MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Control Board on Tuesday approved a $707,554 bid from R&I Construction Inc. in Tiffin to replace the crumbling, double-arch bridge at North Lake Park with a new, single-arch span. Mansfield City Council approved the work in February, which will use a $500,000 grant from the Ohio Public Works Commission to cover about […]
Carl Hunnell, City Editor
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Richland County residents should prepare for mask mandate
MANSFIELD — An increase in local positive COVID-19 tests and hospitalizations may lead to masks becoming mandatory in Richland County, Richland County Commissioner Marilyn John said Tuesday morning. In the past week, John said, the county has recorded 52 additional COVID-19 positive tests and eight additional hospitalizations, based on numbers she received from Richland Public […]
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Nation’s ‘imperfect founding fathers’ set the stage for freedom, says AU professor
MANSFIELD — The country’s founding fathers were imperfect, but they created a set of principles that set the stage for freedoms unequaled in the world, an Ashland University professor told Richland County Republicans on Monday. “How do we want to remember our founders?” asked Christopher Burkett, associate professor of political science at Ashland University and […]
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Richland County reports 6th death from COVID-19
MANSFIELD — An 84-year-old man has become Richland County’s sixth COVID-19 death, according to Richland Public Health. The man was first reported as a positive COVID-19 test on May 28 and died on June 24, RPH health education and communications specialist Reed Richmond said. The June 24 death was first reported on the Ohio Department […]
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Mansfield City Council committee to discuss ‘racism as public health crisis’ on Tuesday
MANSFIELD — Brigitte Coles wants people to know that love is behind the drive to recognize that systemic racism is a public health crisis in Richland County. “We did this out of sincere love for this community,” Coles said. “It has become so political, and it shouldn’t be.” The Mansfield City Council public affairs committee […]
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Richland County may spend $500K in CARES Act funds to help with local mobile learning
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners may consider spending $500,000 in coronavirus relief funds to help facilitate mobile learning in the county’s schools. Commissioner Tony Vero said Friday, after another meeting with local school superintendents, the county would like to secure mobile internet hotspots for individual students to use at home when the 2020-2021 school year […]
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Bad news: Strong thunderstorms expected today — Good news: It would knock down heat/humidity
With all due apologies to my southern grandma, it’s fixing to come up a cloud. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland said Friday morning that thunderstorms will expand east across the area this afternoon. Some of these storms are expected to produce high rainfall rates that could lead to localized flooding, especially in urban […]
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Richland County commissioners ask for more COVID-19 info from state
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners learned Thursday afternoon about the county’s unchanged COVID-19 “level” in the same manner as other county residents. They watched Gov. Mike DeWine’s 2 p.m. press briefing, which has become an almost daily televised affair since the pandemic began in March. A few hours before the briefing, commissioners expressed frustration with […]
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Mansfield law director apologizes for statements about Republicans
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Law Director John Spon has issued a public apology for remarks he made about local Republicans during a public meeting Tuesday. During a meeting of the Mansfield Charter Review Commission, Spon, a Democrat, cautioned members that lowering the required number of petition signatures to run for the non-partisan elected body may invite additional […]
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It’s gonna be a hot one today — and likely wet, too
You don’t need to buy a sauna in the next few days. We’re gonna live in one. Hot and wet. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland has issued a heat advisory for north central Ohio, including Richland, Ashland, Crawford and Knox counties, from Thusday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. High temperatures, coupled with […]