MANSFIELD — A Washington Township man has been charged with aggravated arson for allegedly setting his own house on fire April 21 while his adult stepdaughter was inside the Lexview Estates home. The case against Chad A. Cook, 51, 1065 Timbercliff Drive, has been bound over to the Richland County Common Pleas Court, according to […]
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Fugitives with rape, gun charges among this week’s Most Wanted
MANSFIELD — Men with weapons and sex charges are among those sought this week by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force. Craig Frankllin, is 6-foot, 190 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He is wanted for aggravated vehicular homicide. Officials say he has ties to the Mansfield area. John Petitt, 45, is 5-foot-9, […]
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Carnival Cruise Line settlement impacts 4,000 Ohioans
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 45 other attorneys general announced Wednesday a $1.25 million settlement with Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line stemming from a 2019 data breach. The settlement resolves a multistate investigation of the data breach, which involved the personal information of about 180,000 Carnival employees and customers, including 4,000 Ohioans. Ohio […]
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Section of Devonwood Road closed in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Due to water main repairs, the city of Mansfield has announced it will be necessary to close sections of the following roads while work is being completed. Devonwood Road from Redwood Road to Clifton. Construction signs will be posted at the work site. Traffic is advised to plan an alternate route to avoid […]
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DeWine applauds state review of Ohio power outages
COLUMBUS —Ohio Governor Mike DeWine applauded the announcement of a review by the Public Utilities Commission on last week’s power outages across the state. “On Wednesday, June 15, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio announced that it would conduct a review of all Ohio’s electric utilities related to electric power outages following storms that occurred […]
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Skyrocketing fuel prices burning up Richland County Sheriff’s Office gas budget
MANSFIELD — Rising gas prices are taking a bigger bite from the Richland County Sheriff’s Office budget in 2022. The department is running 25-percent higher on law enforcement fuel expenses in 2022, as compared to 2021, and 40-percent higher than 2020. Captain Jim Sweat told commissioners the department has about $74,000 left in its law […]
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U.S. Supreme Court reverses lower-court ruling in Ohio capital punishment case
COLUMBUS — The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Tuesday in overturning lower court decisions compelling the warden of Chillicothe Correctional Institution to take a death-row inmate to a Columbus hospital for a brain scan. The ruling in Shoop v. Twyford will help Ohio and other states in their efforts […]