MANSFIELD — The $19.3 million Main Street Corridor Improvement Program is nearly one-third complete, according to city officials. The project, which began Feb. 24 and is scheduled to be complete by October 2026, is a complete upgrade of Main Street from First to Sixth streets and Park Avenue from Main to Diamond streets. Downtown Mansfield […]
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Mansfield Board of Control OKs $85K to train 9 new police officers at NCSC
MANSFIELD — The nine newest officers in the Mansfield Police Department are officially students. The city’s Board of Control on Tuesday approved spending up to $85,000 to train the officers at the North Central State College Police Academy. Funding for the two semesters of training is in the police department’s training budget, though the proposal […]
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News Man Weekly: Lee Owens & Larry Phillips talk about their new book, ‘The Spirit of A Team’
MANSFIELD — Longtime football coach Lee Owens and Richland Source Managing Editor Larry Phillips join the News Man Weekly crew this week to talk about their new book, “The Spirit of A Team.” It’s episode No. 63 of the weekly chatfest. A Madison graduate and former Ohio State assistant coach, Owens teamed with Phillips to […]
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Labor Day: Blue skies, union support highlight annual parade in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — It was the kind of event Peter J. McGuire and Matthew Maguire envisioned for Labor Day. Some records show that in 1882, McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, suggested setting aside a day for a “general holiday for the laboring […]
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Motorcycle rider killed in Erie County crash Sunday night, says patrol
ERIE COUNTY — A 23-year-old motorcycle rider died Sunday evening in a two-vehicle crash, according to the Sandusky Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at about 8:58 P.M. on U.S. 6, near Ohio 61 in Berlin Township, troopers said. The patrol said Cade Gwynn, 23, of Huron, was driving a 2018 […]
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Mansfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol plans OVI checkpoint this week
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Monday troopers will operate an OVI checkpoint to deter and intercept impaired drivers this week, likely in Richland County. “The county where the checkpoint will occur will be announced the day before thecheckpoint, and the location will be announced the morning of the […]
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Ohio State Highway Patrol investigating 2 fatal crashes Sunday on Ohio Turnpike
ERIE COUNTY — Three people died Sunday during two accidents on the Ohio Turnpike in Erie County, according to the Milan Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The first crash occurred at approximately 6:41 a.m. and the second at about 7:34 a.m., east of the Frailey Road overpass, according to troopers. A preliminary investigation […]
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Another ‘then-and-now’ certificate coming to Mansfield City Council
MANSFIELD — There are just five pieces of legislation scheduled for Mansfield City Council on Tuesday evening. But one of them is a pesky “then-and-now” certificate, the type of legislation that created such a furor in July. Local lawmakers will be asked to approve a $7,097.50 payment to the Richland County Land Bank, half of […]
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Wakeman woman, 34, killed in early Sunday morning crash, says patrol
ERIE COUNTY — A 34-year-old Wakeman woman died in a one-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in Erie County, according to the Sandusky Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The wreck happened at 12:18 a.m. on Darrow Road just east of Furnace Street in Vermilion Township, troopers said. Sarah Gehringer, 34, was driving a 2003 […]
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Mansfield police chief clears officer involved in arrest that injured 67-year-old man
MANSFIELD — Mansfield police Chief Jason Bammann said Thursday an officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the April 22 arrest of a Bowman Street man injured during the incident. Bammann issued an emailed statement after a Wednesday night report by a Cleveland television station about the arrest of a 67-year-old man stopped by […]