MANSFIELD – Douglas Picheco turned off the push mower and crossed the street. He was shirtless, dressed in blue jeans and a baseball cap with “US NAVY VETERAN” sewn on […]

Editor’s Note Today’s is the fifth part in a series of stories that published this week in Richland Source on the unhoused. MANSFIELD – Susan Beard runs a section of […]

Editor’s Note Erin was asked to be a guest columnist as part of our ongoing Unhoused series. She was given the following writing prompt:  “What is dividing us on the […]

Editor’s Note Aurelio was asked to be a guest columnist as part of our ongoing Unhoused series. He was given the following writing prompt:  “What experiences in your life have […]

Editor’s Note Jason was asked to be a guest columnist as part of our ongoing Unhoused series. He was given the following writing prompt:  “You have been open about your struggles with […]

Editor’s Note Kelly Blankenship was asked to be a guest columnist as part of our ongoing Unhoused series. She was given the following writing prompt: “When it comes to homelessness […]

MANSFIELD – Phil Mitchell begins his workday like many of us — he checks his email inbox. But the correspondence he’s looking for is hardly ordinary.  Mitchell is the coordinator of […]

MANSFIELD — Kelly Blankenship was driving back toward Harmony House late Tuesday night, the annual “point-in-time” count complete. As the homeless shelter executive director stopped her car at the intersection of […]

MANSFIELD — What does it mean to be unhoused in Richland County?  Officially, it means lacking a permanent place of residence. But what does that actually look like? What are […]

MANSFIELD — A pilot program to help homeless residents in downtown Mansfield will launch in early April, featuring teams of behavioral health professionals and law enforcement officers. Joe Trolian, executive […]