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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Mansfield Senior displays too many weapons in 42-0 rout of Lexington
LEXINGTON — Lexington coach Tim Scheid just shook his head when talking about trying to stop the Mansfield Senior offense. His Minutemen held Angelo Grose, headed to Michigan State next season, to 12 yards on two receptions and 37 yards on four carries. But the senior sensation’s teammates went off in a 42-0 win Friday […]
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Fundraiser launched to replace Mount Jeez bench in honor of News Journal columnist Ron Simon
LUCAS — Ron Simon enjoyed his time on top of Mount Jeez, usually with a cigar in one hand and a good book in another. The late News Journal reporter/columnist, who died in 2016, had to bring his own chair for such moments, enjoying the quiet times atop the hill that overlooks Malabar Farm State […]
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Richland County Honor Bus gives local veterans a trip of a lifetime
MANSFIELD — A law enforcement escort helped bring more than 40 Richland County military veterans home from the trip of a lifetime. A trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a Richland County Sheriff’s deputy, and an Ontario police officer met a Veterans’ Honor Bus on Sunday evening as it neared the end of a […]
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Big day Oct. 7: Voter registration deadline, ‘Talk the Vote’ at NECIC
MANSFIELD — Election Day is still just over a month away. But if you want to participate in our democracy on Nov. 5, Monday is a big day. That’s because Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the State of Ohio. And it’s also the next-to-last Richland Source “Talk the Vote,” the listening tour […]
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Early voting begins Tuesday around Ohio
MANSFIELD — Election Day is not until Nov. 5. But you begin early voting on Tuesday. Absentee/early voting begins Tuesday, either by mail or in person at the Richland County Board of Elections, 1495 W. Longview Ave., Suite 101. The closest entrance is in the back of the Longview Center by the “Vote Here” sign […]
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Meier hopes to end Republican hold on Mansfield’s 2nd Ward
MANSFIELD — A Republican has represented the 2nd Ward on Mansfield City Council for more than three decades. Democrat Cheryl Meier hopes to break that GOP stranglehold on Nov. 5. The 53-year-old Meier, in her first run for public office, is opposed by Republican Jason Crundwell, also a political newcomer, who is the development director […]
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Ribbon-cutting officially launches the Stanfield family’s ‘GrowFourth Urban Farm’
MANSFIELD — Kip Curtis surveyed the scene at Fourth Street and Rowland Avenue with the pride of a parent on Tuesday afternoon. A professor of environmental history at The Ohio State University-Mansfield, Curtis has become the Pied Piper of urban microfarms, a concept he brought to the regional campus in 2017. As he watched Amanda […]