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MANSFIELD — Richland Public Health has made its 2021 annual report available online, to locally celebrate National Public Health Week. The 12-page report includes highlights of activities and statistics from 2021, with a look back on how the health department guided and protected the Richland County community through another year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]

ASHLAND — Two Ashland County Sheriff deputies were hospitalized after having reactions to suspected fentanyl that was concealed in a woman’s bra on Monday. The deputies were exposed to the potent and often lethal drug when Ashland police transported a 37-year-old woman to Ashland County Jail. Ashland police notified the deputies ahead of dropping her off […]

ONTARIO — The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging, Inc. has launched a new online resource for caregiver support called Active Daily Living. As a leader in long-term care systems, the vision of The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging, Inc. recognizes the importance of being the preferred organization in providing advice and […]

COLUMBUS – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Monday the launch of the Ohio Department of Transportation’s 2022 construction season. This year, Ohio is investing nearly $2 billion on 829 projects across the state. Ninety-five cents of every dollar spent goes toward preserving existing infrastructure. Crews will improve 661 bridges and 7,626 miles of pavement, enough […]

SHELBY — The Shelby Foundation established the Women’s Fund in 2009 to empower women of all ages to achieve their full potential and thrive as members of our community by promoting intellectual, physical, emotional, social, economic, and cultural growth. Back by popular demand, the Women’s Fund is hosting its lecture and open-forum discussion series, “Let’s Talk: Woman […]

MANSFIELD — Due to sewer main repairs, the City of Mansfield has announced that it will be necessary to single lane traffic at sections of the following road while work is being completed. Westbound lane of Park Avenue West from Trimble Road to Linden Road. Construction signs will be posted at the work site. Traffic […]

MANSFIELD — The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Richland County next week. All outlined work is weather permitting. U.S. Route 30 major rehabilitation – U.S. 30, from State Route 309 to just east of the 5th Avenue ramps, will have single lane closures for a major rehabilitation project. Traffic will always […]

COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the 2021 Capital Crimes Annual Report on Friday. It includes information and a procedural history on each case that has resulted in a death sentence in Ohio since 1981. According to the report, from 1981 through 2021, a total of 136 death sentences remained active, including those […]