COLUMBUS– State Senator Larry Obhof (R-Medina) Tuesday announced that the Governor has signed Senate Bill 109, which would modernize Ohio’s processes for elections administration and oversight. Among other changes, SB 109 will standardize the use of electronic pollbooks and will permit county boards of elections to send certain documents electronically, thus saving both time and […]
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Salvation Army provides Thanksgiving meals to over 600 families
Mansfield’s Salvation Army handed out turkeys and other holiday food items last Friday to 656 families. People from all over the community lined Second Street to receive food for the holidays during the morning and early afternoon. According to Captains Andrew and Melissa Betts, the number of families served this year went up 10 percent. […]
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Shoppers and employees adjust to “Black Thursday”
This Thursday, Thanksgiving, the Richland County locations of over 26 national chain stores will open their doors to shoppers, some as early as 6 a.m. This relatively new trend in holiday shopping precedes Black Friday and thus many have begun to call it “Black Thursday,” although officially the National Retail Federation (NRF) has neither endorsed […]
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Why are stores open on Thanksgiving?
Shopping on Thanksgiving day is an offshoot of the Black Friday tradition. Like many traditions the origin of Black Friday is evolutionary at best, but in the 1980s the National Retail Federation (NRF) decided to formally embrace the title Black Friday and encourage more active marketing surrounding the shopping day. Most people believe that Black […]
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ODOT and local officials announce Ohio Bridge Partnership
State Senator Larry Obhof (R–Medina) joined State Representative Mark Romanchuk (R–Ontario) and Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor gathered on Monday to announce bridge improvement projects in Richland County that will be undertaken as part of a new initiative between the Ohio Department of Transportation and local governments. “Retail government, that is what this is. That is […]
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Safer travel available on I-71 south from Cleveland to Columbus
If over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house you go includes Interstate 71 south for Thanksgiving this year, here’s another reason to give thanks. An additional lane will make travel on I-71 south safer and more efficient. There will now be three lanes for I-71 south from Cleveland to Columbus, except for […]
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Health reform to impact Richland County residents, employers
In the 2009 Richland County census, 82 percent of Richland County workers earned private wages or salaries, meaning most of these employees could currently be under health insurance plans set up by their employers. What this also means is that many in Richland County are going to be eligible for government subsidies. Whether this is […]
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Shelby Rotary Club joins effort to promote literacy in Richland County
To further efforts to promote literacy among Richland County students, the Rotary Club of Shelby distributed over 200 dictionaries to second grade students in the Shelby and Plymouth/Shiloh School Districts, including Shelby St. Mary’s and Shelby Sacred Heart. Shelby Rotary Club members Lynn Friebel (president), Joe Gies, and Rich Greene (treasurer and secretary), and Shelby […]
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“A Night of Christmas Magic” draws crowd to see Santa and special Polar Express at Shelby
Downtown Shelby came alive with lights, music, and holiday cheer Sunday evening as the city presented its “A Night of Christmas Magic.” The festivities included MedCentral Shelby Hospital Guild’s 15th annual “Festival of Lights,” Christmas carols, guest speakers, and the arrival of Santa on the Polar Express. Theresa Roth, Chief Operating Officer of MedCentral Shelby […]
