BELLVILLE — As a compromise with local clergy and law enforcement, Bellville Village Council decided last week to temporarily freeze any marijuana business startups from coming to the Village for six months. Outside the purview of the public, planning for a recreational marijuana dispensary had been in the works at
MANSFIELD — Last month an atheist group wrote city officials saying police chaplains are “unconstitutional.” This group, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF), urged the police chief to end his department’s chaplain program. But after a host of clergymen petitioned the city administration in response, the call to end the
MANSFIELD — An anti-religion group has an axe to grind with government agencies partnering with local religious institutions. Saying ‘government and religion do not mix,’ the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) has a nationwide crusade compelling local governments to believe in their ideology or face legal trouble. Meanwhile, a group
MANSFIELD — At a recent clergy luncheon at the Mayor’s office, city officials did not mince words: they have a lot on their plate. With an Opiate Crisis not going away and the recruitment of new police officers at its lowest level in years, sirens in most communities would be
MANSFIELD — As social justice efforts across the nation defund local police departments, the jury is still out on whether Congress will vote to remove qualified immunity for hometown peace officers. Led by clergy, one community is trying to do everything it can by the book to make sure its
MANSFIELD — This month, Mansfield City Council rejected a resolution declaring systemic racism as a public health crisis. Activists behind the resolution failed to demonstrate local examples of racism and failed to shake its ties with the Marxist Black Lives Matter movement. The measure did not receive support from the
MANSFIELD — City Council will be voting on a draft resolution Tuesday night declaring racism as a public health crisis. The resolution (Bill 123) comes in the wake of the George Floyd murder case that has engulfed the nation in civil unrest. One group not supporting the measure says the
CLEVELAND — A Cleveland Heights pastor provided testimony this week before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in a hearing on U.S. policing practices and law enforcement accountability. Reverend Darrell Scott, Pastor of the urban New Spirit Revival Center gave his candid assessment. “The prospect of defunding and/or dismantling of police forces across
Every life unjustly killed deserves justice. In the cause to make things right, I will not join a movement that has nearly everything wrong. More innocent lives have now been killed (including cops) since these predominantly violent protests began over George Floyd’s horrific death. What about the black lives killed in
MANSFIELD — Mansfield voters will be deciding this Tuesday, May 7th, on whether to renew a police and fire safety levy that two leading area pastors strongly support. “I have encouraged my congregation and all those in my sphere of influence to support our police and fire departments this coming
