MANSFIELD — The Mansfield City School District began a new chapter in second grade education on Oct. 1. Janet Kassoff, senior program manager at Second and Seven, gave a short presentation to the Mansfield City School Board of Education at the Sept. 17 meeting, showing the company’s goals. Second and Seven was created by three […]
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Richland County Health Department focuses on Health Literacy in October
MANSFIELD — Health information is inherently complex, with medical jargon often leading to emotional reactions or feeling buried with a swarm of instruction. “Health care providers are not typically great communicators,” said Reed Richmond, health educator at the Richland Country Health Department. “Even people working the field aren’t comfortable talking about the subjects.” The health […]
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Mansfield Municipal Mental Health Court celebrates 10 graduates
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Municipal Court judges Jerry Ault and Frank Ardis have seen much progress in the 17 years since creation of one of the state’s first court for criminal offenders with mental health issues. “Before I became judge, I was an assistant (county) prosecutor for 21 years,” Ault said. “That’s how felony work goes […]
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Law enforcement, city/county officials celebrate progress in fight against domestic violence
MANSFIELD — Protecting domestic violence victims and the mission to put an end to in-home violence has made notable progress over the past 40 years, according to Mansfield’s first assistant law director Michael Kemerer. Kemerer spoke to an audience at Tuesday’s domestic violence awareness kickoff event at Mansfield’s downtown gazebo. Law enforcement, city officials, county […]
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Podcast: Texas man drove to Mansfield for love — with dead wife in his trunk
MANSFIELD — It didn’t take long for Mansfield Police to find the body of Tamara D. Harris rotting in the back of her estranged husband’s car. Tamara’s murder became national news after Mansfield police said Dequalan Harris had driven her body from Cedar Hill, Texas, searching for love. On the latest episode of “Chalk Murder To […]
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Mansfield police: 13-year-old girl escapes reported abduction attempt
MANSFIELD — Mansfield police are investigating the reported attempted abduction of a 13-year-old girl Sunday night, according to a press release issued Monday afternoon. “We are following up on the incident,” Capt. Shari Robertson said. “We do not have any suspects at this time. We are asking that anyone who may have witnessed the incident, […]
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Williams to perform gospel show Sept. 27 at Mansfield church
MANSFIELD — Gospel music has been ingrained in James Williams forever. He grew up hearing gospel at his grandfather’s church, where his father played the organ. His mother directed the choir. “It was the first music I knew of,” he said. “The first music I heard; it was the first music I was introduced to. […]