MANSFIELD — The 32-acre farm is a collaborative project offering inmates hands-on farming experience and the opportunity to earn certificates.
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Breaking news: President Biden announces withdrawal from 2024 re-election bid
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Sunday afternoon he will drop his re-election bid for a second term in the White House. The 46th president made his announcement on X (formerly Twitter) just before 2 p.m. with the following statement: Biden said he will complete his term in office. He did not […]
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Manufacturing camp exposes students to local employers
MANSFIELD — Michaii Williams is a shy kid with a quiet voice. But ask him to demonstrate a science project and a new kind of confidence emerges. “It might take a couple minutes,” said Williams, 11, as he picked up a piece from his motors and generators-themed STEM kit. Two yellow gears were encased in a […]
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Sherrod Brown calls for President Biden to abandon re-election campaign
COLUMBUS – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, in a press release issued Friday night, called for president Joe Biden to abandon his re-election campaign. Brown is the fourth Democratic U.S. Sen. to urge the president to abandon the race for the Oval Office. Brown released the following statement in a press release to Richland Source: “Over the last […]
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Sherrod Brown: Creating Hydrogen Production Jobs in Ohio
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is a member of the United States Senate. Brown is a Mansfield native, and Mansfield Senior graduate. The clean hydrogen industry has tremendous potential in Ohio. The Appalachian Clean Hydrogen Hub is anticipated to create more than 21,000 good-paying jobs in the region – including more than 18,000 in construction […]
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COLUMN: Vance & Brown offer our readers a peek behind the politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: Special thanks to Bruce Cummins, CEO of Mansfield Engineered Components, who corrected an earlier version of this story. Ohioan John Bricker was on the 1944 Republican National Ticket. Thomas E. Dewey lost to President Franklin Roosevelt that year. J.D. Vance on Monday was announced as former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential selection at […]
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Richland & Ashland Source alum working with Butler Eagle staff on Trump shooting story
BUTLER, Pa. — Former Richland Source and Ashland Source reporter Tracy Leturgey is in the midst of the biggest story of the year in Butler, Pa. If that location sounds familiar, it’s because Butler was the site of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump late Saturday afternoon. The Butler Eagle reported at […]
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‘Freedom is not free’: Mansfield Korean War veterans celebrate monument update
MANSFIELD — The Korean War Veterans Association led a dedication service for defense era veterans in Richland County on June 29.
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Senator Brown: Inspiring the Next Generation with Ohio Manufacturing
For the 12th summer in a row, my office is partnering with local businesses and other organizations to host Summer Manufacturing Camps for students across Ohio. We came up with the idea for the camps more than a decade ago to introduce young Ohioans to American manufacturing happening in their communities, and show them all […]
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Sherrod Brown: Fixing a misguided Dept. of Energy regulation to save Ohio steel jobs
For the last year, we’ve been fighting to stop a proposed Department of Energy rule that would have put the supply chain for transformers at risk and threatened hundreds of Ohio steel jobs. Transformers, the metal boxes on powerline poles, are crucial to our electric grid. And when storms knock out transformers and power lines, […]