MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved 3 percent wage scale increases for almost all supervisory employees at Job & Family Services, retroactive to March 2020. The decision came after an executive session with Sharlene Neumann, executive director of Richland County JFS, who said her supervisors, who occupy non-union positions, have not had […]
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Ontario planning to build wastewater treatment plant at industrial park
ONTARIO ─ The City of Ontario is planning to build a wastewater treatment plant at the west end of Nussbaum Parkway, part of the industrial park. City Council passed a resolution Wednesday evening authorizing Mayor Randy Hutchinson to apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture’s funding for the project. Hutchinson said submitting the application is only […]
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Mansfield City Council president elected to fill Richland County commissioner seat
MANSFIELD — Cliff Mears was so interested in becoming the next Richland County commissioner that he gave up his weekly Wednesday tennis night. All kidding aside, the Mansfield City Council president — and a well-known avid tennis player — has demonstrated his interest in the position for almost a year. Mears — the overwhelming choice […]
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Ohio EMA accepting applications for Tornado Safe Room rebates until March 5
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Safe Room Rebate Program is once again offering rebates to help Ohio homeowners construct/install tornado safe rooms on their properties. A safe room is a structure specifically designed to provide near-absolute protection in extreme weather events and can be installed in the basement, beneath a concrete slab-on-grade foundation or garage floor, […]
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Yost, Balderson condemn Capitol Hill violence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ohio leaders issued statements Wednesday condemning the violence in Washington D.C. as protestors stormed the Capitol building. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following statement this evening: “The rule of law means the same rules for everybody. Those of us who called for prosecution of the people who stormed the federal […]
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Ohio clean energy foe at the forefront of key points in bailout law, ratification efforts
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article provided to Richland Source by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism in partnership with the nonprofit Energy News Network. Readers can join the free mailing list or the mailing list for the Energy New Network which helps provide more public service reporting. Documents made available last week show […]
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Main Street improvement plan aimed at making downtown Mansfield a destination
MANSFIELD — Jennifer Kime wants to make downtown Mansfield a destination, not just a place to travel through on the way to somewhere else. The Downtown Mansfield Inc. CEO, along with city engineer Bob Bianchi, presented a Main Street corridor improvement plan to Mansfield City Council on Tuesday, offering a detailed roadmap in keeping with […]
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Approved pay hikes for Mansfield’s elected officials implemented now
MANSFIELD — Pay increases for Mansfield’s elected leaders, scheduled to begin in 2022 and beyond after City Council approved them on a non-emergency basis in December 2019, have now been implemented, based on an “outside legal counsel” opinion. Fourth Ward Council representative Alomar Davenport raised the issue during Tuesday’s meeting after two members of his […]
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DeWine outlines Ohio’s COVID-19 vaccination phases
COLUMBUS —Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff today provided the following updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. VACCINATION PHASES Governor DeWine today recapped Phases 1A and 1B of Ohio’s vaccine distribution plan. Because the availability of the vaccine remains limited […]
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COVID-19: Local hospitalizations decline in late December
MANSFIELD — The number of COVID-19 patients in Richland County hospitals declined sharply in the second half of December, according to Richland Public Health. However, hospitalizations also appear to be slightly on the rise in the first few days of 2021, said public health officials, who cautioned residents not to relax in their efforts to […]