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 […]
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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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, […]
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Mansfield musher Matt Failor not convinced Iditarod needed to change route
WILLOW, Alaska — Matthew Failor isn’t convinced the Iditarod needed to change its path across Alaska this year. The Iditarod Trail Committee announced Monday it had made the “difficult but necessary” decision to move the official restart of the 2025 race to Fairbanks, about 290 miles north of the normal restart in Willow, due to […]
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Mansfield Board of Control OKs $149K sediment study in Clear Fork Reservoir
MANSFIELD — How deep is the Clear Fork Reservoir, the 4.4 billion gallon body of water that supplies most of the drinking water for the City of Mansfield? The best answer is: It depends on where you measure. Thanks to a bathymetric survey planned this year by Stantec Consulting Services, the city will have a […]
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News Man Weekly: Winter misery, Team USA, Faith Life Church and the Iditarod
MANSFIELD — This week on News Man Weekly, it’s just the crew—no guest, no script, just a freewheeling discussion on everything from winter misery to the weekend in sports. Local country music singer Luke Watson was our scheduled guest this week, but was unable to make it. That left our crew on its own — which […]
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Mansfield City Council to consider $92K to help remediate Bowman Street gas station
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is scheduled to discuss in caucus a remediation match fund to the Richland County Land Bank for a property at 474 Bowman Street.
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Training races complete: Mansfield native Matthew Failor set for Iditarod
WILLOW, Alaska — Training races are complete. Drop bags with food are filled for checkpoints. In other words, the hay is largely in the barn for Mansfield native Matthew Failor and his Alaskan Husky Adventures 17th-Dog teams for the 2025 Iditarod Sled Dog Race, the 53rd annual race across Alaska. Two members of his team, […]
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Richland, Ashland and Knox counties all under Level 2 snow emergencies
The weatherman got it right this time. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland on Saturday predicted two to five inches of snow on Sunday as temperatures fell and precipitation changed from sleet and rain to the white variety more often associated with winter. A winter that officially continues until March 20, by the way. […]