WILLOW, Alaska — Matthew Failor may never win an Iditarod. He may never be the first musher to cross under the famed burled arch in Nome, celebrated as the best dog sled musher in Alaska after racing 1,000 miles across the massive 49th state. But don’t be mistaken. Winning is the Mansfield native’s dream. Under […]
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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Joint production: Mansfield Shakespeare Co. joins forces for show at OSU-Mansfield
MANSFIELD — So you think you know Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet?” Not so fast. The version coming up this weekend at the Ohio State University-Mansfield campus is not exactly what you read in high school. “This is not your English teacher’s Shakespeare,” said Victoria O’Brien, who is directing the show staged as a joint project […]
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METRICH seizes cocaine, meth, cash and guns during Vale Avenue raid
MANSFIELD — A 20-year-old Mansfield man was charged with four felony drug counts Thursday after the METRICH Enforcement Unit executed a search warrant at his 177 Vale Ave. residence. Dekota Thompson was booked into the Richland County Jail on charges of trafficking in methamphetamine, trafficking in cocaine and possession of cocaine, all first-degree felonies, according […]
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Mansfield native Matthew Failor ready ‘to pull the hook and go’ at 2025 Iditarod
WILLOW, Alaska — Matt Failor can’t wait for the stress of an 1,100-mile sled Iditarod dog race across Alaska. That’s where the 42-year-old Mansfield native finds his calm after the storm once the race actually begins, launching his 14th journey in what’s been dubbed “The Last Great Race.” “Obviously, there’s pressure during the race, but […]
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Water main break closes Mansfield Municipal Building on Wednesday
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield Municipal Building is closed Wednesday, Feb. 26, due to a water main break. In an email at 9:05 a.m., Mayor Jodie Perry said water service has been shut down on East Third Street from North Diamond Street to North Adams Street due to the water main break. Emergency repairs […]
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It’s a farce: Mistaken identities, hilarious plot twists roll quickly in new Mansfield Playhouse show
MANSFIELD — Suzanne Allen and Lynne Rouzer are community theater veterans, as comfortable on stage as in their real lives. But they had never met one another until a cold January evening during Mansfield Playhouse auditions for the comedic farce, “Said the Spider to the Spy.” However, it didn’t take long for the duo to […]
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Grieving parents seek justice for son in 16-month-old Mansfield murder case
MANSFIELD — Fred Antrican was not there the night his son was shot to death in a Brookfield Drive apartment complex hallway in 2023. But the imagined sounds of those gunshots — three of which struck and killed 42-year-old Jason Antrican on Oct. 10 –must still reverberate in the father’s mind at night. “It’s been […]
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News Man Weekly: Making arrests, fighting fires and making home brews with Chris Niswander
MANSFIELD — The 36th episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped. In this week’s show, Richland Source Deputy Managing Editor Carl Hunnell sits down with Chris Niswander, president of the Mansfield Home Brew Club, an organization marking its 30th anniversary in 2025. Hunnell and Niswander chat about the club and its drive for […]
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Berean Baptist Church opts out of the local election polling place business
MANSFIELD — The busiest single polling location in Richland County — outside of the Board of Elections itself — is out of the voting business. Berean Baptist Church at 2145 Middle Bellville Road, which had been the polling place for seven precincts in the City of Mansfield and Washington Township, has notified the Richland County […]
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News Man Weekly bonus episode: Mansfield native talks all things Iditarod
WILLOW, Alaska — It’s a bonus episode of the News Man Weekly podcast — an audio primer to prepare to follow Mansfield native Matthew Failor in the 2025 Iditarod Sled Dog Race across Alaska. Richland Source Deputy Managing Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by Failor on a phone connection from his home in Willow Alaska, […]