MANSFIELD — Jodie Perry focused on growth, infrastructure and public safety when she campaigned to become Mansfield’s new mayor in 2023. So it came as no shock the city’s new CEO focused her first “State of the City” thoughts on those three topics. It may have come as more of a surprise that Perry, who […]
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Moving up, literally: Mansfield police chief elevated to safety service director
MANSFIELD — The first time Keith Porch heard a police dispatcher on the radio was enough to send he and his brother running home. The 49-year-old Porch — on his final day as the Mansfield Police Department chief — laughed in his office Tuesday afternoon as he recalled the day he and his brother visited […]
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Open Source: What is going on at the old YMCA site on Park Avenue West?
OPEN SOURCE — We published this story in response to a reader question submitted through our Open Source platform. Do you have a question you want our reporters to answer? Click here to submit it. Question: What’s going on at the old YMCA site on Park Avenue West? There is orange construction fencing around the site. […]
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Decision to have ODOT snowplow U.S. 30 in Mansfield paying dividends elsewhere
MANSFIELD — A decision two years ago to pay the Ohio Department of Transportation to snowplow U.S. 30 in the City of Mansfield limits is paying dividends on other city streets. That was the message Tuesday morning from city street operations Supervisor Steve Brown during a Board of Control meeting. “It’s saved a lot of […]
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Richland County Land Bank board honors Burton, Theaker for decade of service
MANSFIELD — Attorney Jon Burton won’t have to attend Richland County Land Bank board meetings any more. His decade of service as legal counsel for the 11-year-old organization came to an end Wednesday when the board met for the last time in 2023. But his name will live on. Literally. Board chair Bart Hamilton, the […]
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City of Mansfield has paid $2.67 million in bonuses to workers since March 2022
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield has paid $2.67 million in “one-time” bonus payments to its 400-plus employees in the last 19 months. That total includes $262,000 going to 104 full-time, non-union workers scheduled for this week’s paychecks. The bulk of the money for the bonus awards has come from the city’s $21 million share […]
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Mansfield Fire Department celebrates career of Chief Steve Strickling
In November, Mansfield Mayor Tim Theaker announced his acceptance of Chief Strickling’s retirement resignation, effective December 1.
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Modern Woodmen honors Mansfield mayor with Hometown Hero Award
MANSFIELD — Modern Woodmen of America’s Mansfield Office recently presented Mansfield Mayor Tim Theaker with the Hometown Hero Award. Modern Woodmen’s celebration of Hometown Heroes is an effort to recognize those who have made an extraordinary effort to have a positive impact on the communities where its members live, work, and play, according to Brian […]
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Open Source: When does the City of Mansfield plan on picking up leaves?
Open Source We published this story in response to a reader question submitted through our Open Source platform. Do you have a question you want our reporters to answer? Click here to submit it. Question: When does Mansfield plan on picking up leaves? MANSFIELD — This question came in to Richland Source early Monday morning. The […]
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Mansfield’s outgoing finance director presents 2024 temporary spending plan
MANSFIELD — Nobody had a keener interest Wednesday night in Mansfield’s proposed 2024 temporary spending plan than two people sitting in the back row of the audience. That would be Jodie Perry and Kelly Blankenship, who will take over as the city’s mayor and finance director, respectively, in January. The duo in attendance at City […]