MANSFIELD — Jeff Sellers told Richland County commissioners on Thursday morning that road construction workers want to go home safely at the end of their shifts. That’s why the business manager for Laborers’ Local #1216, joined by other union officials, sought and obtained a proclamation from commissioners in support of National Work Zone Awareness Week […]
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South by Southwest by Midwest: Bridging between time and space
While passing through the blanket of clouds into Austin airspace, I let my mind wander through multiple expectations. Though I was born in Texas, I haven’t been here since I was five years old and had no notion of what may be below. Hills? Desert? As we pass through the veil of cotton, I’m surprised […]
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‘Mansfield Rising’ plan to get new faces & inspiration in March
MANSFIELD — Many recent improvements in downtown Mansfield can be traced to Austin, Texas. That’s where the origins were born for ideas found in Mansfield Rising, at the annual South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) in 2018, attended by 15 local residents. Six years later, a second group is ready to help the Mansfield Rising plan […]