MANSFIELD — Retired police Sgt. Mike Bammann said local cops were looking for a way to make a difference in the lives of children. Nearly three decades later, the annual Cops-N-Kids program is still making that difference. The Fraternal Order of Police William J. Taylor Lodge #32 hosted its 29th annual clothing shopping spree for […]
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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Police laud public tips after 2 arrests in connection with Mansfield murder
MANSFIELD — A 25-year-old and a 15-year-old have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the Aug. 17 shooting death of 18-year-old Ja’Myrion Hobbs. Yaounde Andrew Hawthorne, 25, was arrested Thursday by members of the Richland County A.S.O.R.T. (Allied Special Operation Response Team), the METRICH Enforcement Unit and officers from the Mansfield Police […]
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Threshold lowered for downtown Mansfield businesses hurt by Main Street improvement project
MANSFIELD — A grant program to aid downtown Mansfield businesses financially impacted by the ongoing Main Street Corridor Improvement Project has been changed to make it more accessible. The Downtown Improvement Advisory Board on Thursday afternoon approved a proposal that would lower the threshold for economic loss and also widened the geographic scope of the […]
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Miss Ohio Scholarship Program staging its first 5k run/walk in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program is staging its first Miss Ohio 5K Run/Walk at the Mansfield Cemetery on Sept. 13. The “Chasing the Crown on Hallowed Ground” event is a fundraiser for the 501C3 program that culminates each year in June with the crowning of Miss Ohio on the stage of the Renaissance […]
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Ohio Power Siting Board orders improvements at Blossom Solar construction location
MOUNT GILEAD — The Ohio Power Siting Board has ordered improvements at the Blossom Solar construction site in northern Morrow County. Shawn Rowley, an inspector with the OPSB compliance section, issued a notice to the company on Wednesday after inspectors visited the site Tuesday, along with members of the Morrow County Soil & Water Conservation […]
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Contentious ‘me too’ clause not part of new City of Mansfield/AFSCME contract
MANSFIELD — Details of the new labor agreement between the City of Mansfield and AFSCME Local 3088 are not yet public. But the “me too” clause found in the last contract will not be a part of it, based on a fact-finder’s recommendation the two sides have also approved. City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday […]
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From trash to thriving: Mark Abrams helped bring back Mansfield’s parks
MANSFIELD — Mark Abrams had to take out the trash on his first day as the city’s parks and recreation superintendent. “I walked into the office building at South Park and there was literally trash piled from the floor to the ceiling,” the 52-year-old Abrams said. “There was no phone. No computer. And no employees,” […]
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Mansfield-based labor union seeks halt to Blossom Solar project in Morrow County
MOUNT GILEAD — A labor union based in Mansfield has asked the Ohio Power Siting Board to halt construction at the Blossom Solar Project, citing “serious safety, environmental and public health concerns.” Jeff Sellers, business manager for Laborers Local 1216, sent the state agency the letter on Monday evening, describing concerns the union said it […]
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Change in plan: Mansfield City Council may also vote on new AFSCME contract
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council was scheduled to vote Tuesday night on a fact-finder’s for a new labor contract with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3088. Now it appears local lawmakers may also vote on a new contract with the union that represents about 150 city workers in a variety of […]
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News Man Weekly: Mansfield labor contracts, wild news weekend and the newest Source reporters
MANSFIELD — Episode 61 of News Man Weekly is here and the Old News Man is running the newsroom while the boss is on vacation. Deputy Managing Editor Carl Hunnell, joined as always by executive producer Zac Hiser and videographer Hayden Gray, takes listeners through a wild weekend of headlines — from Mansfield City Council’s looming labor […]