ONTARIO — Ontario will still have an Independence Day celebration this year. The Ontario Boom Festival will take place July 4 in Marshall Park. The event will feature live music, food trucks and fireworks. The Journey tribute band Departure will kick things off at 6 p.m., followed by a performance from Country Line. Free tastings […]
Featured
Posted inBusiness
Hayesville-Vermillion Fire Dept. to expand parking with Land Bank transfer
HAYESVILLE — The Vermillion Township Trustees will soon convert a vacant lot near the heart of Hayesville into a parking lot for the Hayesville-Vermillion Fire Department. Vermillion Township acquired the grassy lot, located along Mechanic Street beside the fire department’s current parking lot, through a recent transfer from the Ashland County Land Bank. “It’s been a vacant lot […]
Posted inArea History
Native Son: A Fountain of Youth
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2014. The Vasbinder Fountain is a landmark in downtown Mansfield, but it is also a special bookmark among the pages of early memories of Mansfielders. People remember being near it as a child, and the memory is warm with sunny goldfish, and gentle raining […]
Posted inNews
Parma man arrested in Richland County I-71 shooting incident
PERRY TOWNSHIP – A Parma man was arrested and charged with second-degree felonious assault Friday after a shooting incident on I-71 in Richland County, according to an Ohio State Highway Patrol press release. Matthew B. Ellison could face additional charges, the patrol stated, and is incarcerated at the Richland Count Jail. He is awaiting arraignment. The […]
Posted inSports
Cyclops Circle to host some of area’s best Saturday
MANSFIELD — If Mother Nature cooperates, softballs will be flying at Cyclops Circle on Saturday. That’s music to Larry Abrams’ ears. Some of the top men’s slow-pitch teams in the area will be in action beginning at 9 a.m. at the recently-revived four-field complex on the city’s north side in the Cyclops Bash for Cash. […]
Posted inNews
Richland County Sheriff’s Deputy K-9 Molly retires after seven years on the job
MANSFIELD — Mornings just aren’t the same anymore for Molly — and she isn’t thrilled about it. When Richland County Sheriff’s Dep. Robert Caltrider puts on his uniform each morning, his former K-9 partner still gets excited and is ready to work. But the 8-year-old Molly officially retired earlier this month, ending seven years of […]
Posted inWeather
Batten down the hatches, big winds are on the way
MANSFIELD — The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a press release warning of high winds in the region. What to expect: A strong cold front will move east across Northeast Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania later this afternoon and evening. A line of thunderstorms are expected to develop just west of I-71, along and […]
Posted inNews
Peaceful protest planned for Saturday in Mansfield against police killing of Minneapolis man
MANSFIELD — A peaceful protest against the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis is planned for Central Park in downtown Mansfield on Saturday at 11 a.m. Skylar McKinney, one of the organizers, said the recent killing of George Floyd by an officer who pinned the man’s neck to the pavement with his knee, […]
