Editor’s Note: The Richland County Coroner’s Office is no longer investigating this case as suspicious as of April 13. Click here for an updated story. MANSFIELD – The Richland County Coroner’s Office is investigating the death of an adult male found Friday on Brace Avenue as a suspicious case. Bob Ball, Chief Investigator with the […]
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Richland County Coroner’s Office forming ‘survivor loss team’
For most of the suicides the coroner’s office responds to, Ball said families are often reluctant to reach out for help.
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News Man Weekly: Suicide analysis, the Witchey trial and farewell to Mariah Thomas
MANSFIELD — We made it to 50! In this milestone episode, Richland Source Deputy Managing Editor Carl Hunnell and the team briefly reflect on nearly a year of the News Man Weekly podcast. This episode is a double feature: First, we bid a bittersweet farewell to Ashland Source reporter Mariah Thomas, who’s heading back home after […]
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Body found near Richland B&O Trail identified as missing Polk man
LEXINGTON — The Richland County Coroner’s Office confirmed the identity of a dead body found near the Richland B&O Trail as James Beardsley on Wednesday. Beardsley’s body was sent to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office to complete an autopsy. That office identified the body. Tom Stortz, an investigator with the Richland County Coroner’s Office, said […]
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RCSO investigating dead body found south of Lexington near B&O Trail
RICHLAND COUNTY — The Richland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a dead body found Sunday morning near the Richland B&O Trail south of Lexington. The body of the white male was found 50 to 60 feet west of the bike trail, according to Tom Stortz, investigator for the Richland County Coroner’s Office. Stortz, who said […]
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2nd person dies after Nov. 8 shooting at Wood Street apartment in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — A second person has died as a result of Friday afternoon’s shooting at an apartment on Wood Street, according to a Mansfield Police press release issued Monday afternoon. The woman, whose identity was not immediately available, died at OhioHealth Hospital in Mansfield immediately after the shooting. The other person, an unidentified man, died […]
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Patrol forwards report to Mansfield Law Director’s Office from crash which killed highway worker
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — The Mansfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol has forwarded to the Mansfield Law Director’s office its report of an accident that killed a Richland County Highway Dept. worker. Attorneys in Law Director Rollie Harper’s office would make the decision regarding any charges to be filed in the case. Trenton Gallaway, […]
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Richland County Coroner’s Office identifies Sunday morning homicide victim
MANSFIELD — The shooting death of Malachi Miller, 19, is being treated as a homicide, according to Bob Ball, chief investigator for the Richland County Coroner’s Office. The Mansfield teenager died early Sunday morning in his 459 S. Main St. residence, according to Mansfield police. Ball, who identified the victim to Richland Source on Sunday […]
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Mansfield police investigate Sunday morning shooting death of 19-year-old man
MANSFIELD — A 19-year-old man was found shot to death early Sunday morning, according to Mansfield police Chief Jason Bammann. It could be the city’s fifth homicide of 2024 and the first since April. Bammann said officers responded to 459 S. Main St. at 2:36 a.m. after receiving a report of a shooting. “Upon arrival, […]
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Mansfield man, 84, killed in one-vehicle crash on Ashland Road in Madison Twp.
MADISON TOWNSHIP — An 84-year-old Mansfield man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a one-vehicle accident in Madison Township, according to the Mansfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Ronald Scheurer was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Ashland Road near the eastbound entrance ramp to U.S. 30, according to the patrol. […]