BELLVILLE — Matt Dick didn’t take credit for great coaching after his Galion Tigers rallied from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat Clear Fork, 20-17, in double overtime Friday night. The battle at the Colt Corral was finally settled when Galion senior Dominic Pittman nailed a 28-yard FG to clinch the win in the Mid-Ohio […]
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?"
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COVID-19: Deadline is Sunday for local small business relief grant program
MANSFIELD — The deadline to apply for the Richland County/City of Mansfield COVID-19 small business emergency relief grant program is Sunday at 11:59 p.m. As of Friday morning, 175 small businesses have applied for the grants, according to Jodie Perry, president and CEO of Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development “We’ve had good feedback overall […]
Posted inCovid-19, News
COVID-19: Richland County remains ‘yellow’ for the 4th straight week
COLUMBUS — Richland County on Thursday remained “yellow,” or level one, for the fourth straight week in the state’s Public Health Advisory System, created in July to monitor COVID-19 spread. Ashland County was “orange,” or level two, moving above “yellow” for the first time since Gov. Mike DeWine launched the four-tiered evaluation system. Crawford and […]
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Richland County expects to receive another $4.3 million in COVID-19 relief
MANSFIELD — Richland County expects to receive another $4.3 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds, Commissioner Tony Vero told department heads on Thursday morning. The Ohio Senate has approved release of the funds and the House is expected to follow suit, Vero said. If approved, it will raise the county’s total CARES Act funds to […]
Posted inLife and Culture
Mansfield Playhouse set to open with The Mousetrap on Friday
MANSFIELD — It took a pandemic to stop The Mousetrap theatrical production in London, forcing a halt in March to the longest-running show on the city’s West Side after 68 straight years and more than 27,500 performances. Perhaps, then, it’s fitting that The Mousetrap, a murder-mystery penned by Agatha Christie, will be the Mansfield Playhouse’s […]
Posted inElections, News
Richland County Board of Elections reports 8,500 absentee ballot requests
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Board of Elections has already processed 8,500 requests for absentee, mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 general election, according to Director Paulette Hankins. The county received 9,432 mailed ballots during the last presidential election cycle in 2016, almost 17 percent of the 56,106 total votes cast, Hankins said. A higher […]
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Obhof is ‘frustrated’ by the state’s shifting COVID-19 goals
MANSFIELD — Ohio Sen. President Larry Obhof said Tuesday he is “frustrated” by Gov. Mike DeWine’s shifting goals regarding the COVID-19 pandemic that reached the state in March. “I believe the goal posts have moved,” the Republican from Medina told Richland County commissioners on Tuesday morning. “I think we were all focused in March and […]
Posted inWellness
Steadfast founder continues to create automotive artwork in Bellville
BELLVILLE — Henry Richards is a Michelangelo with a welding torch, a Rembrandt with a wrench, a Leonardo Da Vinci of automotive detail. Just as Orson Welles once intoned on behalf of Paul Masson California wine, Richards and his Steadfast Manufacturing will sell no car before its time. His latest classic car art, a 1932 […]
