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This week marks a double birthday celebration on News Man Weekly — it’s our one-year anniversary, and we’re also toasting 12 years of independent local journalism at Richland Source. To mark the occasion, we’re joined by Source Media CEO Jay Allred for a wide-ranging conversation about the past, present, and future of the company he helped build from the ground up. 

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In this powerful and heartfelt episode of Better Together, Brittany and Maddie invite two men they know well — Jay Allred (CEO of Source Media Properties) and Colton Penwell (Maddie's husband) — to talk about something they don’t often get asked about: what it means to be a man and a dad in today’s world.

With honesty and vulnerability, Jay and Colton open up about the joys and challenges of fatherhood, what...

This week on The News Man Weekly, it’s a jam-packed show filled with theater, city finance, and community updates. First, we welcome members of the Mansfield Shakespeare Company to preview their upcoming free outdoor production of Twelfth Night at South Park. 

Director Christopher Hartman, assistant director and performer Leanna Uselton, and board member Mary Frankenfield discuss the joys and challenges of outdoor t...

Today - A nationwide protest movement made its way to Mansfield and Shelby this weekend, as hundreds of people took to the streets to speak out against President Donald Trump and what they described as growing authoritarianism in the United States.

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In this episode, we sit down with Jillian Henry — a passionate community builder, director of marketing at the Renaissance Theatre, and president of the board at Love On A Mission — to talk about what it means to become a parent, a friend, and a fully-formed human on your own terms.

Jillian shares her experience navigating first-time motherhood in her 30s, building inclusive communities outside of traditi...

Mansfield has broken ground on a $3.6 million project to replace nearly three miles of century-old, four-inch water lines with modern eight-inch mains—work made possible by a narrowly approved quarter-percent income tax and decades of advocacy from local attorney Eric Miller. This first phase will install 14,000 feet of pipe, add 37 fire hydrants, and ...

From music to motorsports to Mansfield's workforce, Clint Knight wears a lot of hats — and we talk about all of them in this week’s episode. 

By day, Clint is the Workforce Development Director for the Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development, working to build a talent pipeline that can support the region’s evolving economic needs. Outside the office, he runs Valley Media and Productions, curates...

A few years ago, she wasn’t sure she would graduate. Now, after earning first place at the state level, an Ohio student is headed to the national SkillsUSA competition in Atlanta. Her journey includes a demanding prepared speech event, full-time work as a cook, and lessons drawn from both culinary training and years of theater experience. We follow how career tech programs and leadership oppo...

In this episode, we sit down with Erin Ressa, business banking relationship manager at KeyBank and co-chair of Key4Women — a national initiative that supports women entrepreneurs with access to capital, mentorship, and community.

Erin explains how banking — when done right — should feel like a relationship, not just a transaction. Our conversation dives into the real barriers women face when seeking funding: confi...

We made it to 50! In this milestone episode, Carl Hunnell and the team briefly reflect on nearly a year of News Man Weekly.

This episode is a double feature: First, we bid a bittersweet farewell to Ashland Source reporter Mariah Thomas, who’s heading back home after two impactful years of storytelling in north central Ohio. Her dad, Jim, joins the conversation before their 20+ hour drive across the country. 

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