Lexington Boys Tennis coach, Ron Schaub, spent the morning talking about another state tournament appearance for the Minutemen. Schaub is in his 27th year as the coach at Lex, which has saw the program reach the state tournament in 25 of the 27 years. Lexington will be in action on Thursday, Friday and play in the team tourney on Sunday at Ohio State in Columbus.

Jennifer Kime, CEO of Downtown Mansfield, Inc, shared the details of the Final Friday Concert Series, which begins on May 26th and runs through the last Friday in September. Kime reveals how they search and select the 15 acts, who perform at the Brickyard. The Concert Series has really grown, now in the 16th year, and the reason to to draw people downtown.

Jake Furr, sports reporter at the Mansfield News Journal, spent the morning at WMAN to share all of the great things happening in local high school sports in Richland County. Jake covers softball regional appearances for Ontario and Plymouth, along with the area baseball teams at the district level this week. Lucas, Shelby, Ontario and Crestview all will be in action, plus Track and Field is at Regionals. The Lexington boys tennis team is headed back to state and a rule change coming to high school basketball.

Jake Dickerson from the Ohio State Highway Patrol k-9 unit and Sgt. Mike Smith, from the Mansfield Post of the Highway Patrol, spent time with WMAN recently to share some of the things they are currently working on with department. Dickerson, who is from Butler and went to Clear Fork, explains his role in the K-9 unit and what he does on a day to day basis.

Aurelio Diaz, Mansfield City Councilman, who represents the 5th ward, joined WMAN in studio this week. Diaz shared what he is hearing from residents and a possible program that could be coming to the area following the recent uptick in gun violence and recent homicides in Mansfield.

Mansfield Police held a press conference to address the recent homicides that have taken place in town. There have been 3 in the last 9 days and 5 in total this year.

First to speak, Mansfield Police Chief, Keith Porch, followed by Lt. Robert Skropits. Audio courtesy of the city of Mansfield, who lived streamed the press conference.

Madison Superintendent, Rob Peterson, stopped by the WMAN studio to talk about the Madison School levy, which is on the May 2nd ballot.

Dr. Julie Chaya, Health Commissioner at Richland Public Health, gives her monthly public health update at our WMAN studio with Aaron Hines. Julie's report today shares about a new menstrual health program, Drug Free Community Initiative and disposable drug packets, along with a solar eclipse in April of 2024!

Ashland University Women's basketball coach. Kari Pickens, called into WMAN Friday morning to talk about their incredible season, which will see them play Saturday, April 1st, for the Division II National Title in Dallas. Pickens, who played at AU, later became an assistant coach and now is the head coach in her 5th year. Kari shared about what has name this group so special and how coaching runs deep in her family.

AU (36-0) will play Minnesota Duluth (32-3) on Saturday for the NCAA Division II National Championship in Dallas.

Tom Hamilton, longtime - Cleveland baseball radio play-by-play man, spent time talking with WMAN about "Opening Day" for the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday, March 30th.

Hamilton is in his 34th year calling baseball and shared with listeners expectations for this year, players to watch out for, new rule changes and more.