MANSFIELD — The biggest news at Mansfield City Council on Tuesday night is likely not even on the official agenda. During her report at council’s caucus, Mayor Jodie Perry plans to unveil two new videos produced by EMH&T that will provide a visual preview of the $16.5 million Main Street Corridor Improvement Project expected to […]
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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When sands of time meet streets of Mansfield: Unraveling the Sturges sinkhole
MANSFIELD — Like sands through an hourglass, so are the days of our sinkhole. With apologies to actor Macdonald Carey, who voiced the intro to the “Days of Our Lives” popular daytime soap opera on NBC from 1965 to 2022, a similar flowing of sand likely led to a sinkhole that developed on Sturges Avenue […]
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Gallery: Mansfield residents celebrate annual National Day of Prayer
Photos from downtown Mansfield on Thursday evening as local residents celebrated the annual National Day of Prayer with a parade from Marion Avenue to the Central Park gazebo. The parade stepped off at 6:30 p.m. and made its way downtown. At the gazebo, participants enjoyed prayer and music. Since the first call to prayer in […]
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Richland County Land Bank may meet with developer interested in marketing former Westinghouse site
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank board may meet next month with a developer interested in marketing the former Westinghouse properties in Mansfield. Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry and Richland County Commissioner Tony Vero told fellow board members Thursday they have had recent conversations with a former local resident now living and working in New […]
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Pavement plunge: Sinkhole on Sturges Avenue opens over aging storm sewer
MANSFIELD — A century of street construction history was on display on Sturges Avenue early Thursday. Actually, it would be more accurate to say it was on display beneath Sturges Avenue. Bricks, stones and concrete were left exposed after a large sinkhole on Sturges Avenue occurred early Wednesday morning over a corrugated steel culvert that […]
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Ohio Civil War Show: A historical immersion from 1775 to 1945 in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Don Williams organized the first Ohio Civil War Show nearly 50 years ago in Ashland, an immersive historical experience today carried on by his family. Now dubbed the Ohio Civil War and World War I & World War II Show, an estimated 450 exhibitors from 38 states will roll into the Richland County […]
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Wanna laugh? Check out the Mansfield Playhouse schedule for 2024-2025
MANSFIELD — What do you do in May between shows when you are the artistic director of the second oldest continuously-producing community theater in Ohio? In the case of Doug Wertz, you take a breath — and you announce a full, nine-show schedule for the 2024-2025 season at the Mansfield Playhouse. “We are very happy […]
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Clean comedy comes to town: Lee Hardin to take the Mansfield Playhouse stage
MANSFIELD — Lee Hardin finds a lot of humor in jobs he worked before becoming a stand-up comedian. “All of these random jobs led me to talking about them on stage,” the 38-year-old comic said Tuesday. “I was a lifeguard at one point. Substitute teacher. An Easter Bunny. Papa John’s delivery driver. “Lots of things […]
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Firefighters quickly extinguish early morning blaze at Cleveland Cliffs Mansfield Works
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Fire Department on Wednesday extinguished an early morning fire at Cleveland Cliffs Mansfield Works, a blaze fed by a natural gas leak. One firefighter was treated at the scene for a minor injury, likely related to overexertion, according to Chief Dan Crow. The chief said there were no injuries reported to […]
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Elevating expectations: One of two Richland County Courthouse elevators may soon work
MANSFIELD — Public elevators at the Richland County Courthouse run up and down. When they work, that is, an issue that has been an issue since December 2022. But the road to restoring a pair of half-century-old elevators has been as winding as the five-level elevator shafts are tall. It appears relief is in sight […]