News Man Weekly: Ashland ARPA and does Ohio State have a chance in the CFP?

MANSFIELD – The 25th episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped.

In this week’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by several members of the Source media family to talk about Ohio State and the College Football Playoff, as well as a local reporting project on how Ashland County has utilized American Rescue Plan Act funds.

Managing Editor Larry Phillips, our best Buckeye historian, and Shelby/north county reporter Hayden Gray are in the studio to talk about OSU’s chances against Tennessee on Dec. 21 – and the odds head coach Ryan Day loses his job if he fails to win a national title.

Ashland Source reporters Dillon Carr and Mariah Thomas join Hunnell to talk about their months-long project on ARPA usages by cities, villages, townships and schools. They also provide details on a public event coming up Wednesday night in the Ashland Theater to wrap up the entire project.

Hunnell is also joined by Executive Producer Zac Hiser and videographer Grant Ritchey to talk about the news of the week, including a police-involved shooting in Shelby, the ongoing legal fight over the demolition of the Mansfield YMCA, a decision by Mansfield City Councilwoman Laura Burns not to seek re-election and the announcement Mansfield native Matthew Failor will be racing in the 2025 Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska.

Relevant links:

Ashland ARPA reporting

Police-involved shooting in Shelby

Legal fight over old Mansfield YMCA demo

Mansfield City Councilwoman Laura Burns

Matthew Failor in the 2025 Iditarod

Intro song credit: Smoke And Drink, by Luke Watson.

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