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The Ohio Department of Transportation announced Friday morning that State Route 96, at its intersection with State Route 13, is closed due to flooding. ODOT crews are out setting up the detour route. The detour route is State Route 96 West to Ganges Five Points Rd., southeast on Ganges Five Points Rd. to State Route […]

MANSFIELD — Approximately 400 people gathered at the Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport to listen to Vice President Mike Pence speak at a Republican rally on Wednesday. Pence spoke about the importance of voting for Republicans and he was surrounded by them. Mike DeWine, running for governor, Troy Balderson, seeking a first full term as a […]

MANSFIELD — A Mansfield Police Officer has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to a department press release that was issued on Wednesday afternoon. Zachary Miller, 28, was placed on leave Oct. 6 for alleged misconduct which occurred while he was off duty, according to the department. Chief of Police Ken Coontz said there […]

MANSFIELD (UPDATED AT 4:03 p.m.) — Mansfield Police received a phone call at 12:01 p.m. Tuesday about an airplane circling Lahm Airport that was having a problem with its landing gear, Chief Ken Coontz said. The plane had to use an emergency belly landing in a field at Lahm Airport. “Everyone is safe and nobody […]

MORRIS TOWNSHIP — A Marengo man was killed and a Mount Vernon teen hurt after a one-vehicle crash at approximately 8:10 p.m. Friday in Morris Township, according to the Mount Gilead Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. According to a press release from the Post, Scott A Curnutte, 21, of Marengo, was pronounced dead […]

MANSFIELD — The Richland County Sheriff’s Office has suspended two corrections officers and one sergeant without pay after an inmate was mistakenly released from the Richland County Jail on Sept. 4. Corrections Officers Stephen McDonnell and Christopher Plantz and Sergeant Kenneth Moore were all found to have exhibited gross neglect of duty resulting in the […]

MANSFIELD — Federal fugitive Shawn Christy was captured at 4:38 p.m. Friday near the area of Interstate 71 and U.S. Route 30 in Madison Township, according to Deputy Anne Murphy of the U.S. Marshals Service.  Christy, 26, of McAdoo, Pennsylvania, was arrested without incident after he was found hiding in a ravine by the U.S. Marshals and numerous other […]

MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP — Federal fugitive Shawn Christy was finally captured on Friday afternoon following a six-day manhunt in Richland County, local authorities confirmed to Richland Source. U.S. Marshal Brian Fitzgibbons confirmed that Christy was captured alive. Local law enforcement was stopping vehicles in the Crider Road area and checking trunks after 2 p.m. on Friday. […]