MANSFIELD — A tractor-trailer operator died Friday night in a single-vehicle crash on I-71 in Richland County, according to the Mansfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The name of the driver was not released on Saturday morning, pending identification and next-of-kin notification. Troopers received a report of a commercial vehicle crash on the […]
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News Man Weekly: Everything you need to know about voting this November
MANSFIELD — The 19th episode of the free News Man Weekly Podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by Matt Finfgeld and Jane Zimmermann from the Richland County Board of Elections. The conversation provides a complete primer for the Nov. 5 election. The local, bipartisan elections officials will […]
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Crestline firm awarded $4.4 million deal for Bellville wastewater improvement
BELLVILLE — A $4.4 million wastewater improvement project “checks all of the boxes” in terms of American Rescue Plan Act funding, according to Richland County administrator Andrew Keller. The Richland County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday awarded the sanitary sewer project near the Ohio 97/I-71 interchange to Driven Excavating of Crestline, an effort in what […]
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Richland County buys 2 parcels needed for $4.2 million wastewater improvement
BELLVILLE — It cost more than twice as much as Richland County offered. But two land parcels have been acquired needed for a wastewater improvement plan near the I-71/Ohio 97 interchange. The Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved spending $9,226 for two parcels near the existing lift station near the intersection of Ohio 97 and […]
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Two parcels of land valued at $3,800 needed for $4.2 million wastewater improvement
BELLVILLE — It’s just $3,800 in a an estimated $4.2 million sanitary sewer project. But the Richland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved “fair market value” offers for two parcels of land that need to be acquired for a wastewater improvement plan near the I-71/Ohio 97 interchange. Commissioners offered $1,500 for a 1.235-acre parcel […]