MANSFIELD — Recent shooting incidents in Mansfield will be the focus of a Mansfield City Council safety committee special meeting on Wednesday evening. Committee chair Don Bryant, an at-large member of council, announced the meeting today in an email to committee members Jean Taddie (6th Ward) and Jeff Rock (2nd Ward). Bryant said Mansfield police […]
Carl Hunnell, City Editor
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Richland County commissioners question Mansfield Municipal Court cost increases
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners plan to ask the City of Mansfield about a $101,349 annual increase in the county’s share of Municipal Court operational costs. The county is required by state law to pay two-fifths of the Municipal Court’s operational costs. The State of Ohio also pays a portion of judges’ total salaries. Mansfield billed […]
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Mansfield native wants to empower local ‘Warrior Women’
MANSFIELD — Elizabeth Castle wants to empower local women with the knowledge she has gleaned over the past two decades from indigenous leaders like Madonna Thunder Hawk. Castle, a Mansfield native who earned her Ph.D. in history from Cambridge University, announced Monday evening she is planning a gala screening of her film, Warrior Women, on […]
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Alleged fatal arsonist waives preliminary hearing in Mansfield Municipal Court
MANSFIELD — An 18-year-old Mansfield man charged in a fatal arson fire has waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Mansfield Municipal Court, scheduled for Wednesday. Roscoe D. Hunter II, whose last known address was 211 1/2 S. Foster St., was scheduled to appear at 10 a.m. before Judge Jerry Ault. His defense attorney, […]
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Madison Twp. residents ask commissioners for seniors’ meeting space
MANSFIELD — A group of five Madison Township women asked Richland County commissioners Tuesday to provide seniors a new space for bingo, music and other activities. The women said seniors have met for more than a decade in the Peoples Community Center, 597 Park Ave. East. The space they have utilized will soon be used […]
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Mansfield City Council plans Tuesday vote on $200K skate park
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is expected to vote Tuesday night on a proposed $200,000 project to build a new skate park and replace playground equipment at Maple Lake Park. The idea was proposed on June 4 by Mansfield Parks & Recreation Manager Mark Abrams. The 3,000-square foot skate park would be built on an […]
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Ontario’s future home of Panda Express, 5 other stores sold for $1.3 million
ONTARIO — An Ontario property being developed into a 11,232-square foot strip mall was recently sold for $1,308,800, according to recent property transfers filed with the Richland County Auditor’s Office. Records show 994 N. Lexington-Springmill Road, former home to Ocean Buffet, was sold to CFT NV Developments, LLC, by Lin Family Property Holdings, LLC. The […]
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‘Everybody loved Chloe … if there was a perfect child, she was it’
MANSFIELD — Chloe Williams loved to look at the stars and the moon each night. Finding the moon in the dark sky and telling it goodnight was a nightly bedtime ritual for the 3-year-old. “I think she would have been an astrologist,” said her father, Clifton Williams. “She loved the stars.” As far as the […]
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Bond set at $1 million cash for 18-year-old charged in fatal arson fire
MANSFIELD — Bond was set at $1 million cash Thursday for the 18-year-old charged with starting the fire Wednesday that killed a 3-year-old Mansfield girl. Roscoe D. Hunter II was arraigned in Mansfield Municipal Court and a preliminary hearing date is scheduled July 3 at 10 a.m. before Judge Jerry Ault. It’s not Hunter’s first […]
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Mansfield man who collided with state trooper was driving on suspended license
MANSFIELD — A Mansfield man allegedly driving the wrong way on Interstate 71 when he ran head-on into an Ohio State Highway Patrol cruiser Thursday has a lengthy list of traffic convictions, including two past DUIs. In fact, according to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Michael Marchak Jr., 36, was driving on a suspended […]