Becky Barclay and Patty Shay are going to the airport in Cincinnati this week to help pick up an uncle they never met. That’s when the remains of U.S. Army PFC Rodger Engle Fields will finally come home from Korea. @USArmy.

On Sunday afternoon — exactly 55 years after his death in the — signs entering his former hometown along Ohio 39 from the east and the west were dedicated in his memory, marking the “PFC Richard “Rick” Wesley McFarland Memorial Highway." @USArmy .

News Man Weekly: Huge weekend, Shoe Bandit update and the new leader of NECIC

Draft party in a bar with mom and dad. Big hug for mom. Puts cap on his dad. Liam Doyle is a great pick. Now go be a great pitcher for the @Cardinals .

This doesn't seem like the kind of player the @Cardinals normally draft. I am THRILLED to see it. Welcome, Liam.

When one potential federal funding source for a dry dam in Mansfield went away, city officials pivoted to another. It's project years in the making that could remove more than 100 acres from the flood plain on the city's north side.

The Richland County Land Bank asked for public input about the development of a cherished part of Mansfield's north end history. A room full of residents obliged on Wednesday night.

Many thanks to the @LeBatardShow and the @flapanthers for giving an Ohio guy the most fun I've had watching hockey since Toledo Goaldigger Mike Eruzione was scoring goals for Team USA in the 1980 Olympics.

The city’s Downtown Improvement Advisory Board on Thursday recommended a $50,000 grant program that will award $2,500 grants to 20 different businesses on Main Street.

From music to motorsports to workforce development, Clint Knight wears a lot of hats — and we talk about all of them in this week’s 51st episode of the News Man Weekly podcast @SourceMediaProp .

Some big news here about the Source Media accounts on X -- one-stop shopping going forward . .

Mission complete: Mansfield's Gary Jakubick photographs every @GettysburgNMP monument. #CivilWar #Gettysburg.

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One thing about my career. I wake up every morning never knowing exactly what the day will bring.

Wrap up the week by covering a speech by a tech billionaire running to be Ohio's next governor.

Host an Iditarod Sled Dog racer from Mansfield for a live conversation with fans at his high school alma mater.

Preview a new show at the local community theater.

On a light election night, write just two stories on deadline.

Spend Election Night in the newsroom, writing and editing and eating cold pizza.

Get a phone call from the local elections director about a polling place power outage early in the morning of the primary.