ONTARIO — Ontario’s 4th Ward councilman Josh Bradley has secured his spot on the Republic ticket in the race for the city’s mayor. Bradley bested two other candidates, Mayor Kris Knapp and at-large councilman Troy Sapp, in Tuesday’s primary race. He will face off against Democrat Cody Zeigler in the November general election. Just over […]
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Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry: ‘I remain bullish on the future of this community’
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry marks the end of her first year in office at midnight on Tuesday as 2024 comes to an end. Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell recently sat down for a conversation with the mayor in her office to talk about her first year as an elected official — the wins, […]
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Mansfield moves ahead with $2.3 million in ARPA for parks & infrastructure
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry offered Mansfield City Council a couple of meetings to consider her plans to spend $2,295,000 in American Rescue Plan Act dollars — most of it related to improvements in and around parks. But with the clock ticking on the end-of-year ARPA deadlines, lawmakers chose not to wait Tuesday night, opting […]
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Want to be Ontario’s next mayor? Richland County GOP seeks candidates
ONTARIO — The Richland County Republican Central Committee seeks resumes and letters of interest from Ontario residents wishing to be the city’s next mayor. Current Mayor Randy Hutchinson announced June 12 he is stepping down from office to become the mobility manager for the Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging. His last day in […]
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Rising inflation leads to potential change in Mansfield Board of Control authority
MANSFIELD — Continuing rising inflation has led to the Mansfield Charter Review Commission’s only recommended change. City Council on Tuesday is scheduled to discuss a proposed change to the city’s charter that would allow the Board to Control award contracts of up to $50,000, up from the $25,000 limit now imposed. The commission ended its […]
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No need for delay: Mansfield City Council OKs new mayor’s 2024 budget on one read
MANSFIELD — Maybe it was the fact Mayor Jodie Perry sat in front of City Council Tuesday night to present her own 2024 spending plan. Maybe it was the fact she was joined at the same table by Finance Director Kelly Blankenship, who went over her revenue projections. Maybe it was because the two newly […]
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A conversation with Bob Jarvis, the next mayor of Lexington
LEXINGTON — Robert “Bob” Jarvis starts every day with a 3.25-mile walk. It’s a habit he plans to stick to even after assuming a new set of responsibilities as the next mayor of Lexington. Jarvis, a 17-year member of Lexington Village Council, ran unopposed in November’s mayoral election. His four-year term begins Jan. 1, 2024. […]
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Mansfield’s outgoing finance director presents 2024 temporary spending plan
MANSFIELD — Nobody had a keener interest Wednesday night in Mansfield’s proposed 2024 temporary spending plan than two people sitting in the back row of the audience. That would be Jodie Perry and Kelly Blankenship, who will take over as the city’s mayor and finance director, respectively, in January. The duo in attendance at City […]
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Perry sweeps to victory in Mansfield mayoral campaign
MANSFIELD — Jodie Perry helped lead the Mansfield Rising downtown investment and improvement plan four years ago. She will lead a city-wide improvement effort for the next four years as the new mayor. A Republican, Perry defeated Democrat Sherry Vaught on Tuesday, winning 65.74 percent of the vote from city voters, according to final, unofficial […]
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Richland Source hosting ‘Candidate Conversations’ tonight and Thursday
MANSFIELD — Voters in Mansfield are charting a new course for the city and Richland Source wants to help you make informed decisions. Tonight and Thursday night, Richland Source is staging two nights of live “Candidate Conversations” to help residents help chart that course, just as we did for the May primary election. Doors open […]