MANSFIELD — Police chief Jason Bammann asked for a mobile operations center that can be used for more than just emergencies. “This is a mobile billboard. This is something the Mansfield Police Department can be proud of and something the community can be proud of also,” Bammann told City Council on Tuesday evening. “I don’t […]
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Body of Mansfield teen discovered in Harrison County triggers multi-agency probe
CADIZ, Ohio — Ronald “Joe” Myers has been with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office for 39 years, the last 16 as sheriff. When he retires at the end of next month, Myers won’t miss calls like the one he got Friday. A body had been found, apparently dumped along a road in a wooded area […]
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News Man Weekly: Ontario football, MPD ‘shoot house’ and the Richland County Park District
“I would like to see more articles about little known local nature preserves in Richland and surrounding counties. For example, Fleming Falls. I’ve lived in the area for nearly 50 years and have never been there before until this year because I didn’t know it existed.“ MANSFIELD – The 22nd episode of the News Man […]
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Mansfield Police seek public assistance in search for missing teen
Help locate missing teen Trentin Isaac, missing since Nov. 12. Contact Mansfield Police with any information.
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‘Surround yourself with people who love you,’ U.S. Marine tells Veterans Court graduates
MANSFIELD — Korey Kaufman knows the problems military veterans face when they return home. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran has lived through those issues since returning home wounded from the second “Battle of Fallujah” in 2004, the bloodiest battle of the war in Iraq. According to published reports, 110 coalition forces were killed and 600 […]
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Shooting at Wood Street apartment leaves 1 dead, another critically injured
MANSFIELD — A woman died and a man was injured Friday afternoon following a shooting at an apartment on Wood Street, Mansfield police have said. The woman, whose identity was not immediately available, died at OhioHealth Hospital in Mansfield. The other person, an unidentified man, remained in critical condition around 9 p.m. on Friday, police […]
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Closed for remodeling: Mansfield City Council moves one floor down for meetings
MANSFIELD — Don’t come to council chambers Tuesday if you want to attend the Mansfield City Council meeting. Because it won’t be on Tuesday, since City Council doesn’t meet on Election Day, opting instead to meet on Wednesdays that week. And it also won’t be in council chambers. A long-anticipated remodeling of council chambers by […]
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Hostage-taker was chasing woman with knife when Mansfield police ended standoff
MANSFIELD — Michael Oswalt II was chasing his girlfriend from behind with a knife early Saturday morning when Mansfield police officers fatally ended his pursuit with gunfire, according to Chief Jason Bammann. The officer-involved shooting at 4:56 a.m. ended a three-hour, hostage standoff in a house at 200 Cline Ave. — a tense incident that […]
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UPDATED: Mansfield police fatally shoot suspect after three-hour hostage standoff Saturday
MANSFIELD — A three-hour hostage situation early Saturday morning ended with Mansfield police killing the suspect, according to Chief Jason Bammann. None of the victims in the incident were injured, he said. The suspect was identified Saturday afternoon as Michael Oswalt II, 41, according to Bob Ball, chief investigator for the Richland County Coroner’s Office. […]
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Former police captain Shari Robertson sworn in as Mansfield’s new councilwoman
MANSFIELD — Shari Robertson, who was appointed to complete Stephanie Zader’s term, was sworn in as at-large councilwoman Tuesday.