Carl Hunnell

MANSFIELD — In the midst of a three-and-a-half hour Mansfield City Council session on Tuesday evening, brief remarks from Public Works Director David Remy may have gotten lost. Remy said he would likely come to council in August with details on a necessary capital improvement program for the city’s water treatment plant that could cost […]

MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners on Tuesday approved up to an additional $83,000 for alterations to a project to upgrade, renovate and relocate aspects of the sheriff’s department — including the 9-1-1 dispatch center — within the Peoples Community Center. The total cost for the project, the first the county has done under the design-and-build […]

MANSFIELD — Alomar Davenport has seen protests against police brutality in big cities in the past, including during his time in New York City when a Black man named Eric Garner was choked to death during an arrest. Protests after the Memorial Day killing of another Black man, George Floyd, by Minneapolis police are different, […]

MANSFIELD — It appears the COVID-19 pandemic has hastened the demise of the Ocie Hill Neighborhood Center. Mayor Tim Theaker and and Parks and Recreation Manager Mark Abrams announced Monday the facility at 445 Bowman St. on the city’s north side will not re-open.

MANSFIELD — Mornings just aren’t the same anymore for Molly — and she isn’t thrilled about it. When Richland County Sheriff’s Dep. Robert Caltrider puts on his uniform each morning, his former K-9 partner still gets excited and is ready to work.

COLUMBUS — They voted differently on a bill that would have limited powers the state health director utilized during the current COVID-19 pandemic to shut down the state. But Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof and state Rep. Mark Romanchuk both said this week they are still interested in legislation that would limit the current authority […]