MANSFIELD — Don’t get mad at Vic Amesquita for injecting a little fear into your holiday season. The owner of Blood Prison at the former Ohio State Reformatory on Mansfield’s north […]
Carl Hunnell
City editor. 30-year plus journalist. Husband. Father of 3 grown sons and also a proud grandpa. Prior military journalist in U.S. Navy, Ohio Air National Guard. -- Favorite quote: "Where were you when the page was blank?"
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NECIC seeks to reallocate city ARPA funds to buy, remodel former VOA site
MANSFIELD — Leaders of the North End Community Improvement Collaborative see an immediate opportunity to meet the pressing need of reducing youth violence in the city. That’s why the NECIC […]
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Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will not hear NASCAR roars in 2024
LEXINGTON — The roars from the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2024 will not include any engines from the three primary NASCAR series. But it may just be a temporary […]
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Advance work continues for $14 million Main Street Corridor Improvement project in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Actual work on the $14 million Main Street Corridor Improvement project in Mansfield isn’t scheduled to begin until 2025. But even as engineers and landscape architects continue the […]
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‘Give voice to people whose voice has been taken away’
MANSFIELD — Kelsey Fuller said Saturday she wants to help return the voice to victims of dating violence. “I think it’s really important when people are victims of abuse they […]
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Mansfield police investigating 12th homicide of the year
MANSFIELD — A 30-year-old man was shot to death early Saturday morning in an apparent dispute with an another man, according to Mansfield police. The death of Jervon King at […]
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Youth is served: Lexington sophomores lead the way in win at Clear Fork
BELLVILLE — Three sophomores in the starting lineup. Two transfers playing quality minutes. One senior left in the entire program from a team that went 20-5 and played in the […]
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GALLERY: Lexington rolls past Clear Fork in season opener, 78-52
Photos from Lexington’s 78-52 win on Friday night at Clear Fork in the non-league season opener for both the Minutemen and the Colts. Lexington had four players in double figures […]
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New Mansfield fire chief ready for challenges
MANSFIELD — Dan Crow still remembers the first call to which he responded as a new firefighter in Mansfield. “It was on Dunbilt Court … a rooming contents fire, probably […]
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Interested parties: Vero, Dropsey renew lunch wager on final 2023 Richland County revenues
MANSFIELD — Pat Dropsey and Tony Vero both have a keen interest in how Richland County’s investment interest income finishes in 2023. A mealtime interest, that is. Dropsey, the Richland […]