MANSFIELD — In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which it falls as National Police Week. Each year, communities across the nation come together to honor the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers. This year, the United States Congress has […]
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Mansfield Police Patrolman Frend Boals launched Safety Town in 1937
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Policeman Frend Boals had a unique idea, one born from tragedy, that blossoms to this very day. In 1937, after a child on the way to school was struck and killed by a car, Boals conceived the idea to create Safety Town. The very first Safety Town event took place at Prospect […]
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Mansfield Police urge caution amid rise in ‘check washing’
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Division of Police would like to make residents aware of an increase in “check washing” incidents. What is check washing? Criminals steal mailed checks and use chemicals to “wash” away the original ink, allowing them to alter the payee name and dollar amount. The check is then fraudulently deposited or cashed. […]
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Stolen truck recovered from North Lake Park pond
Mansfield police Chief Jason Bammann confirmed no bodies were located inside of a truck recovered late Friday night at North Lake Park.
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9-year-old boy among 2 dead in Saturday afternoon Mansfield shooting
MANSFIELD — A 9-year-old boy was one of two people killed in a Saturday afternoon shooting in the city, according to Mansfield Police. A 40-year-old man, the father of the child, was pronounced dead at the scene. Meanwhile, his son was transported to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital and later succumbed to his injuries. According to Mansfield […]
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Police laud public tips after 2 arrests in connection with Mansfield murder
MANSFIELD — A 25-year-old and a 15-year-old have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the Aug. 17 shooting death of 18-year-old Ja’Myrion Hobbs. Yaounde Andrew Hawthorne, 25, was arrested Thursday by members of the Richland County A.S.O.R.T. (Allied Special Operation Response Team), the METRICH Enforcement Unit and officers from the Mansfield Police […]
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Hamilton Insurance & Rotary golf outing raises $13K to keep police dogs on duty
MANSFIELD — Hamilton Insurance Group, Inc. in partnership with the Mansfield Rotary Club teed up community spirit and delivered big results, raising $13,773 for the Mansfield Police Department’s K-9 Unit during their first-ever golf outing on Aug. 1. The donation, presented on Aug. 8 at the Mansfield City Building, will help keep the department’s highly […]
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Mansfield Police announce road closures for Inkcarceration
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Division of Police would like to remind the community of the road closures and traffic delays related to the “Inkcarceration Music and Tattoo Festival.” This event will take place beginning Friday, July 19 at the historic Ohio State Reformatory located at 100 Reformatory Road. In preparation for the traffic congestion, Mansfield […]
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Harrowing 911 call offers details surrounding child’s death in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — A recording of a 911 call offers details surrounding the tragedy that left a five-year-old child dead after being unattended in a hot vehicle Thursday. The call, at around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, was placed by the child’s mother — who told a dispatcher she had left her “baby in the car” across […]
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News Man Weekly: Life and Death of Bucyrus Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger
MANSFIELD — The 28th episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell focuses his discussion on U.S. Army MSgt. Matthew Livelsberger, a 2005 Bucyrus High School graduate, who killed himself and blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Las Vegas Trump International Hotel on […]