MANSFIELD — A student with a pellet gun forced Mansfield Senior High School into a lockdown Tuesday morning, according to Mansfield Police Chief Ken Coontz. School officials confirmed the information, although they termed the item an airsoft gun while Coontz called it a BB gun. Later police determined the weapon to be a Crossman 357 […]
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Ashland Police: 5 arrested in early morning drug raid
ASHLAND — Five people were arrested after multiple law enforcement teams executed a search warrant in Ashland that reportedly netted suspected drugs and drug abuse instruments. According to Ashland Police Lt. Garry Alting, Justin Cooke, 33, John Darlak, 34, Paige D’Angelo, 26, Alexis Ellis, 23, and Owen Gibson, 20, all of Ashland, were transported to […]
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Richland County Sheriff: Huntington Bank robbery suspect arrested
MANSFIELD — Wednesday’s Huntington Bank robbery suspect is in custody, according to a press release Friday from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. Angela Cooper, of Mansfield, was arrested Thursday night on a third-degree felony robbery warrant in connection with the incident at the Ashland Road location. The arrest, Sheriff Steve Sheldon said, was made following […]
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FBI, RCSO investigating robbery at Huntington Bank
MADISON TOWNSHIP — A white woman, wearing a black hooded-sweatshirt and black mask covering her face up to her eyes, robbed Huntington Bank on Ashland Road at approximately 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Office. “Deputies responded and checked the area for a suspect vehicle that had left south bound on Ashland […]
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Crawford County Sheriff: Armed man shot by law enforcement officer in Tiro
TIRO (UPDATED AT 4 p.m.) – An armed man died late Monday night in an officer-involved shooting, according to a Crawford County Sheriff’s report. Aaron Clifford Fike, 27, died shortly after he was shot by a law enforcement officer outside his Lyndell Road home in Tiro, authorities stated. Fike was pronounced dead at the scene. […]
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UPDATE: Sherman Elementary assistant principal placed on administrative leave
MANSFIELD (UPDATE 11:40 a.m.) — Monica Hubbard, assistant principal at Sherman Elementary School, has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation. The decision was announced on Thursday morning by Mansfield City Schools Superintendent Brian Gaverick, He declined further comment on the matter. Richland County Prosecutor Gary Bishop said Hubbard and her husband, Warren […]
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Crestline Schools close after bomb threat
CRESTLINE — A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of Crestline Schools Wednesday morning. According to school officials, all district schools were closed. Parents have been advised to pick up their children at North Elementary School, located at 401 Heiser Court. The Ashland County Bomb Squad has been called to investigate the threat, which was handwritten […]
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OSHP: High-speed chase on I-71 recovers stolen car, runaway juvenile from Tennessee
BELLVILLE – A Tennessee man was arrested and faces three felony charges and a 17-year-old girl is in the process of being returned home after a high-speed chase that reached 95 miles per hour on I-71 in Richland County on Tuesday. Adam D. Blair, 27, of Rocky Top, Tennessee, was taken to the Richland County Jail […]
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UDPATE: All clear at Pioneer Career & Tech Center after bomb threat
SHELBY (UPDATED at 12 noon) — The all-clear signal has been given by authorities after a search by numerous entitites of the Pioneer Career and Technology Center in Shelby on Friday morning. The school was evacuated Friday and students were sent home after a bomb threat was discovered, according to Shelby Police chief Lance Combs. […]
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Juvenile in custody following threat to Bucyrus Schools
BUCYRUS — A juvenile suspect is in custody after social media threats were made to the Bucyrus City School District on Monday, according to Crawford County authorities. “We are unable to release the identity of the individual in custody because the suspect is a minor,” said Chief David Koepke of the Bucyrus Police Department. “We […]