MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council on Tuesday night is scheduled to vote on a fact-finder’s report for a new labor contract with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3088. The union’s current three-year deal with the city expired at the end of April 2024 and contract negotiations have been ongoing. According to […]
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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OVI sobriety checkpoint planned Saturday night in Crawford County
BUCYRUS — The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Friday morning that an OVI checkpoint will be conducted in Crawford County on Saturday night. The OVI checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers, according to the patrol. “Based on provisional data, there were 1,380 OVI-related serious injury and fatal […]
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Comic brings ‘comfortable edginess’ to Third Saturday in August Comedy Club
MANSFIELD — Rodney Laney’s first attempt at standup comedy accomplished a primary goal set by his former employer. It bombed. The former U.S. Air Force lab technician survived that initial failed attempt more than three decades ago and will headline the 38th annual Third Saturday in August Comedy Club at the Renaissance Theatre in downtown […]
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Perrysville man convicted for attempted murder of Ontario police officer
MANSFIELD — A 33-year-old Perrysville man was convicted Thursday for the attempted murder of an Ontario police officer in 2024. Jareth Vance will be sentenced Aug. 28 after being found guilty on 42 felony counts, according to a social media post from the Richland County Prosecutor’s Office. The case against Vance stemmed from a series […]
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62-year-old man crashes on Lexington Avenue while fleeing sheriff’s deputies
MANSFIELD — A 62-year-old Orchard Park Road man was taken to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital on Wednesday after he crashed his vehicle during a high-speed pursuit on Lexington Avenue. According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Office report, the chase topped more than 100 mph and ended when the man’s Jeep Renegade “turned right suddenly” and crashed […]
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The road to November: Richland County Board of Elections certifies the ballot
MANSFIELD — Don’t tell Matt Finfgeld this November represents an off-year election. It’s a flat busy time to be the director of the Richland County Board of Elections. The local bipartisan elections board on Wednesday certified the ballot for Nov. 4, races that include cities, townships, school boards and a raft of tax and other […]
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Kinship Care: Grandparents, others face same child care challenges as parents
MANSFIELD — Tammy Knudson has seen childcare issues from every conceivable angle. None of it’s easy. The 51-year-old Knudson became a teenage mom who dropped out of school at age 16. She raised five children, then returned to school and earned a GED and eventually a bachelor’s degree. Now a social worker at Richland County […]
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News Man Weekly: Ohio Bird Sanctuary, Richland County Fair and rejected rezone
MANSFIELD — The News Man Weekly Podcast turns the big 60 this week! In this week’s News Man Weekly, our 60th episode, we recap the top local headlines — from the 175th Richland County Fair wrapping up with a record-breaking junior fair auction to Mansfield City Council rejecting a proposed rezoning on the city’s north side. […]
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Ontario sisters to welcome home uncle’s remains 75 years after his death in Korea
HYDEN, Ky. — Becky Barclay and Patty Shay are going to the airport in Cincinnati this week to help pick up an uncle they never met. That’s when the remains of U.S. Army PFC Rodger Engle Fields will finally come home from Korea — 75 years after his death at the frozen Chosin Reservoir. The […]
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Lucas native killed in Vietnam honored exactly 55 years after his death
LUCAS — U.S. Army PFC Richard “Rick” McFarland’s platoon was moving toward its night defensive position near the village of Vinh Loc. Evening was coming quickly at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 10, 1970, as the Recon Platoon moved quietly, about eight miles northwest of Quang Ngai City in the Republic of Vietnam. The 1967 Lucas […]