Richland County News

Mansfield and Richland County saluted its veterans Monday as memorial services were held at the Doughboy World War I statute and the Korean War Memorial in Mansfield's Central Park.

MANSFIELD -- Norman Johnson arrived bright and early Saturday morning at Mansfield Cemetery to help plant about 6,000 U.S. flags in preparation for Memorial Day.

A group of men and women who arrived in town for a three-week stay may be retired, but... Larry "Shorty" Reynolds, 49, is wanted on a felonious assault warrant in connection with the incident at an apartment in the 200 block of Hillside Circle.

A group of men and women who arrived in town for a three-week stay may be retired, but... MANSFIELD -- Local businessman Kurt Stimens is tearing down two buildings on the east side of First English Lutheran Church on Park Avenue West in the coming weeks.

Volunteer Karl Krikman, of Waterville, Ohio, of the Blue Rose Mission/Nomad group, dismantles a rotting porch at 219 Coul St.

Before you begin your road trip, the Ohio Department of Transportation is encouraging motorists to 'know before you go' in order to avoid travel delays.

Mayor Tim Theaker, flanked by Library Director Joe Palmer, Fair Housing Officer Donnie Mitchell, County Treasurer Bart Hamilton, and Job and Family Service employees Crystal Lybarger and Jone Watson, held a news conference Friday morning.

The Mayors of the Bellville, Ontario, Lexington, Mansfield and Shelby have endorsed Mark Romanchuk for State Representative for the 2nd Ohio House District.

Treasurer Bart Hamilton told commissioners Thursday investment earnings this year are expected to be about one-third less than in 2011, and will continue to fall for the foreseeable future.

Mansfield Senior High School sophomore Hutch Blackstone was the only Richland County student to score 100 percent on the math portion of the Ohio Graduation Test.

SHELBY, Ohio - A man is accused of pulling over a speeding teenager, and taking the law into his own hands by pretending to be a police officer.

U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman introduced legislation today to name the new Veterans Administration Community-Based Outpatient Clinic after Pfc.

County Treasurer Bart Hamilton held his first quarter Investment Advisory Board meeting with the commissioners Thursday morning, and said income is more than a third of the goal.

The Ohio State University-Mansfield is accepting nominations for the 2012 Excellence in Diversity Awards sponsored by OSU-Mansfield's Office of Multicultural Affairs.

The Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Richland County held its annual dinner Tuesday at the Cafe on Main in downtown Mansfield.

The Mansfield-Richland County Public Library is gearing up for its Summer Library Program called Dream Big - Read, which runs from June 4 to July 28.

"If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then... MANSFIELD -- A masked man wearing all black got away with an undisclosed amount of money from the Got Skills business at 758 Ashland Road at about 10:10 p.m. Tuesday.

A U.S. flag will be raised Thursday at 6 p.m. in front of the Richland County Administration Building to honor the memory of World War II Army veteran Harold R. Day.

Mansfield Mayor Tim Theaker says the city is getting enough money from the predatory lending settlement with mortgage companies to tear down about ten-percent of its vacant houses.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Richland County held a support group meeting Monday at the Mental Health and Recovery Services office in Mansfield.