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LEXINGTON - Not an eye was dry in the room when the resolution was read. "Mr. Mayor, would you please call the roll one more time?" asked Robert Jarvis, Lexington council president. And with that, Lexington Village Council voted unanimously Monday to name the village municipal building after Gene Parkison, the departing mayor. Council members kept the resolution off Monday's agenda so as to surprise Parkison, who's served as mayor since 1984. Requirements that it come from a standing committe

Richland County Land Bank to take ownership of nine city parks, pending council approval MANSFIELD - Pending approval by Mansfield City Council, Richland County Land Bank is poised to take ownership of nine city parks. The Land Bank board — should council approve the plan — agreed Wednesday to take possession of Linden Pool, in addition to eight parks: Betzstone, Dewey and Vine Field, Hamilton, Harvard, Julia Underhill, Linden Circle, Newman and Sherman Estates. Mark Abrams, parks and recreat

MANSFIELD - Richland County's primary ballot took shape Wednesday as Ohio's 4 p.m. filing deadline came and went.

MANSFIELD - Rebecca DeVore could scarcely believe her eyes.

MANSFIELD - On their last meeting of the year, Mansfield City Council on Tuesday repealed a 2009 ordinance that froze the salaries of mayor, law director, finance director and members of council.

MANSFIELD - A young girl cracked a wide smile as her father gave her a present.

MANSFIELD - Anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of snow is expected to accumulate Monday night as a mix of snow and freezing rain moves through north-central and northeast Ohio.

MANSFIELD - Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority was awarded $73,464 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which equates to 25 affordable housing vouchers for low-income, non-elderly residents with disabilities.

MANSFIELD - A single mother and her son are celebrating the first Christmas in their own home this year.

MANSFIELD - A family of seven lost all their belongings in a house fire.

MANSFIELD - A small family of three has grown threefold ahead of Christmas.

ONTARIO - Mark Weidemyre, Ontario City Council's 3rd Ward councilman, is stepping down from his position at the end of the year.

MANSFIELD - A trooper with the Mansfield post of the Ohio Highway Patrol has been placed on administrative leave after drug evidence seized in a traffic stop was reported missing.

MANSFIELD - Geneva "Kay" Smith, a community organizer of the North End Community Improvement Collaborative (NECIC), died this past weekend due to complications from open-heart surgery.

MANSFIELD - In large part due to low mortgage rates and a low unemployment rate, increased demand for low to moderately-priced homes in Mansfield and Richland County has contributed to a lack of housing inventory, local experts say.

MANSFIELD - Luke Adkins knew from a very young age that he wanted to be a police officer.

MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP - Nearly 200 acres of land that was once home to Camp Mowana will become a public preserve.

MANSFIELD - Redwood Living, an Independence-based developer, intends to build 75 units of single-family, two-bed, two-bathroom apartments in the city's south end.

MANSFIELD - Anita Corwin knew that when she left the military, she wanted to help veterans such as herself.

MANSFIELD - Talk of raising salaries for mayor, law director, finance director and members of council prompted an intense debate at Tuesday's Mansfield City Council meeting.