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The Richland County Youth and Family Council and partners plan 400 Thanksgiving food boxes in the second year of Doing Good Together. The source says kinship families and families of children with developmental disabilities are served,…
Richland County officials marked completion of a $4.4 million sanitary sewer overhaul along Ohio 97 near Interstate 71, a project aimed at supporting growth in and around Bellville. The work replaced aging lines and lift stations, added…
The Oct. 27 News Man Weekly episode featured Mansfield entrepreneur and former state lawmaker Jay Goyal discussing a planned $10 million boutique hotel in the former Holiday Inn on Park Avenue West, expected to open in summer 2027. The…
Richland County Prosecutor Jodie Schumacher asked commissioners on Oct. 27 for $2.99 million in 2027 general-fund support, a reported 16.5% increase over the $2.57 million appropriated. The request includes two assistant prosecutors and…
Lucas qualified for a 13th consecutive Ohio high school football postseason and is seeded No. 10 in Division VII, Region 27. The Cubs are scheduled to visit No. 7 Beaver Eastern on Oct. 30. Ontario, Shelby and Clear Fork also qualified…
Destination Mansfield-Richland County won two top RUBY Awards and two Citations of Excellence from the Ohio Travel Association at an Oct. 8 ceremony in Wilmington. Honors went to a Gen Z-focused blog series, a motorsports promotional…
Richland County Auditor Pat Dropsey announced tax year 2026 triennial property values, based on higher home sales since 2023. Values are online and payable on 2027 bills; individual tax amounts will be set later. Richland is among 28…
According to Richland Source, none of Richland County's three public charter schools met Ohio's three-star expectation in the 2025-26 report cards: Richland School of Academic Arts earned 2 stars, Foundation Academy 2.5 and Legacy…
Redneck Ranch, a 66-acre action-sports property at 3495 Tugend Road in Butler, is under new owners B.J. Wagner and Skip Holman, according to Richland Source. The site, formerly Stoke Run and Ohio Dreams, hosts Stoke the Midwest 2: Mini…
The Richland County Land Bank board voted Wednesday to take ownership of 22 W. Main St. in Shelby only if it wins state demolition funds. The vacant storefront, next to Milk & Honey Coffee Co., has structural problems that Shelby's fire…
Woda Cooper Companies has preliminary approval from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency and must file a final application by Dec. 15 for its Temple Greene project, which would add 70 three-bedroom units on scattered Mansfield lots. The…
Richland County records show 116 Park Avenue West LLC bought the former Holiday Inn at 116 Park Ave. W. from Park Hospitality LLC for $2.35 million. Local investors plan roughly $10 million in renovations to the 1984 property, which…