SHELBY — The last time Shelby advanced this deep into the postseason, coach Natalie Lantz was leading the charge on the floor instead of the bench. It was 1992 and Natalie Britt was a talented junior point guard for the Whippets. Shelby won the regional title en route to a Division II state runner-up finish. […]
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Reward money available for capture of Mansfield fugitive
MANSFIELD — The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force has offered a 1,000 reward for information leading directly to the arrest of Tyler Morley. Morley is 22, 5-foot-11, 140 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. He is sought for felonious assault on a police officer, a first-degree felony, and domestic violence. Morley has ties […]
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Mansfield’s proposed final 2022 budget adds $1.84 million for safety services
MANSFIELD — Mayor Tim Theaker’s administration has added $1.84 million to its safety services fund in a final 2022 proposed budget City Council discussed Tuesday night. According to Finance Director Linn Steward, the additional funds are more than budgeted in the temporary budget council approved in December. The new budget calls for an additional: — $754,582 […]
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Rutherford B. Hayes: From Ohio farm to Civil War general to 19th president
Editor’s Note This is the fourth in a nine-part series looking at Ohio’s history of presidents. Some of the information was gleaned from a kit provided by the Ohio Historical Society released in 1967 titled “Portraits of Ohio Presidents.” Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Part […]
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Review looks at Mansfield-area’s weekly regional basketball roundup
A regional high school basketball wrap-up from all over north central Ohio. Look to Richland Source for sports results from Richland, Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Marion, and Knox counties. For feature coverage from this week, check out our sports section. South Central trips Lucas South Central found the tipping point, and leaned on it to knock […]
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Mansfield Sr. duo, Madison’s Kuhn headline All-OCC girls basketball team
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Senior’s continued resurgence hasn’t gone unnoticed among the Ohio Cardinal Conference coaches. Senior High’s Kiersten Bradley and Monetta Hilory were both first-team selections when the All-OCC teams were introduced Wednesday morning. The Tyger tandem was joined on the first team by Madison’s Faith Kuhn, Ashland’s Makaree Chapman and Mount Vernon’s McKenna Brokaw. […]
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Ashland’s Denbow, Hess sweep OCC awards
ASHLAND — For the second year in a row, Luke Denbow took home the Ohio Cardinal Conference’s top award. The Ashland senior had some company this year. Denbow was selected the OCC Player of the Year and Ashland’s Jason Hess was selected the Coach of the Year when the all-conference teams were announced Wednesday morning. […]
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Mansfield City Council OKs pay raises, retention bonuses for police dept.
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to approve pay increases and retention bonuses for the city’s police officers in an apparent attempt to stave off manpower loses in an already short-staffed department. Afterward, Mayor Tim Theaker declined to say why the legislation — which was only scheduled to be discussed in caucus — […]
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Shelby holds off Copley, advances to Elite 8
MANSFIELD — Audi Albert and her Shelby teammates are Elite. Albert’s layup with four seconds remaining off a Sophie Niese assist lifted the Whippets to an edge-of-your-seat 35-33 win over Copley in the Division II regional semifinals Tuesday at Pete Henry Gym. The Whippets (27-0) reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 1992 […]
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Ohio’s U.S. Senators react to President Biden’s State of the Union address
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) issued the following statements in reaction to President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union Address on Tuesday night. Portman released the following statement following the State of the Union address: “I was pleased to hear President Biden’s call for national and world […]