ASHLAND — A transmission line that feeds an Ashland substation lost power Thursday afternoon, leading to more than 3,000 customers without power. FirstEnergy Ohio Edison’s website shows 3,058 customers were without power at 3 p.m. Most of those customers, 2,121, live within Ashland city. Lauren Siburkis, a spokeswoman for Ohio Edison, said crews are working […]
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‘Here we are and here we go:’ Dillon Carr introduces himself to Ashland
Hello Ashland. If we haven’t met yet, my name is Dillon Carr. Having grown up in Mansfield, and graduated in 2010 from Ontario High School, our paths likely haven’t crossed yet. But I’m happy to be back in these parts and eager to get rolling on coverage you’ve come to expect from Ashland Source. A […]
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Two MPD officers promoted to higher ranks in patrol unit
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Police Department Chief of Police Ken Coontz promoted two officers Friday to serve in the patrol unit. Sergeant Ken Carroll, in the detective bureau, was promoted to lieutenant and Officer Matthew Loughman was promoted to sergeant. Carroll, who began his career with MPD in 1998 and was promoted to sergeant in 2009, […]
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Mansfield officials, business leaders blast job-loss report as bogus
MANSFIELD — Controversy surrounding a report about Mansfield job loss published last month has rallied local leaders to find clarity in a glaring, and what some claim inaccurate, statistic. A story published last month cited the blog 24/7 Wall Street as reporting “the city of Mansfield was the nation’s No. 5 city in job losses […]
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Police search for motive, suspect in Monday shooting
MANSFIELD — Police are asking for the public’s help after the year’s first reported shooting in Mansfield left a 24-year-old man with a chest wound. The Mansfield Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit is investigating the incident, which was made known to the police on Monday at around 1:45 a.m. on Florence Ave. The press release […]
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Award-winning Alumni Roofing to change ownership hands
MANSFIELD — It wasn’t the first time Alumni Roofing won an award when the company received the Small Business of the Year award for the 15-employees-and-over category on Nov. 18. The company won the same award in 2008, back when the Richland Area Chamber of Commerce categorized the businesses. That year they won in the […]
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Pit bull mix bites Richland County Juvenile Court probation officer
MANSFIELD — A female probation officer with the Richland County Juvenile Court was bitten by a pit bull dog last Thursday during a home visit. According to an incident report from Richland Public Health, the probation officer was bitten around 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 15 at a home on 4th Street in Mansfield. The dog […]
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State Auditor uplifts Mansfield schools fiscal emergency status
MANSFIELD — Thanks to a visit by State Auditor Dave Yost, Mansfield City Schools Board of Education members were in high spirits Tuesday afternoon. During his visit, Yost lifted the district’s fiscal emergency designation, thereby removing the need for a Financial Planning and Supervision Commission. The district first entered into a state of fiscal emergency […]
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Mansfield man killed while helping crash victims in West Virginia
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A Mansfield man died in a West Virginia hospital early Saturday after he apparently tried to help passengers in a crashed Ford Ranger and then was struck by another vehicle. According to Sergeant B.A. Pickens, of the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, the incident was reported at 1:34 a.m. on Saturday. Scott Banks, […]
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Christmas is for the birds at the Ohio Bird Sanctuary
ONTARIO — Birds like Christmas, too. At least that’s what the folks at the Ohio Bird Sanctuary like to believe. The nonprofit’s 16th annual Christmas for the Birds event welcomed enthusiasts from all over the county Saturday. What they thought would be a failure because of icy road conditions turned out to be the largest […]