MANSFIELD — Richland County has an interesting link to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — and the death of his killer, John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Good Friday, April. 14, 1865. The president died the next morning. In the theater audience that night was Mansfield resident, […]
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Pierce chosen 2024 Brinkerhoff Award winner by Richland Co. MHRS board
Mary Kay Pierce, co-founder of NAMI Richland County, was announced Tuesday evening as the 2024 Brinkerhoff Award recipient.
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NAMI unveils community awards at Kingwood Center meeting
MANSFIELD — The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Richland County held an annual dinner Aug. 3 at Kingwood Center with friends, family, and supporters its local affiliate. The evening was filled with updates on community programs, a special time of thanking all volunteers, the Richland County Mental Health & Recovery Services Board, the mental […]
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Eyewitness to History: Brinkerhoff at Ford’s Theater
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — The night in 1865 when President Lincoln was assassinated — April 14, 1863 — fell on Good Friday. The news traveled across the country as quickly as it could in those days — by telegraph — and even though a newspaper account […]