MANSFIELD — Improved drainage and reduced flooding are the goals of a project to clean out about 15 miles of the Black Fork, a petition for which is expected to be filed with Richland County commissioners on Wednesday. Commissioners on Tuesday created a new fund in their budget, where revenues for the project will flow […]
Carl Hunnell
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Party-switch by member led Mansfield City Council to do a ‘political thing’
MANSFIELD — Jason Lawrence’s decision to switch political parties three years into a four-year term led Mansfield City Council to do, well, a political thing. It was a different look for an elected body whose members have often stated there are no “Rs” or “Ds” by their names once members take office. Democrats control the […]
Posted inCovid-19, News
Owner of The Electric Co. says there are 2 sides to the story
MANSFIELD — Colton Ulery fulfilled a dream in 2017, a local musician who bought his favorite entertainment venue, The Electric Co. The 2008 Ontario High School graduate knew it would be a tough challenge, taking over a sizeable concert venue that offered live music on a regular basis. He was ready for the bar/music/business grind […]
Posted inWellness
Mansfield Playhouse using COVID-19 downtime to renovate historic theater
MANSFIELD — It’s been four months since the last live performance at the Mansfield Playhouse, and another theater season sits in limbo thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. A planned Christmas show was postponed in late November, two weeks before it was scheduled to open as the viral infection began another new wave across the state. The scenario […]
Posted inElections, News
No primary election needed in Shelby on May 4
SHELBY — There will not be a primary election in the City of Shelby on May 4 since not more than two candidates filed for any City Council seats. The deadline to file petitions in Shelby, under the city’s charter, was Thursday at 4 p.m., according to Paulette Hankins, Richland County Board of Elections director. Hankins […]
Posted inLife and Culture
Local residents, OSR play key roles in new ‘Judas and The Black Messiah’ movie
MANSFIELD — Damien Beauford sat next to him and shared a prison meal. Chris Hahn beat him with a baton outside a cell. Both Mansfield actors shared scenes with star Daniel Kaluuya in the recently released Warner Brothers film “Judas and The Black Messiah,” a major motion picture that opened nationwide on Feb. 12. The film, […]
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Adena Corp. awarded $231,708 for two Richland County public construction projects
MANSFIELD —Adena Corp. of Mansfield on Thursday was awarded two construction projects worth $231,708.47 by Richland County commissioners on Thursday. The larger of the projects is to replace the Snake Road bridge in Bloominggrove Township in the northern part of the county, a contract awarded to Adena for $199,080.41 Richland County engineer Adam Gove had […]
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String of narrow defeats continues for Lexington in loss to Mount Vernon
LEXINGTON — This basketball season even has a veteran like Lexington’s Scott Hamilton shaking his head in the coach’s office after the game. His Minutemen fell to Mount Vernon, 52-47, on Wednesday night at home, the fifth straight loss for the Minutemen, almost all of them narrow defeats. Hamilton, whose team has just one senior […]
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Mansfield 5th Ward councilman says committee chair changes ‘purely political’
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Councilman Jason Lawrence switched political parties two months ago, leaving the local Democratic Party to become a Republican. City Council, controlled by Democrats, removed him as chair of two committees on Tuesday night when it established new committee assignments for the rest of 2021. In a rare vote split along party […]