Editing Ravenna, Ohio (section)

==Government==
Frank Seman was sworn in as mayor on January 1, 2016, succeeding Joseph Bica.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor Frank Seman |url=http://www.ci.ravenna.oh.us/Government/Mayor/tabid/121/Default.aspx |year=2016 |publisher=City of Ravenna |access-date=January 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119022516/http://www.ci.ravenna.oh.us/Government/Mayor/tabid/121/Default.aspx |archive-date=January 19, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news  |title=Bica sworn in as Ravenna mayor: Goals include economic development |date=January 5, 2010 |newspaper=[[Record-Courier (Ohio)|Record-Courier]]}}</ref>

Prior to Bica, the mayor of Ravenna was Kevin Poland. Poland replaced long-time mayor Paul Jones who retired and moved to Florida after a scandal investigation regarding his practices as mayor. Ravenna Police Chief Randy McCoy initiated formal investigations by the county prosecutor after learning that the FBI had begun conducting a formal investigation of the former Mayor. The major focus of the city's investigation involved the Mayor's son, Paul Jones Jr., who was paid more than $274,900 over eight years for a questionable mowing contract.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Armon
| first = Rick
| title = Former Ravenna mayor charged: Paul Jones now faces state case on evidence from federal probe that will send him to prison
| type = Reprint
| newspaper = [[Akron Beacon Journal]]
| date = March 30, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |last        = Piltz
 |first       = Marci
 |title       = Former Ravenna Mayor Paul Jones started federal sentence on May 9
 |url         = http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/2008602
 |newspaper   = [[Record-Courier (Ohio)|Record-Courier]]
 |access-date  = May 24, 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120206131433/http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/2008602
 |archive-date = February 6, 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Paul Jones sentenced to 16 months in prison |url=http://www.topix.net/content/kri/4286988636269590498719103570513772222461 |access-date=May 24, 2007 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In March 2007, Jones was sentenced to sixteen months in a federal prison for various fraud charges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethics.ohio.gov/PressReleases/03232007.html |title=Former Mayor Paul Jones of Ravenna Sentenced to 16 Months in Jail for Mail and Tax Fraud Convictions |date=March 23, 2007 |access-date=July 22, 2008 |publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211093906/http://www.ethics.ohio.gov/PressReleases/03232007.html |archive-date=February 11, 2012 }}</ref>