MANSFIELD — Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. Famed 19th Century American essayist and novelist Charles Dudley Warner proffered that quip of an insight. A friend of Mark Twain’s, many since have mistakenly attributed Warner’s remark to Twain. Regardless of its origin, it’s an oft-repeated lament. But on Monday, April […]
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Flood watch issued for Richland, Ashland and Crawford counties until 11 p.m.
A flood watch is in effect until Tuesday at 11 p.m. in a north central Ohio area that includes Richland, Ashland and Crawford counties, according to the National Weather Service office in Cleveland. Multiple rounds of showers and storms will move across the area through this evening, according to the NWS. Total rainfall amounts through […]
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Powerful storms may spawn tornadoes across north central Ohio on Tuesday
MANSFIELD — Not even the best meteorologist can pinpoint exactly where and when a tornado will roar down from the sky with a fury of 150-plus mph winds. But the national and state weather experts think a twister or two is darn likely in Ohio on Tuesday afternoon and into the evening hours. The National […]
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City of Mansfield offices will be open on April 8, the day of the total solar eclipse
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield government offices will be open for business as usual on April 8, the day a total solar eclipse crosses the region. Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry made the announcement Monday during a solar eclipse prep press conference arranged by the Richland County Emergency Management Agency. Richland County commissioners announced March […]
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Mansfield native on ‘gold rush run’ Friday morning at the 2024 Iditarod
Editor’s note: Richland Source is posting daily updates on Mansfield native Matthew Failor’s efforts at the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Updates post daily at 8 a.m. and may be updated during the day. ON THE IDITAROD TRAIL, Alaska — Matthew Failor was on a gold rush run in the early morning Alaskan darkness on […]
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700 Ohio Edison customers without power; Wind Advisory in effect through 7 p.m.
MANSFIELD — It’s yet another eventful weather day in north central Ohio with a major drop in temperatures throughout Wednesday afternoon, according to Rebecca Owens, director of Richland County’s Emergency Management Agency. At this time, The Salvation Army is NOT expected to open this evening. * WHAT…West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up […]
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Severe weather: Hail, high winds possible tonight, temperatures to plunge Wednesday night
MANSFIELD — The National Weather Service has advised that severe weather will be possible across the region into early Wednesday with temperatures dropping rapidly Wednesday night. Large hail is the primary threat overnight for northwest and north central Ohio with the added chance of a tornado or damaging winds Tuesday night into early Wednesday for […]
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Ice, ice, baby: NWS predicts freezing rain late Monday night into Tuesday
No Ohio winter would be complete without a little icy driving. So here comes Mother Nature, right on cue. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland has issued a winter weather advisory that kicks in Monday at midnight and runs until Tuesday at noon. Yep. Just in time to snarl your morning commute and perhaps […]
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Winter Storm Gerri sending high winds, chilling cold across north central Ohio
“And the iron boats go as the mariners all know with the gales of November remembered.” — Gordon Lightfoot, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” Six giant ore boats anchored and sought refuge Friday night and into Saturday in the harbor between Vermillion and Sandusky as Winter Storm Gerri howled across the Great Lakes — […]
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Winter Storm Gerri takes icy cold aim at north central Ohio
“The cold earth slept below; Above the cold sky shone; And all around, with a chilling sound; From caves of ice and fields of snow; The breath of night like death did flow beneath the sinking moon. ” — From “The Cold Earth Slept Below” by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) MANSFIELD — Weather forecasters like […]