The former executive director of the Richland County Mental Health and Recovery Services was found guilty on seven criminal charges Thursday.
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Former Richland County Mental Health agency leader indicted, says Ohio auditor
MANSFIELD — The former executive director of the Richland County Mental Health and Recovery Services has been indicted on seven counts, including one felony charge of having an unlawful interest in a public contract. The other six charges against Joe Trolian are all first-degree misdemeanors — three alleging unlawful interest in a public contract and […]
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Sweeney Todd starts Oct. 11 at Bucyrus Little Theatre
BUCYRUS — Bucyrus Little Theatre invites audiences to nineteenth century London this October to witness the on stage horror of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 to 13 and Oct. 18 and 19. There will also be matinee performances at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 13 and […]
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Mansfield Shakespeare Co. brings ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to life
MANSFIELD — Alex Trolian sat in her high school English class and found a way to connect across more than four centuries with a character created by William Shakespeare. “I’ve always loved acting,” said Trolian, who will be a junior at Lexington High School this fall. “We read ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in class this […]
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Richland County Mental Health & Recovery Services reorganizing, restructuring
MANSFIELD — Sherry Branham-Fonner’s first priority five months ago was keeping the lights on and day-to-day operations going at Richland County Mental Health and Recovery Services. Selected as the agency’s executive director after the November termination of long-time director Joe Trolian, Branham-Fonner was promoted from her associate director’s role by the local mental health board. […]
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Branham-Fonner selected chief of Richland County Mental Health & Recovery Services
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated at 2 p.m. with comments from Sherry Branham-Fonner. MANSFIELD — Sherry Branham-Fonner has been elected Executive Director of Richland County Mental Health and Recovery Services. The agency’s board unanimously selected Branham-Fonner on Tuesday night. Board chair Susan Bemiller emailed Richland Source a brief press release early Wednesday morning. “A […]
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Trolian: ‘We are currently investigating all of our legal options’
MANSFIELD — Joe Trolian, terminated Monday as the Richland County Mental Health & Recovery Services Board executive director, has retained legal counsel. “We are currently investigating all of our legal options,” Trolian told Richland Source in an email after a press release from a Columbus-area law firm that said he was “unjustly terminated.” “We represent […]
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Richland County Mental Health Board terminates director for ‘neglect of duty’
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board fired its executive director Joe Trolian following a hearing on Monday night. Trolian began work at the agency in August 2003 as the clinical director and became the executive director in October 2007. The board voted 11-1 to terminate him “for neglect of duty […]
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Richland County Mental Health board sets hearing for director on Nov. 13
MANSFIELD — A hearing into administrative “neglect of duty” allegations against Richland County Mental Health & Recovery Services Executive Director Joe Trolian is scheduled for Nov. 13. That session, scheduled for 5:30 p.m., was announced after an executive session on Monday evening during a special board meeting at the agency offices on East First Street. […]
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Richland County Mental Health board plans special meeting today at 5:30 p.m.
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Mental Health & Recovery Services Board will meet in special session Monday at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be to “discuss operational issues and (then) move into an executive session to consider the employment of a public employee,” according to interim Executive Director Sherry Branham-Fonner. The meeting comes six days […]