MANSFIELD — Justin Ocheltree and Walt Bonham were busy checking crops one early morning last week. The status of carrots, kale and spinach were on their minds as the two men moved from farm to farm. Checking crops in Ohio is not an usual site, though most of the state’s farmers are now in planting […]
Carl Hunnell, City Editor
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Richland County commissioners, elected officials to discuss COVID-19 financial impacts next week
MANSFIELD — Richland County Commissioners will meet next week with other county elected officials to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact local finances. Commissioners will meet with Auditor Pat Dropsey, Treasurer Bart Hamilton and other leaders on April 21 at 9:30 a.m. The public can listen to the meeting by calling 419-774-2050 and using […]
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60 mph wind gusts expected across north central Ohio on Monday
Last week, north central Ohio experienced snow, hail, rain and bright sun — all in the same day. On Monday, here comes the big wind. It’s truly April in Ohio. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland has issued a high wind watch Monday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The watch area covers all […]
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Madison graduate in California helping lead fight against coronavirus
Dr. Susan Fernyak has battled against diseases for more than two decades. The Madison High School graduate, now the chief medical officer at the San Mateo Medical Center in California, quickly confesses that fighting against any virus is a tough battle, including the new strain of the coronavirus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather […]
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Debate rages on: Is chloroquine a possible answer in the coronavirus fight?
Debate over over the drug chloroquine is racing across the country almost as fast as COVID-19 itself. The success of the drug — first approved for medical use in the United States in 1955 as a treatment for malaria and now also for rheumatoid arthritis and lupus — is being debated from the White House […]
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Local candidates continue primary campaigns due to COVID-19 election delay
MANSFIELD — State Rep. Mark Romanchuk had hoped by now his sights would be shifted to the November general election in his bid to become a state senator. Richland County Commissioner Marilyn John wishes her campaign to replace Romanchuk in the Ohio House was one step closer to fruition. Joe Jerger and Kirstin Pscholka-Gartner had […]
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Mansfield City Council has an evening of firsts — and gets warning of declining revenue
MANSFIELD — It was a first in anyone’s memory for Mansfield City Council on Thursday night. No, not just the fact it was the first completely virtual full council meeting for local lawmakers during the coronavirus pandemic. It also provided the first time in anyone’s memory that council opted to reconsider legislation it had approved […]
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Mansfield man becomes Richland County’s first COVID-19 fatality
MANSFIELD — A 55-year-old Mansfield man, who worked as a corrections officer at the Marion Correctional Institution for more than two decades, has died from COVID-19. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced during Wednesday’s press briefing that John Dawson, who had worked at MCI since 1996, testified positive for coronavirus on March 30. Dawson is the […]
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Mansfield City Council can’t livestream meeting, delays until Thursday
MANSFIELD — An inability to successfully connect a livestream of the Mansfield City Council “virtual meeting” to the city’s Facebook page led to Tuesday’s delay of the session until Thursday. A finance committee meeting was scheduled for Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., but it was delayed when the city’s technology department could not connect the Zoom […]