MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council Clerk Delaine Weiner provided the munchies Monday at noon, perhaps fitting as local lawmakers learned more about the implementation of an adult-use marijuana law in Ohio. Chips, dip and cookies flowed as freely as information during a webinar in council chambers, a 90-minute lunchtime event sponsored by the Ohio Municipal […]
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Gallery: Opa! Greek Festival in Mansfield delights with gyros, tasty treats and more
MANSFIELD — Posted below are photos and a video from the annual Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church Greek Festival on Saturday morning at 265 W. Third St. in Mansfield. The two-day event, which began Friday, continues until Saturday at 10 p.m. Entry is $1 and a variety of sweet and savory homemade Greek […]
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Road closed: Richland County commissioners OK film-related request
MANSFIELD — The request was a first for Richland County Engineer Adam Gove. Can a county road be closed for a couple of days to assist in the creation of a new entertainment film by local director/producer/writer Gary Jones? “We didn’t really have any way to go about authorizing this, so we’ve come up with […]
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Madison grad to appear Tuesday on NBC’s ‘Weakest Link’
Benji Cates, a 2009 Madison High School graduate, will appear on NBC’s television game show “Weakest Link” Tuesday at 9 p.m.
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Open Source: $24-25 million project for senior living moving ahead in Mansfield
OPEN SOURCE — We published this story in response to a reader question submitted through our Open Source platform. Do you have a question you want our reporters to answer? Click here to submit it. QUESTION: A few months ago a very detailed release was published announcing a new retirement facility to be built on Cline […]
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When sands of time meet streets of Mansfield: Unraveling the Sturges sinkhole
MANSFIELD — Like sands through an hourglass, so are the days of our sinkhole. With apologies to actor Macdonald Carey, who voiced the intro to the “Days of Our Lives” popular daytime soap opera on NBC from 1965 to 2022, a similar flowing of sand likely led to a sinkhole that developed on Sturges Avenue […]
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Gallery: Mansfield residents celebrate annual National Day of Prayer
Photos from downtown Mansfield on Thursday evening as local residents celebrated the annual National Day of Prayer with a parade from Marion Avenue to the Central Park gazebo. The parade stepped off at 6:30 p.m. and made its way downtown. At the gazebo, participants enjoyed prayer and music. Since the first call to prayer in […]
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Richland County Land Bank may meet with developer interested in marketing former Westinghouse site
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank board may meet next month with a developer interested in marketing the former Westinghouse properties in Mansfield. Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry and Richland County Commissioner Tony Vero told fellow board members Thursday they have had recent conversations with a former local resident now living and working in New […]
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Wanna laugh? Check out the Mansfield Playhouse schedule for 2024-2025
MANSFIELD — What do you do in May between shows when you are the artistic director of the second oldest continuously-producing community theater in Ohio? In the case of Doug Wertz, you take a breath — and you announce a full, nine-show schedule for the 2024-2025 season at the Mansfield Playhouse. “We are very happy […]
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Mansfield native to host Triple Crown of thru-hiking presentation
Mansfield native Dave Humeston will be giving a presentation May 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. at First Congregational Church.