MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council members may be home in time Tuesday to watch most of the Cleveland Guardians in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. On paper, the agenda for local lawmakers is perhaps the lightest of the year. New At-large Councilwoman Shari Robertson will attend her first meeting — just in […]
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Former Republican to be guest speaker at Richland County Democratic Party event
MANSFIELD — A former member of the Republican Party will be guest speaker Aug. 27 during a Richland County Democratic Party pre-Fall Kick Off event. Shelby County farmer Chris Gibbs, who organizers said spent 20 years in local Republican Party administration including terms as party chair and chair for the Shelby County Board of Elections, […]
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Voters have three choices Tuesday — Democrat, Republican or issues-only
MANSFIELD — You have a choice when voting Tuesday in Ohio’s primary election. Regardless of how you have voted in the past, you can ask for a ballot from either major party — Democrat or Republican. You can also ask for an issues-only ballot, assuming your geographic location has issues upon which to vote. Just […]
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Letter to the Editor: Consider the Forward party
Government is a necessary component of society. If you disagree then I invite you to consider what it would be like to live in a weakly-governed country. There are several around the world to choose from. Me, I like having public services. Especially the emergency ones. They’ve saved my mom at least twice. I also […]
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GOP challenger withdraws from Richland County commissioner race
MANSFIELD — Mansfield attorney Jodie Dees on Thursday withdrew her candidacy in the Republican Party primary for Richland County commissioner. Richland County Board of Elections Director Matt Finfgeld said Dees came into the office around lunchtime and submitted a letter withdrawing from the race. She had been on the ballot against incumbent Commissioner Darrell Banks, […]
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Dolan tells Richland County GOP he is only candidate who can beat Brown
MANSFIELD — Matt Dolan said Monday he is the only Republican candidate U.S. Senate candidate in Ohio who can beat Sherrod Brown. But to earn the chance in November to take on the Mansfield native, the current state senator from Cuyahoga County has to beat two other GOP candidates in March, one of whom has […]
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Local leaders respond to Issue 1 passage
COLUMBUS — Twenty-seven Republican members of the Ohio House of Representatives signed a statement promising to “do everything in our power to prevent our laws from being removed” in response to the passage of State Issue 1 on Tuesday night. State representatives for Ashland (Rep. Melanie Miller), Knox (Rep. Darrell Kick) and Richland (Rep. Marilyn […]