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
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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.
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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.
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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.
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GALLERY: Steadfast Manufacturing producing world-class vehicles in Bellville
DSC_0748.JPG DSC_0739.jpg DSC_0741.jpg The interior of the new 1932 Ford Couple built by Steadfast Manufacturing. DSC_0744.jpg DSC_0746.jpg DSC_0749.JPG DSC_0752.JPG DSC_0753.jpg DSC_0756.jpg DSC_0758.jpg DSC_0760.jpg There are more than a dozen vehicles under construction at Steadfast Manufacturing in Bellville.
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Lucas, making itself at home in the MOAC, knocks off Ontario
ONTARIO — The Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference invited Division VII independent Lucas into their house for the shortened 2020 Ohio high school football season. The Cubs, who advanced to the state title game last year, are making themselves right at home, albeit it all on the road.
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GALLERY: Lucas topples Ontario, 28-21
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