MANSFIELD — Richland County elected officials on Tuesday at 9 a.m will discuss the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state-ordered shutdown in March and expectations going forward as Ohio continues to battle back economically. The online meeting will be hosted by county commissioners. The county permissive sales tax revenues for June, reflecting March’s […]
Carl Hunnell, City Editor
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Woman, 92, becomes Richland County’s 8th COVID-19 death
MANSFIELD — A 92-year-old woman has become the eighth fatality in Richland County due to COVID-19, Richland Public Health announced Monday. The woman was living in a residential care setting when she became infected with the virus, according to public health educator Reed Richmond. The woman was hospitalized on July 12 and died on July […]
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Severe thunderstorm watch issued for north central Ohio
Quite a July weekend in north central Ohio. Searing heat and high humidity today gave us a heat index of 103 degrees. And now Mother Nature wants to wrap up the weekend with a big bang. At least in theory. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for a wide area of […]
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Mansfield City Council: Grab some snacks and a comfortable chair Tuesday
MANSFIELD — Folks planning to watch Mansfield City Council’s live-streamed meetings Tuesday night will want some snacks and a comfortable seat. It’s going to be a long night. Local lawmakers have scheduled three committee meetings, a public hearing on the city’s tax budget, and a caucus/council session that has 29 different pieces of legislation, one […]
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COVID-19: Richland Public Health says ‘asymptomatic’ rate can be high in the community
Editor’s Note: This article was written in response to a question submitted through Open Source. Several readers asked which restaurant was the one mentioned by the governor on Thursday during his press conference.) MANSFIELD — Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday — when explaining numbers that moved Richland County into the “red” category — cited COVID-19 issues with […]
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COVID-19: Masks become mandatory in Richland County, says DeWine
COLUMBUS — Facial coverings in public become mandatory Friday at 6 p.m. in Richland County after Gov. Mike DeWine announced today the county has been designated “red” in the Ohio Public Health Advisory System. Richland Public Health officials said they were alerted Thursday afternoon the county had been moved to “red,” or level three, meaning the […]
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Don’t it make your brown grass green? Rain, storms expected today, this weekend
Most can’t tell because of the brown patches in their yards which were recently green. But July is usually one of the wettest months of the year in Ohio, according to the National Weather Service office in Cleveland, which says a normal July provides around 4.4 inches of precipitation. A return to normalcy is in […]
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COVID-19: DeWine urges, but doesn’t order, Ohio residents to wear masks
COLUMBUS — Saying the state has reached its “most critical point in the battle against coronavirus,” Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday evening urged every Ohio resident to wear a mask in public. “I am asking you, wherever you live, to wear a mask in public. Some may question the wisdom of masks, but as we […]
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Richland Public Health to join fight against ‘systemic racism as public health crisis’
MANSFIELD — Richland Public Health has agreed to participate in a community effort designating systemic racism as a public health crisis, board chairman David Remy said Tuesday evening. Speaking during a Mansfield City Council public affairs committee meeting, Remy said the agency supports a amended resolution aimed at ending racial inequalities in Richland County. The […]