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MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Police Department reported Tuesday afternoon that 14-year-old Allison Sowders has been found and is safe. Sowders was reported missing on Nov. 30. Authorities reported she was last seen in the 100 block of Grover Avenue in Mansfield. No further information was available at the time of publication.

PLYMOUTH – A body recovered from an icy pond off of Plymouth-Springmill Road on Sunday morning has been identified. According to Bob Ball, investigator with the Richland County Coroner, the body has been identified as 61-year-old April Puckett from the Shiloh area. Puckett was pronounced dead at 11:47 a.m. on Sunday, and her body will […]

MANSFIELD – At least nine students of Marysville High School in Union County were injured in a crash involving a semi truck and a school bus on Friday.  Nine students and the Marysville Schools bus driver were taken to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a semi truck rear-ended the bus Friday afternoon on Interstate […]

ONTARIO (UPDATED 4:26 p.m.) – Shelby High School band director Oyun Benjamin Hyun was arrested on Monday and charged with one count of rape, a first-degree felony, according to Ontario Police. Ontario Police Lt. Tony Grimwood stated that Hyun’s arrest stemmed from an incident that occurred in Ontario late on the night of Nov. 20, […]

ASHLAND — Bill Harris, former president of the Ohio Senate and an Ashland resident, died Monday morning. Harris was 83. He served as president of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2010. “Former Senate President Bill Harris was a beloved and respected member of our Senate family,” said Larry Obhof (R-Medina), the current Senate President. […]

MANSFIELD — Two runaway juveniles from Massachusetts were arrested by the Mansfield Police Department at Mechanics Bank on Lexington Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. According to Sgt. Paul Lumadue, police received information from Massachusetts law enforcement that two runaway juveniles were in the Mansfield area, and both had felony warrants for stealing a car and a […]

MANSFIELD — Mansfield Police are asking for the public’s help in apprehending a robbery suspect that struck twice on Sunday. Captain Shari Robertson of the Mansfield Police said on Sunday Nov. 12, between the hours of 6 and 6:20 p.m., two businesses in Mansfield were robbed within .6 of a mile of each other. The […]

MANSFIELD — A drug sweep that Mansfield Police Chief Ken Coontz termed the biggest in his 24 years in the community isn’t over yet. The METRICH Enforcement Unit reported Wednesday afternoon that 13 more suspects are being sought in connection with a probe that stretched from California to Georgia, Chicago to Louisville and exploded in […]

MANSFIELD — Two separate conspiracies led to the federal indictment of 39 people in a series of drug trafficking busts Wednesday morning in Richland County, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Between 250 and 300 agents were involved in Wednesday’s raids, which encompassed a ring that law enforcement tracked from California […]