MANSFIELD – The Mansfield United Lions Club is excited to invite the community to join us for the annual Strides for Diabetes 1-Mile Walk, a free event taking place on Saturday, April 20 at North Lake Park in Mansfield. This event aims to raise awareness about diabetes and bring our community together in support of […]
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Mansfield Control Board OKs $971K in contracts to improve parks infrastructure
MANSFIELD — The city’s Board of Control on Tuesday awarded a pair of construction contracts totaling $971,839 to improve infrastructure in two city parks. The projects, already approved by City Council, are for a bridge replacement in North Lake Park and a culvert replacement in Liberty Park, according to city engineer Bob Bianchi. The Control […]
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Grand jury: Two Mansfield men indicted on double-murder charges
Cyrus J. Ellerbe, 22, faces multiple indictments, including murder and felonious assault for the shooting deaths of two men.
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Mansfield man arrested for double-homicide near North Lake Park in 2023
COLUMBUS — A 22-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning in Columbus on murder charges from a double-homicide inside a moving car in Mansfield in June 2023. Ja’Vontae Jones was apprehended by members of the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team at a home on Alumcrest Lane in Columbus on the city’s southeast side. […]
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Destination Mansfield-Richland County work is force multiplier, says Tasseff
MANSFIELD — The work done at Destination Mansfield-Richland County is a force multiplier, according to Lee Tasseff, the organization’s long-time president. “Tourism is a shared, public good. What we do affects not just us and restaurants and hotels and attractions — that’s just the conduit for the money to come in that makes its way […]
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Mansfield City Council to consider zoning change to allow slaughter house operation
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council on Wednesday is scheduled to discuss during caucus a zoning change that could allow E.R. Boliantz Packing Co., Inc. to operate a slaughter facility at 1325 N. Main St. The city’s Planning Commission voted unanimously on Sept. 26 to recommend the zoning change ask to local lawmakers. If council approves […]
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Body found in Mansfield belongs to Ashland woman
MANSFIELD — A body found in a Mansfield park on Sunday belongs to an Ashland woman, a Richland County Coroner’s Office investigator said Tuesday. The remains belong to Shealeah Lachelle Staley, said Bob Ball, the coroner’s chief investigator. Her body was found covered in leaves in the woods of North Lake Park on Sunday morning. […]
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MPD, coroner’s office investigating human remains found at North Lake Park
MANSFIELD — Mansfield police and the Richland County Coroner’s Office are investigating human remains found Sunday morning in the woods at North Lake Park. Bob Ball, the coroner’s chief investigator, said Monday morning no additional information was available regarding the remains. He said officials had not yet even been able to determine a gender. The […]
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North end neighbors throw children’s Halloween party
MANSFIELD — Doris Windham Pickett calls herself “the kid lady.” Pickett often has relatives and neighbor kids at her house, where she bakes cookies and kisses booboos. On Tuesday, Pickett and her family gathered at North Lake Park to throw a free Halloween party for the neighborhood. Pickett said she collected donations from the community and […]
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Mansfield Board of Control OKs contract to design North Lake Park bridge
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield Board of Control on Tuesday approved a $49,800 contract with EMH&T to design a new bridge at North Lake Park. City engineer Bob Bianchi said the double-box bridge with a concrete slab over the top was built in the early 1900s and has been rehabilitated over the years. When […]