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COLUMBUS -- Agents of the Ohio Investigative Unit visited the following liquor-permitted establishments on Jan. 14 and issued citations after witnessing violations:

MANSFIELD -- Richland Public Health encourages local residents to be patient with the vaccination registration process.

Members of the Ohio Air National Guard's 179th Airlift Wing's Security Forces have been activated to support state and local authorities with potential civil unrest related to the presidential inauguration.

MANSFIELD -- The Richland County Democratic Party Executive Committee conducted a virtual meeting Thursday night.

COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, and Lt. Governor Jon Husted today provided the following updates on Ohio's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MANSFIELD -- Authorities and Richland County Children Services are asking for the public’s help in locating two missing teens, King Lipscomb and Dominic Schoenman.

MANSFIELD -- The Richland County Foundation is accepting grant applications from nonprofit organizations for its Summertime Kids (STK) grant program.

The Richland County Land Bank voted Wednesday reimburse the District 5 Area Agency on Aging $61,500 for an extra cost related to the Ritter’s Run senior housing project.

The Board of Directors of the North End Community Improvement Collaborative, Inc. (NECIC) will host its annual meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 4:30 p.m.

The Ohio Attorney General announced Wednesday a multistate settlement with an organization that had claimed to help wounded veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

SHELBY – During the COVID-19 pandemic, the FISH Food Pantry has remained open to serve Shelby City School District residents experiencing food insecurity.

SHELBY -- Marvin Memorial Library’s genealogy series will now be delivered online. If you haven’t been able to attend, here’s your chance to spend a Saturday morning, wherever you are, honing your research skills.

A former Mansfield Law Director provided the "outside counsel" opinion that allowed the city's elected officials to begin receiving pay increases originally scheduled to take effect in 2022.

COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted today provided the following updates on Ohio's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leonard Dillon is the new leader of the Mansfield Chapter of the NAACP. But he is not new to the city and the challenges faced by its residents, particularly people of color.

MANSFIELD -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness in Richland County is having a free, eight-week mental health class with a faith-based component starting on Feb. 3 at Crossroads Church in Ontario.

MANSFIELD — Men from Mansfield, Shelby and Ashland are among this week's Most Wanted list compiled by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force in the Richland County division for the week of Jan. 11.

ONTARIO -- On Tuesday, Jan. 5, a COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic took place at Elmcroft of Ontario (2010 Walker Lake Rd, Ontario, Ohio 44906 Phone 419-747-1119).

Richland County commissioners plan to begin offering their meetings online via the Zoom platform within the next several weeks.

COLUMBUS — More Ohioans died of an opioid overdose during a three-month period last year than at any time since the epidemic began, according to an analysis by a task force created by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

ONTARIO – Do you need help paying for Winter Heating bills? HEAP may be able to help you.

MANSFIELD -- The first annual food drive and personal care item collection to benefit Harmony House will take place on Jan. 18.

MANSFIELD -- The Richland County Democratic Party will meet on the Zoom platform on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 at 7 p.m. to elect a member to represent the party on the Richland County Board of Elections.

MANSFIELD -- The Mansfield Republican party has announced it is accepting letters of interest and resumes for the position of Mansfield City Council President.

Matthew S. Adams led Knox County law enforcement officials on his second high-speed chase in two months on Sunday. This time, he was apprehended.

Wayne McDowell, a lifelong civil rights advocate and educator in Mansfield, died Wednesday at his home. He was 78.

MANSFIELD ─ The community saw more birds in the 2020 Christmas Bird Count, including rare species such as cackling goose and northern shrike.

LEXINGTON -- A seat opened up on Lexington Village Council Monday night when council unanimously approved the resignation of Erin Underwood. 

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center will utilize the Jerome Schottenstein Center at The Ohio State University as a mass COVID-19 vaccination site for its patients and later the general public starting Jan. 19.

MANSFIELD -- Richland County Juvenile Court Judge Steve McKinley has announced the appointment of Sheryl M. Groff as Magistrate, according to a press release issued on Friday.

MANSFIELD -- A former Richland County jail worker was sentenced to three years in prison Friday after being convicted of illegal conveyance of drugs, aggravated trafficking drugs and aggravated possession of drugs, according to a press release from Richland County Sheriff Steve Sheldon.

The Ashland resident and former Amish man watched from the crowd as others -- "as small as flies in the distance" -- scaled barriers and broke into the U.S. Capitol building.

A former commander of the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield will be promoted Friday to major general after more than 30 years of service in the Ohio Air National Guard.

ONTARIO -- Letters of interest and resumes for an open at-large spot on Ontario City Council are being accepted by the Richland County Republican Party.

Richland County commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved 3 percent wage scale increases for almost all supervisory employees at Job & Family Services

The City of Ontario is planning to build a wastewater treatment plant at the west end of Nussbaum Parkway, part of the industrial park.

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Safe Room Rebate Program is once again offering rebates to help Ohio homeowners construct/install tornado safe rooms on their properties.

U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson, whose district includes the southern half of Richland County, issued a statement Wednesday afternoon condemning protests on Capitol Hill:

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Jennifer Kime wants to make downtown Mansfield a destination, not just a place to travel through on the way to somewhere else.

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."