MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is expected Tuesday to discuss upgrades in pay ranges for about 50 non-union jobs within city government. It’s an annual consideration, according to Sharon May, human resources director for the city. The upgrade increases the pay at the low end of the scale or the high end of the scale. […]
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National Weather Service issues winter storm advisory for most all of northern Ohio
The National Weather Service is moving closer to Defcon 1. The weather agency’s Cleveland on Monday afternoon issued a winter storm watch for a wide swath of the Buckeye state, including Richland, Ashland, Knox and Crawford counties. The watch is from Wednesday evening through Friday morning. Though the path of the powerful winter storm is […]
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Mansfield Central Park update: ‘Distressed crow calls’ latest success in winter battle
MANSFIELD — Mark Abrams may need to add another title to his business card: The Pied Piper of Crows, leading them them out of downtown Mansfield’s Central Park. Abrams, the city’s parks and recreation superintendent, and his staff have spent an hour or so each evening since Thursday, blasting the sounds of distressed crows into the […]
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LISTEN: Addicted boutique locates in Richland Mall; Bellville’s Vietnam veteran earns diploma
Local boutique owner shares how she became addicted to fashion https://www.richlandsource.com/thrive/local-boutique-owner-shares-how-she-became-addicted-to-fashion/article_f1bdb8d4-7320-11ec-930a-1b94a8ea2f94.html Fredericktown Vietnam veteran receives high school diploma:https://www.knoxpages.com/thrive/fredericktown-vietnam-veteran-receives-high-school-diploma/article_edbdc45a-1dc0-52fb-b684-76534504293c.html James C. Bradshaw Sr.:https://www.richlandsource.com/obituaries/james-c-bradshaw-sr/article_b4ae0bda-804d-11ec-a88f-57821f838580.html Local boutique owner, Dakota Warfield, shares how she became addicted to fashion and how she persevered to launch her new store… called “Addicted Boutique” in Mansfield. Like a phoenix rising from the […]
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Winter storm: Projections call for 7 inches of snow by week’s end
Winter storm projections for later this week are coming into focus. And it’s not a pretty picture at this point with as many as seven inches of snow possible by Friday. When National Weather Service forecasters start throwing around phrases like “potentially high impact winter storm” and “long duration winter storm,” it’s time to keep […]
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February expected to roar in with snow or rain … or both
Maybe snow. Maybe rain. Likely both. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland wants to call your attention to the possibility of a “significant winter storm” arriving in the middle of next week. The agency published a graphic today offering a “heads up” on a system expected to arrive on Tuesday, Feb. 1, and hang […]
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Avon Lake pedestrian killed in Richland County crash on Friday
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving a commercial motor vehicle and a pedestrian on State Route 598, near Preston Road, in Plymouth Township, Richland County. The crash happened on Friday, Jan. 28, at approximately 1:04 p.m. According to the Patrol, Eric Webster, 51, of Columbus, was driving […]
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Ashland’s Ryan Stroup pleads guilty to killing Shelby’s Tina Goad
ASHLAND — “Guilty, your honor.” The three words rang out 11 times in the northwest corner of the Ashland County Common Pleas court Friday as Ryan Stroup answered Judge Ron Forsthoefel’s question: “How do you plea?” Stroup, 31, of Ashland, pleaded guilty to 11 counts related to the January 2021 murder of Tina Louise Goad, […]
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Dayton man convicted in murder of Mansfield couple, unborn child
DAYTON — A Dayton man was convicted Thursday in the November 2019 killings of a Mansfield couple and their unborn child according to a report in the Dayton Daily News. Larry Dwayne Rodgers, 33, faces sentencing on Feb. 11 in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. He was convicted on four counts of aggravated murder; four […]