Brittany Schock
Brittany Schock is the Regional Editor of Delaware Source. She has more than a decade of experience in local journalism and has reported on everything from breaking news to long-form solutions journalism. Her work has earned national recognition for its audience-centered approach. She recently relocated to Delaware to build the newsroom from the ground up and can often be found exploring local businesses, attending community meetings or drinking iced coffee.
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Corrections officers and sergeant suspended after mistaken release of inmate
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Sheriff’s Office has suspended two corrections officers and one sergeant without pay after an inmate was mistakenly released from the Richland County Jail on Sept. 4. Corrections Officers Stephen McDonnell and Christopher Plantz and Sergeant Kenneth Moore were all found to have exhibited gross neglect of duty resulting in the […]
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Shelby’s Turner Funeral Home under new ownership
SHELBY — Most kids don’t grow up wanting to be a funeral director. But most kids aren’t Jake Penwell. As a kid attending St. Mary Catholic Elementary School in Shelby, Penwell remembers an early fascination with funerals – the ceremony, the cars in procession right before mass, the way everyone carried themselves. For most of […]
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Madison superintendent relieved of duties in 5-0 vote
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The Madison Board of Education voted unanimously to relieve superintendent Shelley Hilderbrand of her duties in an emergency session called hastily on Friday afternoon at the high school. Hilderbrand was not in attendance at the meeting. When asked at 4:27 p.m. to comment on the result of the meeting, Hilderbrand said, “I […]
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Richland Co. Board of Elections looks to fill Freytag’s position
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Board of Elections is currently seeking a candidate to fill the position of deputy director pending the upcoming retirement of Bill Freytag. Freytag, who has been with the Board of Elections for eight years, is counting down the days to his last working day on Dec. 31. In the meantime, […]
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Friday open house showcases Woodhill home renovation
MANSFIELD — The brick house at 580 Woodhill Road in Mansfield is ready for its debut with Klupp Investments. After four months of extensive renovations including refinished hardwood floors, new furnaces and air conditioners, and replacing 69 windows, the Klupp family is ready to show off their work in an open house from 9 a.m. […]
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Mansfield prisoner mistakenly released caught in Alabama
MANSFIELD — An inmate that was mistakenly released from the Richland County Jail has been recaptured after a standoff with police in Huntsville, Alabama. Cornelius J. Phillips and his girlfriend Dasia Crutcher were arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service after barricading themselves for 90 minutes in his mother’s Huntsville, Alabama home, according to Lt. Michael […]
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Proposed ordinance would permit concealed carry in Shelby public buildings, properties
SHELBY — Concealed handguns could be carried in all city-owned buildings and/or properties, other than the Shelby Justice Center, under an ordinance discussed during a City Council meeting Monday evening. Sponsored by Councilman Steve McLaughlin, council passed the first reading of the ordinance. “This is the second round of legislation that seeks to permit our […]
