Carl Hunnell

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Two people were killed and a third seriously injured in Richland County this weekend in three separate accidents involving motorcycles, cars and/or bicycles. All three collisions are being investigated by the Mansfield Post of the Highway Patrol. Casey Yost, 59, of Shiloh was killed Saturday at 3 p.m. on Eby Road, troopers said. He was […]

SHELBY — Josh Boggs is not claiming any kind of personal triumph over tragedy. But Friday’s confirmation that safety improvements are coming at the intersection of Ganges-Five Points Road and Ohio 96 are exactly what the Shelby man sought after a fatal May 5 accident. Richland County Engineer Adam Gove said Friday morning the Ohio […]

MANSFIELD — Southern comedian Jeff Foxworthy once said, “You might be a redneck if… you’ve been on TV more than five times describing the sound of a tornado.” Clearly, the comic never anticipated the spring of 2019, which has crashed one wave after another of tornadoes across the country. A record number of people have […]

SHELBY — Josh Boggs is determined to turn his family’s fatal highway tragedy into a positive for the community. It appears the Shelby man will be successful. Richland County engineer Adam Gove said Friday morning his office and the Ohio Department of Transportation are working on a combined effort to install rumble strips on Ganges-Five […]