LEXINGTON — For the first 20-plus minutes, Lexington played the beautiful game against Ontario in a boys’ soccer season opener, building a 2-0 lead. The Warriors made it a physical struggle the remainder of the way with the Minutemen, a state semifinalist a year ago, escaping with a 3-1 victory on Friday night. “I think […]
Carl Hunnell
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Girls soccer: Ontario freshman sensation sizzles in first sophomore start vs. Lexington
LEXINGTON — Kyla Spencer started her sophomore soccer season the same way she ended her freshman season. By putting the ball in the back of the net for Ontario. The returning All-Ohioan, who scored 23 goals and assisted on 12 others in 2019, scored two goals and assisted on another Friday evening as the Warriors […]
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Richland County elections board unanimously rejects challenge to Spon’s residency
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Board of Elections on Thursday unanimously rejected a challenge regarding the voter registry of Mansfield Law Director John Spon. The challenge was filed Aug. 11 with the elections board by Cynthia Bias, 1387 Wilging Drive, claiming Spon lives in a house in Lexington, but is registered to vote from an […]
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Let’s go to the movies! Cinemark 14 opens in Ontario today
ONTARIO — With all that’s happened in 2020, it seems fitting that the area’s only local indoor movie theater reopens with a showing of the new film, “Unhinged.” Such is the case when Cinemark 14 Mansfield Town Center resumes operations Friday afternoon for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic reached Ohio in March. Cinemark had planned […]
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COVID-19: Richland County improves to ‘yellow’ in statewide rating
COLUMBUS — Richland County improved to “yellow,” or level one, in the state’s COVID-19 Public Health Advisory System, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday. Across north central Ohio, Ashland, Crawford and Knox counties remained “yellow” again this week. In the eighth-week of the color-coded system created to monitor the spread of coronavirus county-by-county, it’s the second […]
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COVID-19: $500,000 in grants will be available to Mansfield, Richland County small businesses
MANSFIELD — Mansfield and Richland County small businesses will share a pot of $500,000 in COVID-19 relief funds through a program that includes the City of Mansfield, Richland County commissioners and the Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development. County commissioners approved a contract for the grant program Thursday, the same proposal authorized by Mansfield City […]
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Mansfield City Council sets Sept. 15 votes for $35 million bond issue, water rate increases
MANSFIELD — Final votes on a $35 million bond issue and increased water rates are still a month away. But Mansfield Public Works Director Dave Remy and engineer Bob Bianchi told City Council on Tuesday night that “dire” problems at the water treatment plant and also an aging water line distribution system are not going […]
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Richland County dog owners will be able to purchase licenses online
MANSFIELD — Richland County dog owners will soon be able to purchase licenses for their pets online via a company used by 61 other Ohio counties, including Ashland, Crawford and Knox. County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a contract with Fairfield Computer Services, based in Oakwood, Ohio, that residents can use to make the annual […]
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COVID-19: Free, pop-up testing set Saturday at Richland County Fairgrounds
MANSFIELD — Free pop-up COVID-19 testing will be provided Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Richland County Fairgrounds, provided by the State of Ohio, Richland Public Health and local community organizations. The event at the 750 N. Home Road site will be able to provide between 800 and 1,000 tests, according to […]