Katie Ellington, Staff Reporter
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$300,000 available to help area minority-owned businesses, job seekers
MANSFIELD — The Area 10 Workforce Development Board, which serves Richland and Crawford counties, has been awarded $300,000 in COVID-19 rapid response funds to be redistributed within the community. The […]
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Rowland Avenue duplex first of many housing projects for local developer
MANSFIELD — Once the site of two tax-delinquent, ramshackle houses, the corner lot at 63 Rowland Ave. is now home to a new set of apartments. The two-unit structure, built on […]
Posted inSolutions
Shop Talk examines race and revisionist history
MANSFIELD — Crystal Davis Weese still remembers how her father pulled her out of her seventh grade history class. Weese’s father was a historian himself, and books about Black history […]
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Lexington delays start of the school year to Sept. 8
LEXINGTON — Students in the Lexington Local Schools district will have two more weeks of summer vacation this year. At its June meeting, the school board voted unanimously to delay […]
Posted inLife and culture
Storybook Trail debuts at Kingwood Center Gardens
MANSFIELD — Kingwood Center’s brand new Storybook Trail offers children and families a chance to enjoy a heartwarming story and a walk in the woods all at the same time. […]
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New substance abuse prevention coalition will focus on Mansfield teens
MANSFIELD — The new Richland County Youth Substance Use Coalition held its first meeting last week, kickstarting what could be a decade-long program aimed at decreasing teen substance abuse. Julie […]
Posted inOpen source
Reader-submitted photos show what life in a pandemic looks like
MANSFIELD — Last month, we asked you to send in your photos of what life looks like in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to document this unprecedented […]
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Mansfield City Schools works to ‘Grow Its Own’ staff
MANSFIELD — Supt. Stan Jefferson of Mansfield City Schools knows it takes more than knowledge and credentials to be an educator. It takes heart. “If you’re not in the loving […]