MANSFIELD – Cheri New’s favorite type of protein bite is called Monster Cookie — the fun-size energy snack she offers at her new (no pun intended) business venture, Madd Nutrition. Located at 866 Ashland Rd., the local business is filled with delicious ingredients such as chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and caramel. According to their […]
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Lexington Schools will go remote next week due to illness
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated. LEXINGTON — Lexington Local Schools will go remote starting next Sept. 7 due to an influx of illness and absences. The district announced a two-week period of remote learning on its website Tuesday afternoon in a joint letter from Supt. Jeremy Secrist, Director of Nursing Paula Smith and […]
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Final estimate for Black Fork clean-up expected May 31, says engineer
MANSFIELD — A final cost estimate for clearing and maintaining an 18-mile section of the Black Fork river near Shelby will be reported May 31, 2022, according to Richland County Engineer Adam Gove. The date was unanimously approved Tuesday morning by commissioners from Richland and Crawford counties during a joint ditch petition meeting. It will […]
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Crestline closes school with 1/3 of student body in quarantine due to COVID
CRESTLINE — Crestline Exempted Village School District used its first calamity day Tuesday due to a high rate of illness in the district. Crestline Supt. Matt Henderson confirmed that the district-wide school closure was largely due to COVID-19 and a lack of substitute personnel. The district had 11 teaching staff members out of school as […]
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SAFER grant will add 3 firefighters to Galion Fire & EMS
GALION – The Galion Fire & EMS Department has been awarded a SAFER grant funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant aims to help fire departments increase or maintain the number of trained, front line firefighters. Galion was one of 20 departments nationwide to be selected […]
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OhioHealth adjusts visitor policy based on COVID-19 surge
MANSFIELD — Following the recent community surge of COVID-19 cases, OhioHealth announced that patients will be allowed to designate a single visitor for inpatient for the duration of their stay starting Tuesday, Aug. 31. Patients in emergency, medical practice, surgery, and outpatient infusion/radiation oncology space remain unchanged with one visitor allowed. The new visitor policy […]
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Editorial: Richland Carrousel Park success proves vision, cooperation can move mountains
It starts with a vision, followed by a plan and then by execution. If our reporting revealed anything in August, it’s that those are three key elements that drive a community’s success. Earlier this month, we told you about a local group’s plan to finally — after three decades — do something with a decaying […]
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Editorial: Richland Carrousel Park success proves vision, cooperation can move mountains
It starts with a vision, followed by a plan and then by execution. If our reporting revealed anything in August, it’s that those are three key elements that drive a community’s success. Earlier this month, we told you about a local group’s plan to finally — after three decades — do something with a decaying former […]
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Column: Launching Richland Carrousel Park included ‘cleaning up’ downtown crime
MANSFIELD — The Fourth Street massage parlor owner asked the police officer why her business was suddenly being raided. “There’s a new law,” the officer said, “you can’t operate a brothel so close to the mayor’s new carrousel.” It was a joking remark in 1991, but it rang close to the truth. The Richland Carrousel […]
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Then & Now: Richland Carrousel Park @ 25 Years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2016. When the news became public in the late 1980s that a merry-go-round was in the works for downtown Mansfield, it ignited a firestorm of scathing abuse. The project was five years in the making, and even after it was open and doing business […]