MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners are scheduled Tuesday to discuss what the county pays for attorneys appointed by the courts to represent indigent defendants. Commissioners, who voted in August to increase those payments effective Jan. 1, are scheduled to discuss the issue at 10 a.m. Commissioners voted unanimously to eliminate the current two-tiered system that now […]
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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Richland Source readers make international elections impression
MANSFIELD — Richland Source readers have made an international impression on elections and the media that covers them. We thank you. And we are not done yet. A website in England, www.journalism.co.uk, that focuses on media, published a story just before the United Kingdom’s election last week about the “Talk the Vote” sessions Richland Source conducted […]
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It’s beginning to a look like Christmas — more snow (and ice) expected Monday night
A couple of inches of snow that fell during the night Sunday may just be the precursor to what could be worse Monday night and into Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland has issued a winter weather advisory for Monday night with more snow — and freezing rain. The white stuff Sunday […]
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Mansfield City Schools planning community-wide celebration on Martin Luther King Day
MANSFIELD — As a long-time former football coach, Stan Jefferson knows something about momentum. And it’s clear Jefferson, in his first year as superintendent for Mansfield City Schools, wants to keep rolling with the positive vibes from a highly successful football season. Jefferson met with Richland County commissioners on Thursday to discuss a Dr. Martin […]
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Mansfield firefighters begin training on new aerial ladder truck
MANSFIELD — The potential life-saving reach of the Mansfield Fire Department just got longer and wider. Firefighters began training this week on the city’s new $848,956 Pierce Manufacturing Ascendant rear-mount steel aerial ladder truck, which was recently accepted from the company’s facility in Appleton, Wisc. and driven home by Mansfield firefighters. The new vehicle has an “unprecedented” […]
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Race for Richland County Juvenile Court judge swells to 3 candidates
MANSFIELD — With the filing deadline just one week away, the race to become the next Richland County Juvenile Court judge has grown to three candidates. Republican Steve McKinley, appointed juvenile court judge in March to replace longtime Judge Ron Spon, has announced he will seek election to the bench. Democrat Roeliff Harper who worked […]
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$1.5 million countywide digital radio system proposed for fire, EMS services
MANSFIELD — A proposed $1.5 million Multi-Agency Radio Communications System digital radio system would improve communication and cooperation among township fire departments and also increase reliability. That was the message conveyed to Richland County commissioners Tuesday by township fire department chiefs and the county sheriff’s department, which administers the county 9-1-1 emergency telephone system. Commissioners, […]
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Richland County commissioners need to trim $1.6 million from department budget requests for 2020
MANSFIELD — After finishing their final department budget hearing Tuesday morning, Richland County commissioners began the process in the afternoon of creating a final 2020 general fund budget. The first step was deciding on a general fund revenue estimate for next year, which commissioners set at $34.3 million, an increase of about 3 percent over […]
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Richland County commissioners endorse Shelby Main Street Corridor improvement plan
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners unanimously endorsed the $3.2 million Shelby Main Street Corridor Plan aimed at downtown revitalization. The trio of commissioners met with representatives from the Shelby Community Improvement Corporation, who outlined the three-part project, which includes a Main Streetscape project ($1.2 million), Black Fork Commons Plaza ($1.1 million), and a Black Fork […]