ONTARIO — A handful of residents cheered and applauded Wednesday night after Ontario City Council voted down a proposed change to the city’s zoning code. Two ordinances up for consideration would have updated the city code to allow mini warehouses, also known as storage units, to be permitted use on conditional use in Ontario’s business […]
Katie Ellington Serrao
Staff reporter at Richland Source since 2019. I focus on education, housing and features. Clear Fork alumna. Always looking for a chance to practice my Spanish. Got a tip? Email me at katie@richlandsource.com.
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Milliron Foundation buys Brightspeed building for veteran, senior housing
MANSFIELD — One of Grant Milliron‘s longtime goals was to support housing for veterans. The charitable organization that carries his name is now doing just that, two years after his death at age 88. The Milliron Foundation purchased the former Century Link building at 665 Lexington Ave. last week, planning to convert it into an apartment […]
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Bellville PD: Butler mayor ran over fleeing sex offender with car
BUTLER — A man with an active arrest warrant was hospitalized July 11 after Butler Mayor Wesley Dingus hit him with his car, according to an investigation by the Bellville Police Department. Bellville police Chief Jon Fletcher shared the department’s findings during a press conference Monday morning. Fletcher was accompanied by Bellville Mayor Teri Brenkus and […]
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Mansfield student selected for study abroad program in Kazakhstan
MANSFIELD — Hadley Hoovler didn’t know any Russian when she began an intensive immersion program four weeks ago. Now, she’s preparing to spend her junior year of high school in Kazakhstan. Hadley, a student at Mansfield Senior High School, has been offered a scholarship to study abroad through the Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX). The scholarship […]
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Catanese, Coffman to to lead Central & Western elementary schools in Lexington
LEXINGTON — There will be a new administrative team heading up the early grades at Lexington Local Schools this fall. The he Lexington school board has approved Kelli Catanese as the new principal and Stephanie Coffman as the new assistant principal for Central and Western elementary schools. Catanese spent last school year as the assistant principal […]
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Madison school board approves levy resolution, administrator contracts
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The Madison Local Schools Board of Education approved two resolutions Wednesday night to begin the process of putting a tax levy on the November ballot. Those included: If approved, the proposed earned income tax would replace the 7.5 mill property tax voters narrowly approved in 2023. The new tax would only be on […]
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Federal funding freeze leaves Richland County schools in limbo
MANSFIELD — Just two days into a new fiscal year, Holly Christie opened her email to find out nearly $500,000 her school district was expecting from the federal government wasn’t coming — at least not yet. Public schools were expecting to receive grant award notifications for federal Title funds at the beginning of July. Instead, the U.S. […]
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Bellville police investigating vehicle-pedestrian crash involving Butler employee
BUTLER — The Bellville Police Department is investigating an incident in Butler after a man was hit by a vehicle in that village on Friday night. Bellville Police officers responded to a call for assistance at approximately 7:05 p.m., according to a press release from the department. The Bellville Police Department is handling the investigation to […]
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Madison board proposes swapping property tax for income tax
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Voters in the Madison Local School District may be asked to trade a property tax for an income tax in November. The Madison school board is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution to kick-start the process of putting an income tax levy on the ballot. If approved, the proposed 1.5-percent earned income […]
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Open Source: Why was there a SWAT team on Chambers Road in Ontario?
ONTARIO — Two suspects were detained at an Ontario residence Thursday and are under investigation for allegedly receiving stolen property, according to the Ontario Police Department. The Ontario Police Department and the Richland County Allied Special Operation Response Team, in coordination with the Mansfield Police Department, joined forces Thursday in executing a search warrant at […]