Nearly 500 pounds of raccoon prepared for 79th Raccoon Dinner; Ashland is getting a roundabout; Remembering Judith J. Watson 79th annual Danville Raccoon Dinner to support Dalton Sheldon Fund: https://www.richlandsource.com/life_and_culture/79th-annual-danville-raccoon-dinner-to-support-dalton-sheldon-fund/article_a8a87995-f15b-5f22-9fbc-32ed7fd6de57.html There’s no way around it: Ashland is getting a roundabout — at zero cost to the city, officials tout: https://www.ashlandsource.com/news/theres-no-way-around-it-ashland-is-getting-a-roundabout-at-zero-cost-to-the/article_87cf3a46-83c5-11ec-bc2e-bf6fc823a6dc.html Judith J. Watson: https://www.richlandsource.com/obituaries/judith-j-watson/article_ec80a518-884f-11ec-a454-67e03f6e0939.html The […]
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Avita Health System issues statement on cybersecurity incident
ONTARIO — Avita Health System on Thursday afternoon issued the following emailed statement about a cybersecurity incident: “On Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, Avita Health System detected and stopped a network security incident. After discovering the unauthorized activity, our IT professionals – together with third party forensic and cybersecurity experts – immediately secured our systems and […]
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Richland County commissioners OK next step in creating fourth courtroom
MANSFIELD — Richland County is moving ahead with plans for a fourth Common Pleas general division courtroom, using funds available through “lost revenue” provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act. Commissioners authorized county Administrator Andrew Keller to prepare and issue a “request for qualifications” for an architect or engineer to design the new courtroom. The […]
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Uneven floor in former Richland County jail space throws snag into demo efforts
MANSFIELD — An effort to open up usable space inside the Richland County courthouse has run into a snag due to unforeseen, unlevel floors in the old county jail. County maintenance superintendent Chuck Minnich told county commissioners on Thursday that the problem was found when the former jail cells were pulled from the concrete floor on […]
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RCT offering COVID-19 prevention ‘goody bag giveaway’ during Ohio Loves Transit Week
MANSFIELD — Richland County Transit is hosting a COVID-19 prevention goody bag giveaway in honor of Ohio Loves Transit Week. The event will be Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 14-15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., or while supplies last. The free, reusable bags will include COVID prevention information, face masks, hand sanitizers and a few […]
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LISTEN: Mansfield awards $1.5 million dry dam design contract; Ashland lawyer was U.S. Circuit Court Judge
The Mansfield Board of Control has awarded a $1.5 million contract to EMH&T for the design of an earthen dry dam aimed at alleviating flooding on the city’s north side. Mansfield City Council approved the expense back in September for the design of the Touby Run Flood Mitigation Hazard Project to remove 106 acres of […]
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Public invited to Mansfield parks meetings on Feb. 16 & April 20
MANSFIELD — Mayor Tim Theaker and Parks Department Superintendent Mark Abrams would like to thank the community for all of the help and input they have had in the development of the City of Mansfield’s Parks Department in 2021. “We are once again asking for the community’s input to continue to move forward and make […]
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METRICH drug task force adds mobile application
MANSFIELD — The decades-long fight against illegal drugs across a 10-county north central Ohio just added a new high-tech tool. The METRICH Enforcement Unit, which began in Mansfield and Richland County in 1986, has recently an added an online application, the first of its kind for a multi-county drug task force in Ohio. “We’ve had […]
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First Black pro football player, who starred in Shelby, to be honored in Wooster on Thursday
WOOSTER — Shelby native Jim Stoner has devoted years to telling people the story of Charles Follis, the first Black professional football player in America. Stoner started by researching and writing the stage play “The Black Cyclone.” He’s now assisting in planning a feature film on the life of Follis, who played for the Shelby Blues from […]
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New York man killed in I-71 crash Wednesday in Wayne County
CONGRESS TOWNSHIP – A New York man was killed after a single-vehicle accident Wednesday morning on Interstate 71 in Wayne County, according to the Wooster Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Eric Thomas Coleman, 41, of Friendship, New York was pronounced deceased at the scene, the Patrol reported. Jonathan Jackson, 31, of Olean, New York […]