Carl Hunnell

MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council on Tuesday evening is expected to discuss pay increases next year for the mayor, law director, finance director and members of council. The pay increases, which were not discussed during the fall election campaign, will not take effect until December 2020 and are thought to be the first hikes in […]

MANSFIELD — It didn’t long for Nyshia Brooks to know the Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice organization was needed in Mansfield. The 38-year-old graduate of Mansfield Senior, coordinator of services for the local Minority Health and Wellness Project, met late last year with representatives from the 6-year-old national organization.

SHELBY — A 2018 Ohio statehouse candidate has been charged with three felony sex crimes involving a juvenile, according to Shelby Municipal Court records. Those state charges will likely become federal allegations next week, according to a spokesperson for the FBI’s Cleveland office. FBI agents executed a Shelby search warrant Wednesday at the suspect’s home, […]

MANSFIELD — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department presented a $14.7 million budget request for 2020 to county commissioners Thursday morning, a 12.8 percent increase over estimates for 2019. It was one of three 2020 budget hearings commissioners conducted Thursday, also discussing the Common Pleas Court and the local Job & Family Services financial plans for […]

MANSFIELD — Richland County may receive good financial news next week, based upon a positive credit rating teleconference Tuesday afternoon with S&P Global. County commissioners are seeking to refund some long-term bonds and replace them with lower-interest notes, which could save more than $500,000 in interest payments over the next 17 years.