Open Source This story was written in response to a reader question submitted through our Open Source platform. Do you have a question you want our reporters to answer? Click here to submit it. Reader question: I just drove on the new roundabout at Cook/Illinois/Mansfield-Lucas roads today! Do you know if the sandstone in the middle has special significance? […]
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More detailed legislation on B&O Bike Trail connector coming to Mansfield City Council
MANSFIELD — A far more detailed proposal to fund a connector between the B&O Bike Trail and Trimble Road will be considered by Mansfield City Council on Tuesday. Local lawmakers on Aug. 3 unanimously rejected a request to spend $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds on the effort. They quickly reconsidered their decision, propelled […]
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Future of B&O Trail: How do other communities rate importance of bicycle/pedestrian connectivity?
MANSFIELD — How important are projects that connect bicycle and pedestrian trails to downtowns and other areas with active transportation infrastructure? $7 billion worth of importance. According to the non-profit Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), the nation’s largest trails and active transportation advocacy organization, that’s how much the federal government is investing nationwide in new RAISE projects that […]
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Six new police officers move Mansfield closer to budgeted goal
MANSFIELD — Keith Porch said Friday morning he is a grateful Mansfield police chief after watching the swearing in of six new officers. “We’ve been fortunate to get some good candidates to apply, to go through the process,” said the chief, whose department has battled staffing woes for the past couple of years. “We are […]
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Richland County Land Bank issues ‘community call to action’ on Daisy Thomas House
MANSFIELD — A local engineer has estimated it will cost at least $200,000 just to stabilize and weatherize the the first home in Richland County built and owned by African-American residents. And that work needs to be done soon — or the interior failure in the “Daisy Thomas House” will continue past the point of repair. […]
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Updated: R&D Excavating of Crestline says ‘We are ready’ for Westinghouse
MANSFIELD — David Barnhart said he and Ryan Lykins are prepared for Westinghouse, one of the biggest jobs in their four-year old company’s history. “We’re ready for it,” said the co-owner of R&D Excavating of Crestline, which on Thursday was awarded a nearly $4 million contract to demolish and remediate one of the longest-standing industrial […]
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Westinghouse: Crestline company gets $3.99 million bid to demolish, clean up site
MANSFIELD — The $4 million demolition and remediation of former Westinghouse properties will be in local hands. The Richland County Land Bank on Thursday approved the $3,995,000 bid of R&D Excavating of Crestline to demolish and clean up the former industrial sites that have sat idle for more than three decades. The bid acceptance is […]
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Richland County engineer opens one roundabout, discusses potential second
MANSFIELD — The “road closed” signs were barely taken down at a new roundabout Thursday morning and Richland County Engineer Adam Gove was alerting county commissioners to the possibility of a second. The next site may be the intersection of Home Road and Lexington-Springmill Road, the location of a fatal crash a couple of weeks […]
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Roundabout at Cook/Illinois/Mansfield-Lucas to be opened Thursday at 10 a.m.
MANSFIELD — A project almost three years in the making comes to fruition Thursday morning when a new roundabout is opened at the intersection of Cook Road/Illinois Avenue and Mansfield-Lucas Road. Richland County Engineer Adam Gove said Wednesday the intersection, closed since May 31 during construction, is scheduled to re-open at 10 a.m. “Some minor […]