MANSFIELD — An arbitrator will determine the punishment of a Mansfield police officer suspended for 60 working days without pay on Oct. 20 for dragging a handcuffed Black teenager during an incident on West Fourth Street. Officer Jordan Moore, 24, has filed a grievance regarding the punishment, saying it was “improper” and violated the “just […]
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Richland County approves $479,504 contract for jail medical care services
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners on Thursday approved a one-year contract renewal for the company providing medical services to inmates at the county jail at an yearly cost of $479,504. Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc. has provided medical staffing for the past several years inside the jail, which had 221 prisoners on Thursday morning.
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Voters in 7th Congressional District have three choices on Nov. 3
Voters in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District are choosing between three candidates in the Nov. 3 general election. The district includes Ashland, Coshocton, Holmes, and Knox counties and parts of Richland, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland, Stark, and Tuscarawas counties.
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Mansfield Board of Control approves ShotSpotter grant acceptance
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Board of Control on Thursday morning approved the city’s acceptance of a grant to fund ShotSpotter technology in a one-square mile area for a year. Mayor Tim Theaker, Safety-Service Director Lori Cope and Susan Johnson from the finance department all voted in favor of the testing and evaluation project, which was […]
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ShotSpotter: New technology may help Mansfield police reduce gun violence
MANSFIELD — Just over a week ago, five Mansfield residents were wounded during a drive-by shooting in front of a Sturges Street residence. Mansfield police responded as soon as the Oct. 20 shooting was phoned in by residents, but valuable minutes were lost in a time when seconds can mean everything. Fortunately, no one was […]
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Three seek to represent Crawford County in Congress
CRAWFORD COUNTY — Crawford County voters have three choices on Nov. 3 to represent them in the U.S. Congress. Incumbent Republican Jim Jordan from Urbana, Democrat Shannon Freshour from Marysville and Libertarian Steve Perkins from Pataskala all seek to represent Ohio’s 4th Congressional District in Washington, D.C.
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Richland County weathering 2020 COVID-19 financial storm
MANSFIELD — It appears Richland County will not need to dip into its rainy day fund or its budget carryover to make it through 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks in part to federal CARES Act relief funds, Commissioner Tony Vero said Tuesday the county will not need to utilize the $5 million unappropriated carryover […]
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Romanchuk, Hunger vying for Ohio’s 22nd Senate seat
Ontario resident Mark Romanchuk, 58, believes his experience in the private and public sectors uniquely qualify him to be a state senator. Ryan Hunger, a 35-year-old resident of Medina County, believes it’s time for a new, independent voice in Columbus.
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Low voter turnout? Not a problem in Richland County during 2020
MANSFIELD — It does not appear low voter turnout will be a problem in Richland County in the 2020 general election. In 2016, 56,106 Richland County residents cast ballots during the last presidential election year. With still one week to go before Election Day, more than one-third of the county’s eligible voters have already participated, […]
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Sixth RICI inmate dies from COVID-19, says ODRC
MANSFIELD — A 72-year-old man has become the sixth Richland Correctional Institution inmate to die due from COVID-19, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. All sixth deaths have occurred in October, the ODRC said, after a coronavirus outbreak at the open-bay style prison in late September.
