At their meeting on April 21, Shelby City Council passed a first reading of two ordinances designed to bring the General Fund back to the black. According to Councilwoman Pat Carlisle, chair of the Finance Committee, the General Fund remains in the red with a negative balance of $31,380. In addition, the Court Probation fund […]
Brittany Schock, Staff Reporter
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School Specialty rededicates Mansfield location
Educational products distributor School Specialty has been at its Mansfield location for 20 years. Yet, on Thursday morning a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Paragon Parkway. As 25-year School Specialty employee Barb Lambert snipped the blue ribbon, the company celebrated a $7 million investment into the Mansfield location. Rick Smith, School Specialty’s Director of Operations for […]
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Richland County Grand Jury hands down indictments
The Richland County grand jury handed down a number of indictments this week. Included in the indictments were second degree child endangerment charges, rape, sexual imposition, burglary, possession of cocaine, felonious assault and attempted murder. A 27-year-old Mansfield man plead guilty to two counts of endangering children after being indicted for two counts of endangering […]
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Richland County Solid Waste commemorates Earth Day
Reduce, reuse and recycle are the key words Kenneth Bender wants to promote in Richland County as Executive Director of the Richland County Regional Solid Waste Management Authority. With the celebration of Earth Day on Tuesday, the Solid Waste facility made a special effort to collect items not normally accepted at the facility. “Some of […]
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Floodplain administrators offer mutual aid
During their council meeting on March 3, the city of Shelby officially adopted an amended ordinance to provide and receive mutual aid during a flooding disaster. Municipalities all around the state of Ohio have expressed interest in providing a similar method of aid for enforcing floodplain regulations during times of flood events, though few have […]
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New business filing figures increase in Ohio
Secretary of State Jon Husted recently announced that 9,271 new entities filed to do business in Ohio in March 2014, bringing the total number of new business filings to date in Ohio to 24,804. This is a slight increase compared to 8,808 new entities filed with the Secretary of State in March 2013 and 23,965 […]
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Candidates and issues slated for May primary ballot
The fate of both issues and candidates at the county and state levels are in the hands of Richland County voters at the primary election on May 6. For candidates contesting their spot on the ballot, it’s their chance to move on and appear on the November ballot. For the four local issues and one […]
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Unoccupied structure catches fire in Mansfield
An unoccupied house at 133 Scotland Blvd. in Mansfield caught fire Thursday morning, with Springfield Township and Madison Fire Departments still trying to determine the cause of the blaze. “We’re not sure exactly where it started at, and right now it’s undetermined what’s going on with it,” said Lt. Mike Mullins with Springfield Township Fire […]
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No one injured after semi-truck fire at Holiday Inn
No one was injured when flames overtook a semi truck parked in the rear of the Holiday Inn located at 116 Park Avenue West in Mansfield. According to Capt. Brian Danals with the Mansfield Fire Department, the department received a call at 11:14 a.m. reporting of a semi truck on fire. Engine 1 and Rescue […]
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Richland County students learn about Military Service academies
High school students from all over Richland County had the opportunity to attend a Service Academy Seminar at North Central State College on Wednesday, April 9. The seminar was hosted by representatives from the offices of U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman, and the offices of U.S. Representatives Bob Gibbs and Pat Tiberi, and […]