MANSFIELD — Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed the City of Mansfield’s A2 credit rating and removed the “negative outlook” assigned to the city’s financial picture in September 2020. Finance Director Linn Steward said the affirmed rating and now removal of the “negative outlook” could result in the city paying lower interest rates with future bond […]
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Mansfield Board of Control awards $1.5 million contract for dry dam design
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Board of Control on Tuesday awarded a $1,542,410 contract to EMH&T for the design of an earthen dry dam aimed at alleviating flooding on the city’s north. Mansfield City Council approved the expense in September 2021 for the design of the Touby Run Flood Mitigation Hazard Project to remove 106 acres of […]
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Mansfield will spend $110,200 to buy ‘wetlands credits’ as part of reservoir dam project
MANSFIELD — A $1.2 million seepage mitigation project at the 73-year-old Clearfork Reservoir dam will cost another $110,200 to purchase required “wetlands credits.” The Mansfield Board of Control approved the expense Tuesday at the request of city engineer Bob Bianchi. “We have 0.91 acres of Category 2 wetlands that needs to be filled in as […]
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LISTEN: Mansfield discusses avalanche of snow issues; Remember The Star Theatre in 1919
Mansfield City Council gives administration a snow removal ‘to-do’ list: https://www.richlandsource.com/news/mansfield-city-council-gives-administration-a-snow-removal-to-do-list/article_6d1ad508-878e-11ec-80e2-334262d30b29.html?block_id=1098581 The Star Theatre 1919: https://www.richlandsource.com/area_history/the-star-theatre-1919/article_cf20f372-1918-11e5-a805-174c677a10f1.html Three Ohio state parks honorarily renamed ahead of Super Bowl LVI: https://www.richlandsource.com/life_and_culture/outdoor/three-ohio-state-parks-honorarily-renamed-ahead-of-super-bowl-lvi/article_38846a5c-8838-11ec-812b-87b35cfad0bc.html Margaret Jean (Yoder) Oney: https://www.richlandsource.com/obituaries/margaret-jean-yoder-oney/article_40bd888a-885a-11ec-b8f5-0b33ace0b127.html Mansfield City Council gave the administration a “to-do” list of snow-removal chores during a rare Sunday afternoon special meeting. Although it seems […]
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Men with weapons, domestic violence charges among this week’s Most Wanted
MANSFIELD — Four men with ties to Mansfield, some also have connections to Shelby and Willard, comprise this week’s list of Most Wanted fugitives, according to the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force. James Lowe, 49, is 5-foot-10, 170 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. He is sought for trafficking in drugs. Officials say […]
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Vote on proposed gas station dies in Lexington village council
LEXINGTON – The proposal for a new gas station in downtown Lexington hit a bump in the road during Monday night’s village council meeting. Council received an official recommendation from the village planning commission, but a motion to approve it died after no one seconded. Lexington’s village planning commission voted on Jan. 26 to approve […]
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Mother arrested in connection with Knox County child’s death
MOUNT VERNON — The mother of a Howard child who died last week is the second person to be arrested over the past five days in connection with the case, according to a press release issued Monday afternoon by Knox County Sheriff David Shaffer. “Savannah C. Masters, age 24, from Busenburg Road, Howard, is currently […]
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LISTEN: Will Burrow complete Ohio’s Mount Rushmore in Super Bowl LVI? George Barker was first Black man to buy a lot in Richland County
Joe Burrow could complete Mount Rushmore of Ohio prep QBs who have won the Super Bowl: https://www.richlandsource.com/sports/football/joe-burrow-could-complete-mount-rushmore-of-ohio-prep-qbs-who-have-won-the-super/article_d594660e-857b-11ec-bf51-272716c409fc.html?block_id=1098581 Ashland Family YMCA looking to raise $3.6 million for upgrades, new gym: https://www.ashlandsource.com/news/ashland-family-ymca-looking-to-raise-3-6-million-for-upgrades-new-gym/article_c690fd0c-838c-11ec-b274-5b44d9bdcda7.html Lawrence (Larry) W. Rogers: https://www.richlandsource.com/obituaries/lawrence-larry-w-rogers/article_fb612062-85de-11ec-9e17-c782c6e82884.html Joe Burrow, who plays for the Cincinnati Bengals, may become the fourth Ohio high school quarterback to win a Super […]
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Kudos are in order: National Weather Service told us a week ago what was coming
MANSFIELD — The only thing people like to complain more about than the weather are the men and women who predict it. “It’s the only job in the world you get to keep even when you’re wrong half the time,” goes a common lament. Well, the professional prognosticators got it right this time with forecasts […]