March 20, 2020: Ohio has its first death due to coronavirus.
March 22, 2020: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issues a “Shelter at Home” order.
April 8, 2020: Richland County has its first death from COVID-19
December 28, 2020: Richland County receives first COVID-19 Vaccines. Start Phase 1A
January 19, 2021: Vaccinations start for Phase 1B. Vaccine supply is limited.
February 26: Johnson and Johnson receives emergency vaccine approval from the FDA for their one dose COVID-19 vaccine.
March 4: Vaccinations start for age 60 and older.
March 4:Ohio Governor DeWine announces all COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted when Ohio gets to 50 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population for a two week period.
March 15: Vaccinations start for Age 50 and older
Apr 1, 2021 The body found in Sunday’s fire in the village of Jeromesville has been identified as Timothy Botdorf, according to RichlandSource.com. The Ashland County Coroner’s office releasing the information, but saying the exact cause of death remains under investigation. The fire, which started early Sunday morning, also remains under investigation for how it actually started. There is no indication of foul play and it’s believed to have started on the 2nd floor of a building on West Main St.
By Matt Appleby
WNCO t-shirt circa 1979 It s amazing what gems are discovered when one does a little spring cleaning. Case in point, this WNCO promotional t-shirt. It s been years since I saw it last and much longer since I could wear it. (It s a men s medium) I am not featured on this shirt. When it was created I was not yet on staff. I didn t set foot in the WNCO building until January of 1980. That s when I was able to begin a sort of internship through high school. I was hired when I graduated that spring. As far as the characters named on the old-west town storefront on that shirt, I remember most of them being around when I started.
Mar 31, 2021
Below is part of the Mansfield Mayor Tim Theaker s State of the City address this week talking about overall crime in the city being down in 2020.
Courtesy of the mayor s State of the City report released this week.
POLICE: The Mansfield Division of Police had 78 sworn officers and 36 civilian employees by December of 2020. 3 officers retired, 1 officer was reinstated, and 3 officers resigned. 35 citizen compliments for outstanding work in the community were received. The Police Department handled 31,960 calls for service. Officers arrested 2,939 persons. Part 1 crime decreased by 16.5% overall as compared to 2019. It was noted that burglary offenses were drastically decreased by 27.2% and auto theft offenses were decreased by 10.5%. The Detective Bureau’s Domestic Violence Officer was assigned 377 cases. The detective assigned to assist Children’s Services was assigned 59 cases. Supervisors in the Community Services Bureau assigned patrol officers to high crime