MANSFIELD — The hotly-anticipated lineup for Inkcarceration, one of the largest rock music and tattoo festivals in Ohio, has finally dropped. The July 15 to 17 event takes place at the historic Ohio State Reformatory and is touted as one of the nation’s premiere rock festivals, featuring more than 50 bands on two outdoor stages, […]
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‘Spring Awakening’ musical at the Renaissance explores all that’s known — and isn’t
MANSFIELD — Few shows in musical theatre challenge its audience more than the coming-of-age rock musical, “Spring Awakening.” The story follows a group of teenagers navigating adolescence and their emerging sexuality under the harsh rule of parents and teachers. It features profanity, moments of violence and abuse, and other intense themes. Director Ryan Shealy would […]
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Mansfield Senior High and Middle School goes remote this week due to increased COVID absences
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Senior High and Middle School will switch to remote learning at least through the end of the week due to an increase in COVID-19 cases at the two schools. The district released a statement on their website on Monday announcing the change. “Due to an increase in illness, we have reached a […]
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Richland Source presents 2022 ‘Citizens’ Agenda’ to Mansfield’s elected leaders
EDITOR’S NOTE: Richland Source city editor Carl Hunnell presented the “Citizens’ Agenda” to Mayor Tim Theaker, leaders in his administration and members of Mansfield City Council on Tuesday evening. MANSFIELD — This fall, Richland Source embarked on the second volume of Talk The Vote, a “listening tour” of the city of Mansfield that refocused the […]
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Top 2021 Open Source stories range from unfinished church in Ontario to Al Capone
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a three-part series looking back at the top stories of 2021. MANSFIELD — Our readers ask us a lot of questions. In fact, we’ve received more than 1,000 questions since Open Source launched in 2018. We do our best to answer them, no matter how big or small. Many of them are […]
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Roosting crows and their waste was top of mind in 2021 solutions journalism stories
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second part in a series looking back at the top stories in 2021. MANSFIELD — Solutions journalism is a huge part of what we do at Richland Source. We think it’s important to tell the whole story of our community through rigorous, trusted reporting that seeks to make Richland County a better place to […]
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Mansfield Playhouse welcomes back live theatre with ‘A Christmas Story’
MANSFIELD — For six months now, the set of “A Christmas Story” has sat vacant on the stage of the Mansfield Playhouse, dark as a leg-lampless window on Cleveland Street. All that changes this weekend, when the lights finally come back up on the Playhouse stage for a “Christmas in July” showing of “A Christmas […]