A flood watch is in effect until Tuesday at 11 p.m. in a north central Ohio area that includes Richland, Ashland and Crawford counties, according to the National Weather Service office in Cleveland. Multiple rounds of showers and storms will move across the area through this evening, according to the NWS. Total rainfall amounts through […]
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Powerful storms may spawn tornadoes across north central Ohio on Tuesday
MANSFIELD — Not even the best meteorologist can pinpoint exactly where and when a tornado will roar down from the sky with a fury of 150-plus mph winds. But the national and state weather experts think a twister or two is darn likely in Ohio on Tuesday afternoon and into the evening hours. The National […]
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City of Mansfield offices will be open on April 8, the day of the total solar eclipse
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield government offices will be open for business as usual on April 8, the day a total solar eclipse crosses the region. Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry made the announcement Monday during a solar eclipse prep press conference arranged by the Richland County Emergency Management Agency. Richland County commissioners announced March […]
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Mansfield City Council to discuss cracking down on ‘Miracle Mile cruising’
MANSFIELD — Lots of folks have used social media in the last two weeks to express an opinion about a proposed crackdown on “cruising” on the so-called “Miracle Mile.” Starting Tuesday, they have a few chances to get out from behind their keyboards and offer actual opinions to local lawmakers. City Council is expected Tuesday […]
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Four killed in wrong-way, head-on crash on I-71 in Morrow County on Easter
MORROW COUNTY — Four people died early Easter Sunday morning in a head-on, two-vehicle crash on I-71 in northern Morrow County, according to the Mount Gilead Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The accident occurred at 2:28 a.m., according to troopers, and involved one of the vehicles traveling the wrong way on the interstate […]
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Police investigating shooting death of Mansfield resident David Gibson
MANSFIELD — Police found a Mansfield resident dead early Saturday morning while responding to a shooting incident on Spring Street. The deceased is David Gibson, 25, according to Bob Ball, chief investigator for the Richland County Coroner’s Office. Officers responded to 423 Spring St. at approximately 1:49 a.m. after a report of a shooting was called […]
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What is your artistic vision of the upcoming solar eclipse? Share it!
MANSFIELD — What is your artistic vision of the upcoming solar eclipse? Luke Beekman with Mankind Murals Inc. would love to help you share that vision with the community Local residents are invited to submit original artwork for a Luminous Eclipse event in the Luminous City studio lot in downtown Mansfield at 88 N. Diamond […]
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Richland County commissioners, judges reach agreement on staff salary issues
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners and the Common Pleas Court general division judges reached agreements Thursday to help resolve issues that cropped up four months ago during annual budget discussions. And the steps were taken without adding funds to the court’s 2024 budget — at least as of now — and came after a wage […]
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Kingwood presents landscape ‘inspirations symposium’ on April 13
MANSFIELD — Kingwood Center Gardens will hold a half-day symposium on Saturday,April 13, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Garden Gateway King Ballroom. The 2024 symposium theme is Country Place Era – a time when American gardens were designed to emulate the formal garden style of European gardens. The event is open to the […]
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Mansfield Control Board OKs $971K in contracts to improve parks infrastructure
MANSFIELD — The city’s Board of Control on Tuesday awarded a pair of construction contracts totaling $971,839 to improve infrastructure in two city parks. The projects, already approved by City Council, are for a bridge replacement in North Lake Park and a culvert replacement in Liberty Park, according to city engineer Bob Bianchi. The Control […]