Letters to the Editor

The African proverb, “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child,” proved to be true over the last two years of the annual Mansfield City School District 3rd Grade Spelling Bee. This year we celebrated the 2nd annual Spelling Bee at the Mansfield Senior High School’s auditorium. Eleven schools and 130 3rd graders registered for […]

Dear Discovery School families, We are deeply dismayed by the unsubstantiated allegations made by a few former Discovery School families as reported in the News Journal on Sunday, May 20. We assure you that we have conducted a full investigation and we simply are not able to find any evidence of abuse. Teachers and staff […]

All of us at the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library wish to thank the community for taking part in the Library’s first Food for Fines program. Last week, customers could bring in non-perishable food items to donate to local food pantries and the Library would take $1 off fines for each item donated. The community raised […]

Water. How many times today have you touched it … tasted it … thought of it … or even wasted it? Early in life, we learn about the basic needs of all living things. At the top of this very short list is water. Clean, pure, fresh water. It is so simple, and yet we […]

Melanie Houston’s recent letter uses a common anti-fracking scare tactic — exaggeration of methane emissions from oil and natural gas development — to try to advance her group’s “Keep It In the Ground” agenda. Selecting an exceedingly rare well incident as her bogeyman of choice, Houston claims oil and gas methane emissions are major contributors […]

On February 15, 2018 workers at an XTO fracking well pad in Belmont County, Ohio, lost control of the well they were working on which resulted in an explosion, subsequent fire, and a massive methane leak that lasted for nearly 20 days. While this incident exposes problems with the safe operation of fracking wells, especially […]

Voters of Richland County, Marilyn John has represented our entire County with dedication and hard work. Her leadership and team work have led to intelligent, and fact-based decisions, that improved the overall financial picture of our county government. Please vote May 8th for Marilyn John, keep Richland County moving forward. Mike Short Mansfield, Ohio

To the editor: National Small Business Week is just around the corner, giving small businesses everywhere another reason to celebrate casting aside our old, outdated tax code one more time. Since President Trump signed this historic tax bill into law four months ago, the backbone of the American economy has not stopped reaping benefits. Announcements […]

Why is the Ohio Republican Party sending ads about the Democratic Primary? As a registered Democrat, I was surprised to receive a political ad from the Ohio Republican Party about our Democratic Party Primary. Why would the opposition party be interested in the Democratic Primary Election? The ad is a backhanded attempt to get attention […]