MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield government offices will be open for business as usual on April 8, the day a total solar eclipse crosses the region. Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry made the announcement Monday during a solar eclipse prep press conference arranged by the Richland County Emergency Management Agency. Richland County commissioners announced March […]
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Jodie Perry on Mansfield: ‘This city — our city — is on the rise’
MANSFIELD — Jodie Perry focused on growth, infrastructure and public safety when she campaigned to become Mansfield’s new mayor in 2023. So it came as no shock the city’s new CEO focused her first “State of the City” thoughts on those three topics. It may have come as more of a surprise that Perry, who […]
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Mansfield City Council may pay another $282,047 to clean up former YMCA site
MANSFIELD — The former YMCA property is returning to Mansfield City Council. Local lawmakers are expected to discuss a request from Mayor Jodie Perry to appropriate $282,047 from the city’s PRIDE fund to help the Richland County Land Bank cover costs associated with a building demolition initially completed five years ago. The legislation is not […]
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Mansfield City Council approves finance office staffing changes
MANSFIELD — Kelly Blankenship said Tuesday she has ideas for what the Mansfield Finance Director’s office can do. Now that City Council has blessed her sweeping reconfiguration of the office staff, the newly elected city financial leader is ready to move forward with those ideas. It’s not her first time in the finance director’s position, […]
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Guns seized, no arrests in Thursday’s incident on the square
MANSFIELD — No arrests were made Thursday after Mansfield police confiscated several weapons from a vehicle on the square. An incident report from the Mansfield Police Department states an officer initiated a traffic stop at around 3:10 p.m. on Thursday. The patrolling officer observed a tan Ford Taurus operating with an expired license plate. According […]
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Mansfield police investigating 12th homicide of the year
MANSFIELD — A 30-year-old man was shot to death early Saturday morning in an apparent dispute with an another man, according to Mansfield police. The death of Jervon King at 29 Minerva Ave. around 4 a.m. is the 12th homicide handled by Mansfield police in 2023. According to an emailed press release from Capt. Randy […]
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Ferndale Avenue double-homicide allegedly stemmed from gang dispute
MANSFIELD — A dispute between two gangs in Mansfield led to a shooting at an 810 Ferndale Ave. party that left two people dead and four others wounded on Oct. 27. That was the testimony Thursday afternoon from Mansfield police Sgt. Jered Kingsborough, a detective in the major crimes division. The testimony came during a […]
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Shooting threats led to Mansfield schools closing, movement of playoff football game
MANSFIELD — District officials closed Mansfield City Schools on Friday and moved the Tygers’ football playoff game to Rocky River on Friday night after police were notified Thursday of two threats to “shoot up” the high school during the day and Arlin Field at night. The threats came several days after two teens were shot […]
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Mansfield police continue to investigate Halloween party turned deadly
MANSFIELD — Mansfield police Capt. Randy Carver just returned from a year-long military deployment overseas, serving as the 1st Sgt. in an Ohio Army National Guard infantry combat team. The veteran soldier and long-time police officer said he wishes local residents, especially young people, better understood the finality of bullets. “We train (that) words aren’t […]
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Mansfield Police release 911 call from Friday night’s double homicide
MANSFIELD — Audio from a 911 call released by local authorities illuminates the chaos at the scene of a double homicide late Friday night. Mansfield Police are investigating the shooting, which led to the deaths of two teenagers. According to law enforcement, the incident took place at 11:40 p.m. in the area of 810 Ferndale […]