Carl Hunnell

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.

MANSFIELD — In a rare sign of unity, the City of Mansfield’s Human Resources Director and the head of AFSCME Local 3088 stood side by side before City Council on Tuesday with a joint proposal. The power of their agreed-upon idea, which would raise the classification and starting pay of city Laborers by 9 percent, struck a […]

MANSFIELD — A second community meeting to discuss social justice issues involving Mansfield police and the community has been pushed back one day to Oct. 8, still planned for 5:30 p.m. at the North Lake Park Pavilion. Alomar Davenport announced the change Tuesday, which will be the second such meeting since his Aug. 15 traffic […]

MANSFIELD — Pat Dropsey takes numbers and rules seriously. As the Richland County auditor, those are crucial traits. That attention to detail paid off again on Tuesday when his office was again honored with the Ohio Auditor of State Award with Distinction for “excellence in financial reporting related” to the county’s comprehensive annual financial report, […]

MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is expected to discuss giving formal consent Tuesday evening for an $89 million U.S. 30 rehabilitation project funded by the Ohio Dept. of Transportation. Construction is scheduled to begin in May 2020. City Council’s streets committee will discuss the project during a meeting at 6:45 p.m., just before council’s caucus […]