WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for COVID-19. The 74-year-old president confirmed the diagnosis early Friday morning via Twitter. Dr. Sean Conley, a U.S. Navy commander, who serves as president’s physician, also discussed the positive tests in a memo to Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press […]
Carl Hunnell
City editor. 30-year plus journalist. Husband. Father of 3 grown sons and also a proud grandpa. Prior military journalist in U.S. Navy, Ohio Air National Guard. -- Favorite quote: "Where were you when the page was blank?"
Posted inCovid-19, News
Richland County ‘red’ in COVID-19 ratings system, placed on state ‘watch’ list
MANSFIELD — Richland County worsened to “red,” or level three, Thursday in the state’s four-tiered, color-coded COVID-19 ratings, according to the Ohio Department of Health website. If the local situation doesn’t improve, Richland County could become the state’s first “purple,” or level four, county since the Public Health Advisory System was implemented in July. Ashland […]
Posted inNews
COVID-19: Revised CARES Act guidelines have county leaders concerned
MANSFIELD — Revised federal guidelines for spending federal CARES Act funds have raised concerns for Richland County commissioners. New instructions now say any local governments spending coronavirus relief funds must receive all goods or have all services performed by Dec. 30, which calls into question contracts that extend into 2021. For example, in July, commissioners […]
Posted inBusiness, Property Transfers
Richland County property transfers: More than 300 properties changed hands in September
More than 300 Richland County properties have recently changed hands, according to the latest property transfer reports from the county auditor’s office. Properties recently sold included: CITY OF MANSFIELD 515 Central Ave., Mansfield; James and Marilyn Allen to Eric Pruett; $4,000 291 Spring St., Mansfield; LaShonna Bronson to Daishaun Bronson; $10,000 545 N. Illinois Ave., […]
Posted inElections, News
Nearly 15,000 Richland County voters have requested absentee ballots
MANSFIELD — Almost 15,000 Richland County voters have requested absentee ballots as of Tuesday, more than twice as many at the same point in 2016. Richland County Board of Elections Director Paulette Hankins said Tuesday afternoon the office has received 14,774 absentee ballot requests for the Nov. 3 election, compared to 6,156 at the same […]
Posted inCovid-19, News
COVID-19: Bar owners tell Richland County commissioners state rules are crippling their businesses
MANSFIELD — Tom Zellner told Richland County commissioners on Tuesday it feels like Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine has singled out the bar business in the battle against COVID-19. “What’s sad is we feel that we’ve been targeted,” said Zellner, a partner in The Warehouse Tavern in downtown Mansfield. “Why us? What did we do so wrong?” Zellner, […]
Posted inCovid-19, News
COVID-19 outbreak worsening at Richland Correctional Institution
MANSFIELD — The COVID-19 outbreak inside the walls of the Richland Correctional Institution is rapidly worsening, according to the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction website, including more than two dozen hospitalizations. According to the ODRC website Monday afternoon, 48 inmates at the Mansfield prison are currently positive for coronavirus, up 71 percent from one […]
Posted inNews
‘Code of Conduct’ signed by Black/Brown Coalition, City of Mansfield, MPD
MANSFIELD — It’s fitting Ray Ward was in attendance Monday when a new “Code of Conduct” guiding the relationship between local residents and the Mansfield Police Department was signed during a ceremony at the Central Park gazebo. Ward, the president of the Toledo chapter of the NAACP, helped forge an agreement in the northwest Ohio city […]
Posted inLife and Culture
Shawshank site hosts ‘Blood Prison’ for Halloween starting Oct.9
MANSFIELD — This has been a frightening, not-much-fun year in a lot of ways. But the folks at the Ohio State Reformatory’s Blood Prison plan to change that, starting Oct. 9. Oh, it will still be frightening. But haunt manager Vic Amesquita promises it will also be a good time, a supernatural change-of-pace during a […]