MANSFIELD — Family Life Counseling is introducing a new program in March designed to treat those with serious mental illnesses and/or struggling with substance abuse. “(Drug abuse and mental illness) is a big problem,” said Gregory Taylor, assistant clinical director and director of Family Life’s substance abuse program. “Substance abuse is an epidemic here. “Typically, […]
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FirstEnergy power outage affects Mansfield residents
MANSFIELD — Around 2,000 Mansfield FirstEnergy, a subsidiary of OhioEdison, customers experienced power outages Monday evening starting around 4:30 p.m. FirstEnergy Spokesperson Jennifer Young said field representatives were at the Home Road and Marion Avenue sub station at 5 p.m. to repair failed fuses. “Initially there were about 2,000 customers affected. They’ve worked to get […]
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Snow at end of week will chase warm February weather
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Saturday will go down in Mansfield’s history books as the warmest day in February with temperatures reaching 66 degrees. According to Zach Sefcovic, meteorologist at the National Weather Service, Saturday tied a record set in 1930. “For Mansfield, the average temperature was 56 degrees,” Sefcovic said. “Other parts of the state reached […]
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Inmate indicted for ManCI hostage situation
MANSFIELD – The inmate who held a female corrections officer hostage at the Mansfield Correctional Institution has been indicted. Jermaine McKinney, 36, was indicted during the January session of the Richland County Grand Jury, according to Richland County Prosecutor Bambi Couch Page. McKinney was recently served his indictment. McKinney is charged with two counts of […]
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Ontario grad Jami Kinton joins Richland Source
Hello, Mansfield! Today is my first column in the Richland Source. It’s exciting! In the coming months, this space will share an interest in beauty, health, entertainment and more. But first, an introduction is in order. You’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger cheerleader for their hometown than this girl. Growing up in Mansfield was […]
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Galion selects Misura as Student of the Month
GALION – Sara Misura, a junior at Galion High School, was recently selected as the January 2016 Student of the Month. The positive character trait for January at Galion High School was “compassion.” Sara is a member of the GHS Academic Challenge team. She also takes courses through the High School’s College Credit Plus program. […]
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Mansfield police help save a life after suicidal threat
MANSFIELD (UPDATE 9 a.m.) — Mansfield police helped save a life on Monday night. A young man who authorities say barricaded himself inside his residence and threatened suicide in the North Brookwood Way apartments was finally taken to the hospital after peacefully surrendering around 11 p.m. According to Mansfield Chief of Police Ken Coontz, officers […]
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ONTARIO — Amanda Nething has added a new weapon to her already impressive arsenal. Nething, the Richland Bank Athlete of the Week, showed off a soft touch from beyond the 3-point arc as Ontario won a sectional championship for the first time since 2013 last week. She connected on a pair of first-quarter 3s on […]
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Mansfield’s newest resident: Freebird
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Meet “Freebird,” the peregrine falcon believed to have taken up residence at Richland Bank in downtown Mansfield. Although, since all the hullabaloo last week on social media, no one has seen him. It’s as if he knew he was the talk of the town. In fact, last Friday, Jerry Thompson’s picture of […]
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Lots of changes coming to Richland Source
Clearly the photo attached to this story is not me. I, Larry Phillips, being of older mind and failing body, never looked so good. The better news for our readers is that photogenic young lady is joining our team at the Richland Source. That picture is of Ontario graduate Jami Kinton, and tomorrow is her […]