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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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 […]
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Local amateur radio operators saw Shelby tornado before weather officials
MANSFIELD — Danny Bailey knew even before the National Weather Service that a tornado was headed into Richland County in April. The local, licensed amateur radio operator was on the air April 14 and heard operators in Marion and Bucyrus announce they were in a storm capable of producing tornadoes. “I brought up the net […]
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Cincinnati native claims Miss Ohio 2019 title
MANSFIELD — Caroline Williams earned the Miss Ohio 2019 title on Saturday night — and the late-night Taco Bell run she hoped would come with it. The 24-year-old Cincinnati native, in her second Miss Ohio Scholarship Program, repeated the desire she initially offered after winning the preliminary competition on Thursday night. Taco Bell. The crown […]
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Paving, rumble strip installation underway at site of fatal May 5 crash
SHELBY — Josh Boggs walked up to the intersection of Ganges-Five Points Road and Ohio 96 on Wednesday morning, carrying a broken, hand-held “Stop” sign. “This was in the van with us when the accident happened,” he said. “My wife, Stacey, uses it as a school crossing guard.” It’s a halting, haunting message the 42-year-old […]