MANSFIELD — With about seven weeks remaining before Election Day, the Richland County Board of Elections has processed about 573 percent more absentee ballot requests than at the same time in 2016. Elections Director Paulette Hankins said 10,561 absentee ballots were processed by the end of the day Tuesday, compared to 1,568 at the same date […]
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Mansfield City Council approves $845,193 in CARES Act expenditures
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council approved $845,193.07 in a second round of CARES Act relief fund expenditures Tuesday night, the bulk of which will be used for equipment in the fire, police and building maintenance departments. Mayor Tim Theaker said the city was told about a week ago the additional COVID-19 funds were coming, dollars […]
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Mansfield City Council OKs $35 million bond for water treatment plant renovations, rate hikes
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council approved a $35 million bond issue for the water treatment plant Tuesday night, though members vowed to revisit the water-rate hikes that they also approved to fund the work. Several legislators expressed concerns the series of annual rate hikes, the first of which takes effect Jan. 1, will occur while […]
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COVID-19: Richland County commissioners may add funds to small business grants
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners may consider adding additional CARES Act funds to the local small business emergency relief grant program. A total of 273 small businesses applied for the $500,000 grant program funded by the county and the City of Mansfield, with both entities putting in federal COVID-19 relief dollars approved by Congress in […]
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New Ohio House speaker tells local GOP he will ’empower’ lawmakers
MANSFIELD — Robert Cupp told Richland County Republicans on Monday he wasn’t seeking leadership in the Ohio House of Representatives. But when former Speaker Larry Householder was unanimously removed from the role after his arrest and indictment on federal bribery charges in July, the Allen County representative was asked to take the job. It’s the […]
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Mansfield City Council expected to vote on $35 million bond issue for water treatment plant
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a $35 million bond issue to make EPA-mandated improvements to the city’s water treatment plant. Before that vote is taken, however, local lawmakers will have to vote on proposed water rate increases to pay for the work, as well as launch a systematic replacement […]
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COVID-19: ‘Free Ohio Now’ rally participants in Ontario oppose DeWine restrictions
ONTARIO — Janine Rumker didn’t oppose government-ordered restrictions and mandates when the COVID-19 pandemic reached Ohio in March. But the Perrysville resident, who participated Saturday in a Free Ohio Now rally in Ontario, said the initially stated goals from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine have been achieved and it’s gone on too long. “I had no […]
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Mansfield residents walk to end Alzheimer’s
MANSFIELD — Richard Holley was from Hillsboro in southern Ohio. But his face and memory shined brightly in the Promise Garden in Mansfield. His daughter, Charlene, and other family members and friends walked in his honor in the Alzheimer’s Association North Central Ohio Walk to End Alzheimer’s, sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association Northwest Ohio Chapter. […]