Lou Whitmire

3 weeks ago | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Lou Whitmire

The City of Mansfield’s finance department has fallen for an email spoofing scheme after fraudsters impersonated a vendor's chief financial officer, according to a news release Wednesday. "The fraud resulted in the unauthorized redirection of a valid payment to a fraudulent account. A bad actor, impersonating as the CFO of a legitimate vendor, contacted the city with a request to update banking information used for ACH payments," Finance Director Kelly Blankenship said in the release.

3 weeks ago | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Lou Whitmire

Former NASCAR driver and entrepreneur Matt Tifft, along with his wife Jordan Tifft, have officially acquired Mansfield Speedway. Once a national stage for racing, Mansfield Speedway had been sitting dormant — until now. The Tifft family plans to transform the 178-acre property into a multi-use entertainment destination, blending grassroots motorsports, high-energy car culture, concerts and seasonal festivals into a "one-of-a-kind experience for fans and families," according to a news release.

3 weeks ago | dispatch.com | Lou Whitmire

Nate Thompson, a horror filmmaker, is opening a horror museum, restaurant and bar in a former funeral home in Galion, Ohio. The museum will offer ghost hunts and themed horror events, and admission will be $10 for adults, $6 for children and free for those under 5. Nate Thompson makes short horror films and screens them in his hometown of Monroe, Michigan. "We've been selling out the local theater," he said.

3 weeks ago | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Lou Whitmire

ONTARIO ―The third annual Ontario Kids Festival takes place Saturday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in a new location. Event organizer and Sluss Realty Marketing Director Jami Kinton-Sluss said she chose the Ontario Center parking lot to help generate awareness for the mall. “There’s so much wonderful momentum for the revitalization of the mall that we wanted to keep driving more families to visit,” Kinton-Sluss said. The free festival will be the third year for Sluss Realty.

1 month ago | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Lou Whitmire

New information was released Tuesday by the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio in the hunt for one of the agency's 15 Most Wanted fugitives ― Lester Eubanks, who was convicted of killing a 14-year-old Mansfield girl on Nov. 14, 1965. Lester Eubanks, 81, who escaped from an Ohio prison in 1973, was added to the USMS 15 Most Wanted fugitives list in 2016.