MANSFIELD — Richland County roads are likely to see more new asphalt and less chip-and-seal resurfacing in 2020, according to county engineer Adam Gove. During a 2020 budget hearing with county commissioners on Tuesday morning, Gove said increased county revenue from a 10.5 cents per gallon gas increase approved by the state this year will […]
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Veterans Day speaker in Mansfield: ‘We’re all brothers and sisters …’
MANSFIELD — Col. Troy Cramer looked at his audience inside AMVETS Post 26 on Monday morning and felt he was at home on Veterans Day. “The great thing for all of us in this room, whether we know each other or not, it’s days like this, when we come into a hall like this, we […]
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GALLERY: Veterans Day 2019 observance in Mansfield
DSC_0312.jpg DSC_0233.jpg DSC_0238.jpg DSC_0246.jpg DSC_0251.jpg DSC_0255.jpg Col. Troy Cramer, mission support commander of the 179th Airlift Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard based at Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, was the keynote speaker during a local Veterans Day ceremony Monday. DSC_0290.jpg DSC_0295.jpg Members of the Richland County Joint Veterans Council burial squad fire a 21-gun salute to honored […]
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GALLERY: Galion falls to Ottawa-Glandorf in playoff opener, 28-17
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Galion knocks on the door, but falls in playoffs to Ottawa-Glandorf
GALION — For a brief moment Saturday night, it appeared Galion was poised for its first football playoff win in 34 years. The Tigers trailed Ottawa-Glandorf just 21-17 and were driving midway through the fourth quarter of a Division IV regional quarterfinal.
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Hillsdale rallies in fourth quarter to stun Northmor
IBERIA — As the Falcons celebrated Friday night, Hillsdale coach Trevor Cline told junior QB Ty Williams that his face was bleeding. “Yeah, well, you should have seen the other guy,” said the smiling 6-2, 205-pound junior, who rushed for 126 yards in the victory.
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Mansfield Veterans Day celebration to again include parade on Monday
MANSFIELD — The key moment to honor, think of and thank military veterans in the United States is an easy one to remember — the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.” The United States celebrates Veterans Day on Monday, a day that originated as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, the […]
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Medal of Honor recipient expected to return for Gold Star Families Memorial dedication
MANSFIELD — Hershel “Woody” Williams has always been a man who finished the job. A U.S. Marine and the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the iconic World War battle on Iwo Jima, Williams was in Mansfield in July when ground was broken for the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument in front of the […]
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Richland County voters approve every local tax issue Tuesday
MANSFIELD — Voters across Richland County were in a giving mood on Tuesday, approving more than a dozen tax issues in various townships. Two of the biggest were additional tax increases for the fire departments in Madison and Springfield townships and an additional tax levy for Ontario Local Schools.
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Theaker bests Bryant, earns third term as Mansfield mayor
MANSFIELD — Tim Theaker said voters in Mansfield recognized on Tuesday the city was already moving forward. The incumbent Republican was re-elected to a third and final term as mayor, earning 54 percent of the vote, according to final, unofficial totals from the Richland County Board of Elections.
