MANSFIELD, OH - Richland Public Health’s Pooch of the Week is Lucy Goosey, a friendly dog who is full of love and excitement, and needs a loving family to adopt them! Lucy Goosey is a three-year-old ...

Arta “Brooks” Cox of Ontario passed away Wednesday morning, April 22, 2026, at Country Meadow Nursing Center in Bellville, OH. She was 102 years old. She was born on July 8, 1923, in Cecilia, Kentucky ...

FRANKLIN TWP, OH - A residential fire in Franklin Township turned fatal early Wednesday morning after a neighbor’s rescue attempt was thwarted by heavy smoke and a blocked entryway. Franklin Township ...

MANSFIELD, OH - A group of concerned Mansfield and Richland County residents are rallying together against the building of a proposed 700-acre data center campus north of the Mansfield Lahm Regional ...

COLUMBUS, OH - Dr. John F. Boyle Jr., one of Mansfield’s most notorious criminals, has been confirmed deceased Saturday morning, April 18, 2026. Boyle, 82, was reportedly transferred to a hospital in ...

GALION, OH - Spenser Whisler, at 27 years old, was diagnosed with a kidney disease that threatened his life. In April 2024, he was put on dialysis and began searching for a kidney donor. Luckily, ...

ONTARIO, OH - The Ontario Police Department is investigating a series of incidents involving "jack rocks" or road spikes intentionally placed throughout Marshall Park, resulting in damage to multiple ...

MANSFIELD, OH - The Mansfield Division of Police unveiled a new 38-foot mobile command center in the parking lot of The Ontario Center to the media to show off the new vehicle's capabilities. Designed ...

school sweetheart, Vernon “Vern” Henderson. He preceded her in death on January ...

MANSFIELD, OH - A mercury spill Saturday at a home in the 800 block of Arlington Avenue in Mansfield prompted a temporary evacuation. The cause of the spill was an antique thermometer that had leaked ...

MANSFIELD, OH - Bill Leding has carried on the practice for nearly three decades, inspired by a chance encounter while reading the newspaper. He recalls seeing an article about men in Shelby, Ohio, ...

RICHLAND CO. - The community gathered at the Y of North Central Ohio to proclaim April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month under the theme ‘Together, we can protect their tomorrows.’ Here’s a ...