DAYTON — The body of Todd Burkhart, 28, has been found in a vacant home at the corner of Wildwood Avenue and West Stewart Avenue, the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office confirmed. The office said they will perform an autopsy on Burkhart on Saturday to determine cause of death, but results will not be released until Monday. Burkhart and […]
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NASA’s Super Guppy set to land at Lahm Sunday
MANSFIELD — The NASA Super Guppy carrying the space capsule (which is headed to Plumbrook Station in Sandusky) is expected to touch down at Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport on Sunday, according to the airport’s operations supervisor Mike Moore. The Orion space capsule will be flown from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Mansfield Lahm Regional […]
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Shelby elementary students buy food for families in need
SHELBY — Students at Dowds Elementary School spent Friday shopping to help families in need. Two classrooms at a time, students visited either Cornell’s IGA Foodliner or Save-A-Lot in Shelby to purchase food for the pantry with money they had earned by completing tasks around their homes. “It was a take-home project,” said Michelle Smith, […]
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Vehicle of missing Mansfield couple found in Dayton
MANSFIELD — A vehicle driven by a missing Mansfield couple was found abandoned with a broken driver’s side door window Wednesday in Dayton, according to police. Todd Burkhart, 28, and Kyla Hayton, 20, were last seen Nov. 16 when they dropped their daughter off in Columbus with her grandparents and told family they’d be traveling […]
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Sunset Drive-In to become a barn-salvage business with 10 new jobs
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP — What was once the Sunset Drive-In will become a new location for a barn salvage business, said new property owner Joe Lykins. According to the Richland County Auditor’s office, the property was purchased for $225,000 on Nov. 8. The lot is 13 acres. Lykins, a Shelby resident, purchased the 4018 Ohio 309 property […]
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Mansfield City Schools board of education approves 5-year forecast.
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield City School’s board of education approved the district’s treasurer’s five-year forecast Tuesday night, with the understanding the district has a lot of work ahead to be fiscally solvent. Treasurer Robert Kuehnle’s five-year financial projection shows the district’s general fund revenues will dip in revenue from 2019 to 2024. In 2019, Kuehnle is projecting […]
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Operation Christmas Child looks to provide necessary items to needy children
MANSFIELD — The Operation Christmas Drive hopes to send 19,000 shoe boxes stuffed with toiletries, school supplies and toys to needy children across the globe. The Samaritan’s Purse effort, operating in Richland, Crawford, Ashland, Knox, Marion, and Morrow Counties hopes to help needy children find a bit of joy during the holiday season. “The idea […]
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Shelby police chief says department will learn, change following raccoon incident
SHELBY — The Shelby Police Department will use the destruction of a raccoon as an opportunity for the department to grow and learn, Chief Lance Combs said at a mid-day press conference Friday. On Wednesday, a video recorded by a private citizen began floating around social media, showing a Shelby police officer driving his vehicle […]
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Chief Porch: ‘It’s a historic moment’ as MPD hires 6 new officers
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Police Department celebrated the hiring of six new probationary police officers Thursday morning. Mansfield Police Chief Keith Porch said it was the first time the department had hired six new officers at one time for close to 30 years. “It’s a very historical moment for us to be able to hire six […]