ONTARIO — Ontario police officer Elijah S. Finley has been terminated from the Ontario Police Department, a decision the 30-year-old officer said was made “without just cause.” Finley, who served as the Ontario Local Schools resource office, is appealing the termination through the department’s arbitration process. According to a termination letter, given to Finley on […]
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Two Mansfield-based nurses head to New York to fight COVID-19
MANHATTAN, N.Y. — It didn’t take too long for Megan Olson and Jill Borowicz to decide to leave for New York City when the COVID-19 pandemic swarmed into the country’s largest city. “It was like, ‘OK, we finished Tiger King (on Netflix). Now what?’”Olson said. The two owners of Lux Life MedSpa in Mansfield, closed their […]
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Hess Industries creates hands-free door handle attachment for hospitals
MANSFIELD — COVID-19 has not stopped the entrepreneurial spirit, despite many Richland County businesses being ordered to close their doors. Mark Hess, of Hess Industries at 108 Sawyer Parkway, and his team have created a new way for doors to open without passing the germs from one’s hands on to the door handle’s surface. “It’s a […]
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Miss Ohio program postponed at The Ren; venue could change
MANSFIELD — The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program has been postponed, according to Jeff Angelini, a member of the Miss Ohio advisory committee. Candidates were expected to arrive in Mansfield on June 13 and compete for the Miss Ohio crown the following week. But with the Stay-at-Home orders in place due to COVID-19, the Miss Ohio […]
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Clear Fork student wins 1st prize at regional film festival
BELLVILLE — Movies and visual media have always been of interest to Sam Brandes. Now he has a film award validating his passion. Brandes, 18, serves as the media officer for the Clear Fork Marching Band and has been accepted to the Ohio University school of film. The future Bobcat will bring with him the […]
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Sheppard prints clips to alleviate pressure during medical shifts
MANSFIELD — Matt Sheppard is putting his birthday present to good use these days. After his wife gave him a Fuzed Deposition Modeling printer, which lays down layers of molten plastic creating shapes, he began using to it to help create objects around the house — coat hooks, a desk organizer for his wife and […]
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Stay-at-home order worries tri-county Children Services agencies
MANSFIELD — Richland County Children Services has seen a decrease in referral calls for child abuse compared to the months when school was held in-person with teachers. The reason for that is what concerns child care professionals. “The numbers are not reportable yet, but we can tell by the day-to-day (calls),” said Nikki Harless, executive […]
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Chalk Murder To Me: Todd Walker — was it the neighbor with sock gloves & a shotgun?
MANSFIELD — Richland Source’s true crime local podcast, Chalk Murder To Me, is back with two true crime stories in this edition. Click here to listen to the podcast Co-host Adam “Doc” Fox shares a story he once penned about Ashland resident Mike Trine, who came home with his brother to find his mother dead […]
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DMI still holds out hope for Final Fridays, faces financial obstacles
MANSFIELD — Jennifer Kime and her crew still hold out hopes for Season XII of Final Fridays to start on May 29. “It’s definitely possible,” said Kime, chief executive officer of Downtown Mansfield Inc. “We’ll just have to keep waiting to see.” Final Fridays, which began as a way to bring residents downtown on the […]
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Local school superintendents leading in uncertain times due to COVID-19
MANSFIELD — The coronavirus has created an uncertain educational time, even for veteran public school administrators. “We are rewriting a new book right now on education,” Mansfield City Schools Superintendent Stan Jefferson said this week. Jefferson and Lexington Local Schools Superintendent Mike Ziegelhofer participated in a live “Coronavirus Conversation” with Richland Source Publisher Jay Allred on Thursday. […]