Earl Whipple, 50, faces a possible life sentence related to alleged sexual assaults committed during an 18-month period.
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OhioHealth Mansfield expanding labor options for pregnant women
Women who’ve previously delivered a child through cesarean section now have the opportunity to deliver vaginally at the Mansfield Hospital.
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When sands of time meet streets of Mansfield: Unraveling the Sturges sinkhole
MANSFIELD — Like sands through an hourglass, so are the days of our sinkhole. With apologies to actor Macdonald Carey, who voiced the intro to the “Days of Our Lives” popular daytime soap opera on NBC from 1965 to 2022, a similar flowing of sand likely led to a sinkhole that developed on Sturges Avenue […]
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Gallery: Mansfield residents celebrate annual National Day of Prayer
Photos from downtown Mansfield on Thursday evening as local residents celebrated the annual National Day of Prayer with a parade from Marion Avenue to the Central Park gazebo. The parade stepped off at 6:30 p.m. and made its way downtown. At the gazebo, participants enjoyed prayer and music. Since the first call to prayer in […]
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FEMA disaster declared for 11 counties following March tornadoes, including Crawford and Richland
COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that a Presidential Disaster Declaration has been issued for the FEMA Individual Assistance Program as a result of tornadoes on March 14, 2024. The Presidential Disaster Declaration was issued for Auglaize, Crawford, Darke, Delaware, Hancock, Licking, Logan, Mercer, Miami, Richland, and Union counties. The declaration includes the […]
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Mansfield Post investigating fatal crash in Richland County
BELLVILLE – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Mansfield Post is investigating a five-vehicle fatal crash that occurred yesterday at 10:49 p.m. on Interstate 71 near milepost 159 in Perry Township. According to the preliminary investigation, a Nissan Rogue, operated by Michael L. Albaugh, 60, from Lewis Center, was traveling southbound on I-71 on the night […]
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Pavement plunge: Sinkhole on Sturges Avenue opens over aging storm sewer
MANSFIELD — A century of street construction history was on display on Sturges Avenue early Thursday. Actually, it would be more accurate to say it was on display beneath Sturges Avenue. Bricks, stones and concrete were left exposed after a large sinkhole on Sturges Avenue occurred early Wednesday morning over a corrugated steel culvert that […]
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Mansfield native to host Triple Crown of thru-hiking presentation
Mansfield native Dave Humeston will be giving a presentation May 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. at First Congregational Church.
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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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Clearing the Air: Marijuana not permitted on liquor-permit premises, patios
COLUMBUS – As patio season gets in full swing, the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Liquor Control (DOLC) and the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) remind Ohioans that marijuana use remains strictly prohibited in liquor permit premises. After Ohioans voted to legalize the adult use of non-medical marijuana last November, the two […]