a German Shepherd like dog. The dog was wearing a collar and was last seen in the area of an alley near Ohio Street on Monday, […]
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Sandra Ervin
Sandra L. Ervin, 70, of Mansfield, died Friday, March 4, 2016 at her residence of congestive heart failure. Born Dec. 2, 1945 in Mansfield, she was the daughter of Nate and Mary (Darling) Heston. A homemaker, she had a wonderful sense of humor and loved her children and grandchildren dearly, as their happiness was most […]