LEXINGTON — Colton Herta is the first NTT IndyCar Series racer born in the 21st Century. The 19-year-old Californian also had the fastest practice lap Friday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a permanent road course that opened almost four decades before Herta was born. He knows the two practice sessions pale in comparison to […]
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 County commissioners salute local parole, probation officers
MANSFIELD — Richland County Common Pleas Court Judge Brent Robinson said Tuesday his job is made easier by local parole and probation officers. “I am not willing to put someone on (community control) unless I believe that person is actually going to be supervised,” Robinson said. “I can tell you the people in this room […]
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Gun violence in Mansfield topic of wide-ranging community discussion
MANSFIELD — A wide-ranging discussion of gun violence was the topic of discussion during a nearly two-hour special meeting of the Mansfield City Council’s safety committee Wednesday evening. Mansfield police Chief Keith Porch provided statistics that show total gun violence crimes in the city have actually declined year-over-year in recent years — with 66 violent […]
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Shelby crash survivor ready to resume free martial arts ministry
SHELBY — For two months, Josh Boggs has been on the road back to normalcy. His world could have been irrevocably shattered May 5 when a two-vehicle crash took the lives of two of his children, as well as his unborn child, and left his wife badly injured in a hospital. Instead, the 42-year-old Shelby […]
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Mansfield City Council delays skate park vote
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council unexpectedly didn’t vote Tuesday night on a proposed $200,000 project to build a skate park and replace playground equipment at Maple Lake Park. Instead, council members elected to follow 3rd Ward Councilman Jon Van Harlingen’s suggested amendment — appropriating $55,000 for the playground equipment and delaying the skate park vote […]