MANSFIELD — A law enforcement escort helped bring more than 40 Richland County military veterans home from the trip of a lifetime. A trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a Richland County Sheriff’s deputy, and an Ontario police officer met a Veterans’ Honor Bus on Sunday evening as it neared the end of a […]
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Fundraiser launched to replace Mount Jeez bench in honor of News Journal columnist Ron Simon
LUCAS — Ron Simon enjoyed his time on top of Mount Jeez, usually with a cigar in one hand and a good book in another. The late News Journal reporter/columnist, who died in 2016, had to bring his own chair for such moments, enjoying the quiet times atop the hill that overlooks Malabar Farm State […]
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Patti J. Osgar
Patti J. Osgar, 65, of Mansfield, Ohio, passed away at her home early Tuesday morning, October 1, 2019. She was born in Mansfield on January 2, 1954 to the late Joe and Dorothy (Nelson) Shambre. Patti had a heart for animals especially for her cat, Asia and chihuahua, Krystal. She loved the outdoors and fishing. […]
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Road repairs impact Richland County traffic
MANSFIELD — A number of road repairs have been announced in north central Ohio this week, with the most dramatic closure in downtown Mansfield as work is completed on a section of Park Avenue West. In Mansfield, Bowman Road, between Cairns Road and State Route 96, will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. […]
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Hermann Felix Wilhelm Nehrkorn
Hermann Felix Wilhelm Nehrkorn, 85, of Shelby, passed away at his home on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. Hermann was born on June 20, 1934 in Braunschweig, Germany to the late Hermann and Else (Gernroth) Nehrkorn. Hermann came to the United States from Germany in 1958. He proudly served in the United States Army where he […]
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Parking spaces
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Ontario students raise over $1K for CamStrong Foundation with parking space fundraiser
ONTARIO — What’s a parking space worth to you? Perhaps little, but what if the money spent went toward a good cause? Ontario High School seniors had the opportunity to bid on their own parking space in the school parking lot, with all of the proceeds benefiting the CamStrong Foundation — a fund established in […]
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Big day Oct. 7: Voter registration deadline, ‘Talk the Vote’ at NECIC
MANSFIELD — Election Day is still just over a month away. But if you want to participate in our democracy on Nov. 5, Monday is a big day. That’s because Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the State of Ohio. And it’s also the next-to-last Richland Source “Talk the Vote,” the listening tour […]
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Mansfield 2nd graders begin new reading program
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield City School District began a new chapter in second grade education on Oct. 1. Janet Kassoff, senior program manager at Second and Seven, gave a short presentation to the Mansfield City School Board of Education at the Sept. 17 meeting, showing the company’s goals. Second and Seven was created by three […]
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Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio plans to acquire Ideal Home Health Care based in Westlake
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Ohio – Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio (VNA of Ohio), a member of the Holmdel-New Jersey based Visiting Nurse Association Health Group (VNA Health Group), announced their intent to acquire Ideal Home Health Care (Ideal), based in Westlake, Ohio. VNA of Ohio, a nonprofit organization, is one of Ohio’s largest home health, hospice, […]