Tag: Richland Community Family Coalition

Guest Column: Marijuana will bring chronic headaches to community

There are many alternatives for people to go to treat pain. Quite frankly, I do not want our community to go to pot. The public has been told by the proponents of the medical marijuana industry that the addition of a cultivation facility in the Ontario area will provide more

Leaders across region warn of addictive dangers of pornography

MANSFIELD –The week of Oct. 29 through Nov. 4, 2017 has been designated as “Pornography Awareness Week” by government officials across the state, county, municipal, and township levels throughout Richland County, Ohio. Last year, eight of the nine municipalities in the county in concert with the “White Ribbon Against Pornography”

At request of 72 clergy, Health Chief says ties with syringe exchange will end

MANSFIELD — Pastors have been on pins and needles after the local health department donated leftover needles to an Ohio syringe exchange program. However, last week the Health Commissioner put their concerns to rest. Health Commissioner Stan Saalman responded to a clergy letter sent by seventy-two Richland County clergy expressing

Guest Column: Slot machines, an “immaculate deception”

The year was 1964, the Minnesota Vikings and their stingy defense were battling the San Francisco 49ers in a National Football League showdown. In a dramatic turn of events, Hall of Fame defensive end Jim Marshall ran 66 yards downfield after recovering a fumble from the opposing quarterback. The jubilant

82 local pastors oppose state casino gambling issue

MANSFIELD — After successfully preventing local gambling venues from coming to town in recent years, ‘all bets are off’ as a group of Richland County pastors are now speaking out against a state gambling proposal. A group of clergy representing eighty-two churches publicly announced their opposition to State Issue 6.