MIFFLIN — A civil case involving Mifflin’s mayor has been stalled since late April and appears it will continue to stall until next year. Still, Fred Craig — the plaintiff — hasn’t and won’t give up, he said. Craig filed the civil suit on June 7, 2023 against former councilwoman Joyce Amos, the village and […]
Dillon Carr
Lead reporter for Ashland Source who happens to own more bikes than pairs of jeans. His coverage focuses on city and county government, and everything in between. He lives in Mansfield with his wife and two children.
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Ashland County Sheriff’s Office investigates Polk for clues in Ben Brubaker cold case
POLK — Detectives are bringing fresh eyes to a nearly 20 year-old case of a missing Ashland man. Investigators from the sheriff’s office, Ashland Police and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation searched two properties in Polk Tuesday. Brubaker has been missing since October 2005. He was 30 at the time. The refreshed search comes […]
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Former state treasurer Josh Mandel, ex-wife could end up in Ashland County Jail
ASHLAND — Former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel and his ex-wife could end up in Ashland County Jail if they fail to comply with recently filed orders related to their divorce, court records show. The couple’s case came before Ashland County Common Pleas Court Magistrate Paul Lange on April 25, when the magistrate found them both […]
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Can an Ohio tuition reimbursement program for lawyers save underserved counties?
Not too long ago, Juvenile and Probate Judge Karen DeSanto-Kellogg sent a young person to a detention center in a neighboring county. (Delinquents used to be housed in a detention center along Center Street. It shut down in June 2013.) To avoid unnecessarily long stays in detention centers, attorneys representing delinquents can ask a judge […]