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MANSFIELD — A man armed with a box cutter was shot and killed by Mansfield police officers after a Taser had no affect on the suspect during a disturbance at a Straub Road West apartment complex late Monday afternoon. In a press release this evening, Mansfield Police Assistant Chief Keith Porch said police received a […]

MANSFIELD — Mansfield Police Department Chief Ken Coontz has announced his retirement, according to Mayor Tim Theaker. Coontz, 48, will retire after 25 years in law enforcement and plans to take over as the city’s human resources director on April 8, the mayor confirmed Monday morning. “Police departments need some change,” Coontz said. “For me […]

MANSFIELD —  Richland County Common Pleas Court Judge Brent Robinson sentenced Shawn Grate to life without parole Friday after he changed his “not guilty” plea to “guilty” for four charges related to the murders of two Mansfield women. Grate, who has now been convicted of killing four women, pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and gross […]

MANSFIELD — Local, federal and state law enforcement agencies collaborated Thursday morning to capture 43 of 79 indicted individuals allegedly involved with two separate drug trafficking organizations. Nearly 200 law enforcement agents fanned out at 6 a.m. across the city of Mansfield and Richland County, as well as Detroit, according to Eric Smith, an FBI […]

MANSFIELD — A U.S. District Court Jury found Richland County Sheriff’s Deputy Raymond Frazier not liable for the death of Brian Garber during an officer-involved shooting on March 16, 2014, according to a press release issued Friday from Sheriff Steve Sheldon. “I am very pleased with the verdict and appreciate the jury’s close review of […]

CRESTWOOD, Kentucky — The Mansfield man who abducted a woman from The Ohio State University-Mansfield campus on Monday shot and killed his victim before authorities shot him to death, according to Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rick Perry. A KSP spokesman told Richland Source on Wednesday afternoon that none of the bullets fired by authorities struck Skylar […]

CRESTWOOD, Kentucky — Kentucky State Police have identified two Mansfield people as the victims of a Monday afternoon shooting in Oldham County, Kentucky. Authorities identified 24-year-old Ty’rell Pounds and 20-year-old Skylar Williams, both of Mansfield, as the victims of a shooting that occurred after a vehicular pursuit. Pounds was identified by Ohio State University Mansfield […]

LA GRANGE, Ky. — Kentucky authorities are reportedly investigating a link between the alleged abduction of an Ohio State University Mansfield student and the shooting deaths of two people near La Grange on Monday afternoon. The Louisville Courier Journal reported Tuesday afternoon that Kentucky State Police are investigating the alleged kidnapping of Skyler Williams, 20, […]

MANSFIELD — Two people were arrested Friday in connection with more than 40 cases all across Richland County, according to Sheriff Steve Sheldon. The suspects are currently incarcerated in the Richland County Jail and are being held on other non-related charges, Sheldon noted in a press release. Their identities will be disclosed after they are […]