COLUMBUS — Oh, it was ugly all right. Predictably, utterly, and inevitably ugly, yet again. Ohio State’s 52-3 mugging of Rutgers on Saturday has become so thoroughly routine the Buckeyes’ reserves look like a solid favorite every year to also impale the Scarlet Knights. Remarkably, this was actually an improvement after 58-0 and 56-0 blowouts […]
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Haskins helps Buckeyes chew up Beavers
COLUMBUS — And, they’re off and running and passing and scoring with reckless abandon. The talented but troubled Ohio State football team shrugged off a preseason of turmoil and finally got to focus on the field. On Saturday, a 77-31 destruction of Oregon State showed the fifth-ranked Buckeyes have the firepower to be their dangerous […]
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Ontario’s late rally shocks Lexington
ONTARIO — Chris Miller’s first game as Ontario football coach created quite a memory. The Warriors’ alumnus and former athletics director saw his offense struggle all night, before erupting for 14 points in the final 4:10 to stun Lexington 14-7 in Friday night’s season opener at Copeland Field. “I couldn’t ask for better,” Miller said. […]
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What kind of Urban Meyer will return to Ohio State?
Are you curious about Urban Meyer’s mindset going forward? You’re not alone. After three weeks of relentless media pressure, a two-week investigation by a special independent panel, and a marathon day-into-night meeting of elite power brokers, Ohio State’s football coach was suspended for three games on Wednesday night. Predictably, it was a compromise made to […]
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Sellout crowd salutes Collier Landry’s courage after “A Murder in Mansfield”
MANSFIELD — Retired Mansfield Police Det. Dave Messmore knew he was on to something that chilly January day in 1990 when he approached the front door at 616 Hawthorne Lane in Mansfield. He was there on a missing person case, looking for Noreen Boyle. But he found something else instead. “There was a note taped […]
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Juror recounts life-altering aftermath of Boyle verdict
MANSFIELD — An Ontario man, now living out of state, won’t be able to return home for this weekend’s showing of A Murder in Mansfield at The Renaissance Theatre. Still, the Dr. John Boyle murder trial will never leave Kevin McMahon, because he was a juror on the case. “Judge (James) Henson told us ‘It will follow […]
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Richland Source celebrates 5-year anniversary
MANSFIELD — An idea conceived by Mansfield businessman Carl Fernyak, shepherded by second-generation publisher Jay Allred, and implemented by a staff of passionate young adults, celebrates its five-year anniversary today. Richland Source, Richland County’s lone online-only news agency, published for the first time on June 18, 2013. Employees celebrated the milestone with a cookout on […]
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Explosive ticket sales force extra show for A Murder in Mansfield at The Ren
MANSFIELD — Overwhelming ticket demand for A Murder in Mansfield triggered the Renaissance Theatre’s decision Friday to add a second show, according to Chelsie Thompson, President of Renaissance Performing Arts. The first showing of the documentary, brought to Mansfield via a partnership between Richland Source and The Renaissance Theatre, is slated for Saturday, June 30 […]
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Richland Source floored by nearly $70k in local support for Solutions Journalism
If you need evidence of how much a city might value local journalism that looks forward, outward, and upward in its storytelling, look no further than Mansfield, Ohio. In a little more than a month, nearly two dozen organizations have partnered with our newsroom to support solutions-oriented independent journalism to the tune of nearly $70,000. […]
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Readers share thoughts on highs, lows of living here
MANSFIELD — As part of April’s Lovin’ It Local campaign, Richland Source sent a bevy of representatives into various McDonald’s locations throughout the region to take the community’s temperature on a variety of issues. Like anyplace else, we heard some good, some bad, and some suggestions. It’s interesting in that some folks are convinced there […]