MANSFIELD — Those seeking to fly drones into Mansfield’s state prisons should be aware. Hazel is on the case. The 3-year-old yellow lab, owned by Jay and Ashley Miller, on Monday found an apparently crashed, discarded Phantom DJI drone in a wooded area near DRM Productions, a business they own along Piper Road. Suspiciously, the […]
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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Richland County maintenance, EMA directors retiring at the end of 2021
MANSFIELD — Two familiar faces will retire from Richland County government at the end of 2021. Maintenance Superintendent Chuck Minnich and Emergency Management Agency Director Rick Evans have both informed county commissioners of their retirement plans. Commissioners accepted the retirements during a meeting on Thursday morning. Minnich has worked in the maintenance department for 37 […]
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New owners of Mary Anne’s Meats in Lexington plan no changes
LEXINGTON — Chad and Dani Worth have no plans to change Mary Anne’s Meats in Lexington. “Nothing is going to change, not even the name,” Chad Worth said Tuesday. ‘We are keeping the same suppliers. We are buying beef from Mary Anne. Everything is going to stay exactly the way she did it. “It’s not […]
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Move Over: Local ODOT spokesperson has personal interest in work-zone safety
MANSFIELD — The Ohio Department of Transportation’s Crystal Neelon has a family investment in work zone safety. “My husband, the father of my 6-year-old little boy and my 4-year-old little girl works for ODOT every single day,” Neelon said Tuesday morning during a pre-Labor Day holiday weekend event aimed at raising public awareness of work […]
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Final estimate for Black Fork clean-up expected May 31, says engineer
MANSFIELD — A final cost estimate for clearing and maintaining an 18-mile section of the Black Fork river near Shelby will be reported May 31, 2022, according to Richland County Engineer Adam Gove. The date was unanimously approved Tuesday morning by commissioners from Richland and Crawford counties during a joint ditch petition meeting. It will […]
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Column: Launching Richland Carrousel Park included ‘cleaning up’ downtown crime
MANSFIELD — The Fourth Street massage parlor owner asked the police officer why her business was suddenly being raided. “There’s a new law,” the officer said, “you can’t operate a brothel so close to the mayor’s new carrousel.” It was a joking remark in 1991, but it rang close to the truth. The Richland Carrousel […]
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Column: Launching Richland Carrousel Park included ‘cleaning up’ downtown crime
MANSFIELD — The Fourth Street massage parlor owner asked the police officer why her business was suddenly being raided. “There’s a new law,” the officer said, “you can’t operate a brothel so close to the mayor’s new carrousel.” It was a joking remark in 1991, but it rang close to the truth. The Richland Carrousel […]
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Richland Carrousel Park helps trigger 30 years of economic redevelopment in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — John Fernyak still has copies of the bumper stickers that read, “Will the last person leaving Mansfield please turn off the carrousel?” The downtown businessman can also smile, look out his West Fourth Street office window every day and see proof across the street that the vision he and others put forth three […]
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Richland Carrousel Park helps trigger 30 years of economic redevelopment in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — John Fernyak still has copies of the bumper stickers that read, “Will the last person leaving Mansfield please turn off the carrousel?” The downtown businessman can also smile, look out his West Fourth Street office window every day and see proof across the street that the vision he and others put forth three […]