After a three-week break, the News Man Weekly is back. Carl, Zac and Hayden catch up on what they’ve been doing — including Carl’s Alaskan adventure — before diving into the latest Richland County news. 

This week, the crew discusses record-breaking county sales tax revenue, the final stretch of Mansfield’s $20.3 million Main Street improvement project and new upgrades at Sterkel Dog Park. Plus, Carl counts down his Top 5 things to do on an Alaska vacation.

Then, with spooky season officially underway, Carl welcomes Vic Amesquita, owner of Blood Prison at the Ohio State Reformatory. Fresh off opening weekend, Amesquita takes listeners behind the scenes of one of Ohio’s most popular haunted attractions, from designing new scares and developing terrifying characters to recruiting scare actors and managing huge October crowds. 

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Relevant links: 

• Get your tickets to Blood Prison!
• Mansfield's Blood Prison is getting ready to welcome you — if you dare
• Summer surge: June events fuel record-breaking sales tax month in Richland County
• Main Street Improvement Project enters closing stages of work in downtown Mansfield
• Paws, partnership and a new chapter at Sterkel Park

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