MANSFIELD — Less expensive. And faster. Those were the thoughts Thursday when the Richland County Board of Commissioners awarded two courthouse remodeling contracts totaling $2,149,865 to Imhoff Construction Services Inc. from Orrville. One project is to construct a fourth Common Pleas Courtroom and the other is a multiple-floor renovation of the Richland County Courthouse, including […]
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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Celebrating a legacy: Bowersock honored by mayor for 25 years of Mansfield job creation
MANSFIELD — Tim Bowersock left his economic development job with the City of the Mansfield the same way he started. Helping to create local jobs. Bowersock, who officially retired last week, attended Mansfield City Council’s meeting on Wednesday to explain a pair of Community Reinvestment Area agreements on two projects near Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport. […]
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Wayfinders seeks funding help to relocate homeless shelter in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Miles Parsons would like to find a larger home for the Wayfinders homeless shelter. The organization’s executive director made presentations about his plans on Wednesday to the Richland County Land Bank in the afternoon and to Mansfield City Council in the evening. The proposal to relocate the shelter, formerly known as Harmony House, […]
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Downtown living: Local developer gets $250K grant to transform former grocery
MANSFIELD — Famico Williams recalls growing up on the north side of Mansfield, stopping at Webb’s Grocery Store for candy on his way home from elementary school. He knows those days are gone. But the childhood memories of a building likely built in the 1890s remain strong in his heart and mind. And the idea […]
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Ontario’s Romanchuk easily wins re-election to the Ohio Senate’s 22nd District
MANSFIELD — Republican Mark Romanchuk will likely retire from politics undefeated. The Ontario resident and Republican easily rolled to a second and final four-year term in the Ohio Senate’s 22nd District on Tuesday, brushing off a challenge from Democratic challenger Kathy Salem. Term limits prevent the 62-year-old Romanchuk from seeking a third term in the […]
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Legal proceedings begin over Mansfield’s YMCA demolition dispute
MANSFIELD — The legal battle over the original demolition of the former YMCA along Park Avenue West began in Richland County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday morning — and will likely continue. Retired Medina County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Collier conducted a 20-minute oral hearing on a motion by attorneys for Page Excavating to […]
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Mansfield native Sherrod Brown loses bid for 4th U.S. Senate term
MANSFIELD — Sherrod Brown’s long political career apparently came to an end Tuesday night when the Mansfield native lost his bid for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate. Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno defeated Brown, 71, according to final, unofficial vote totals from various Ohio county boards of election. The Associated Press called the election […]
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Mansfield voters OK charter change to increase city purchasing power
MANSFIELD — Mansfield voters on Tuesday approved an amendment to the city charter that increases purchasing power for the administration. Rising inflation led to the suggested change, which will allow the city administration to award contracts of up to $50,000 — doubling the previous $25,000 limit — without approval from the Board of Control or […]
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It’s finally here: Polls now open at 34 locations across Richland County
RICHLAND — Polls are open across Richland County at 34 different locations, according to local elections Director Matt Finfgeld. Polls opened for voting at 6:30 a.m. and will remain open until 7:30 p.m. Voters with absentee ballots CANNOT drop them off at a polling location today. Those MUST be taken to the Board of Elections […]
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News Man Weekly: Join us online tonight for ‘Democracy After Dark’ election results
MANSFIELD — The 20th episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell announces plans for the news website’s Election Night livestream extravaganza, “Democracy After Dark.” The two-hour event Tuesday night will be co hosted by Hunnell and Ashland Source reporter Mariah Thomas from 8 […]