Richland County News

A parade honoring Ohio's Vietnam veterans was held in Richland County Saturday. The parade, organized by Bill Staton, was meant to give soldiers the homecoming they did not get decades ago, 10TV's Glenn McEntyre reported.

MANSFIELD - Mansfield/Ontario/Richland County Health Department and Shelby City Health Department have set two clinic dates for H1N1 flu vaccine.

But Convention and Visitors' Bureau President Lee Tasseff says the drop was not disastrous and people still came to see us.

MANSFIELD -- Authorities arrested three people, including two charged with felonies, during a raid Monday at 442 Woodland Ave.

MANSFIELD -- City Council voted 5-4 to demolish a home at 147 W. First St., but a delay on demolition will allow the Richland County Historical Society to review the situation.

A pair of three-candidate mayoral races dominated the elections in Richland County.

There will be a sweeping change on the Mansfield City Schools Board of Education.

MANSFIELD -- Richland County Chief Deputy Auditor Robin Heffelfinger Golden has won a second victory in a 3-year-old lawsuit.

Ohio Corrections Officers say they fear it is only a matter of time before a guard loses their life, 10TV's Maureen Kocot reported.

A Richland County Jail inmate who was allowed to leave to go to a doctor's appointment, then did not return for several days, was brought back to the jail Friday night.

MANSFIELD -- Michelle Dreibelbis stood in line not once but twice Saturday, to make sure her family was safeguarded against H1N1 flu.

MANSFIELD -- The Ohio Highway Patrol wants to send a message: If you drive under suspension, you will be caught.

MANSFIELD - A transient suspected of robbing a Mansfield smoke shop Monday was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated robbery.

MANSFIELD -- Associates from a Denver, Colo., alternative energy company met Wednesday with 11 Richland and Crawford county officials at Mid-Ohio Conference Center.

MANSFIELD -- Are the producers of a late night comedy show coming to north central Ohio to praise us or make fun of us? Comedy Central's hit 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' was expected to stop by a few sites in Mansfield Tuesday, but a producer with the show was tight-lipped about details, saying only the show was filming here.

County and state officials are ramping up their response to the H1N1 virus as hundreds of thousands of vaccinations are finally beginning to reach the arms and noses of Ohioans.

RICHLAND COUNTY -- If you think Walter Renz gets prickly when asked -- however discreetly -- for proof of his Native American heritage, he positively bristles when thinking about what he calls the rape of a burial mound at a northeastern Richland County gravel pit.

Vaccination Resources VACCINE AVAILABILITY: For more information on vaccine availability, check the ODH Web site or call the Ohio Department of Health H1N1 information line at 866-800-1404 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Mansfield Municipal Clerk of Courts Daniel F. Smith told city officials to expect major cuts in his office's spending in 2011.

MANSFIELD - Flu shots for the seasonal virus ran out, around 45 minutes into the health department clinic at the fairgrounds Monday.