Mansfield News

MANSFIELD -- Police are investigating a reported armed robbery Thursday night at 401 W. Fourth St.

MANSFIELD - A Malabar Middle School teacher is accused of inappropriately touching a female student while showing her wrestling moves.

Police are seeking a man suspected of abducting a 63-year-old city woman and taking her to Florida.

The Richland and Crawford County Workforce Investment Boards have helped many people find work and job training through the Workforce Investment Act in the past four months.

MANSFIELD - City Council authorized spending nearly $500,000 in federal recovery funding for major infrastructure repair and energy efficiency projects that will be done in 2010.

City Council will consider allowing cameras to monitor red light violations at key intersections starting Jan.

The Mansfield man accused of leaving a bomb at Ohio and Wood Streets has been found incompetent to stand trial.

Here's the city's leaf collection schedule as announced Monday afternoon: Crews will complete Areas #1 and #2, will begin Area #3, and possibly will begin Area #4. Area #1 - East of North Main Street and north of Orange Street .

MANSFIELD - Haylee Donathan's custody trial is not going forward. After more than two hours of pretrial conferences, Haylee's parents agreed to give temporary custody to Richland County Children Services.

Two people were arrested over the weekend by METRICH Enforcement agents, following the execution of two drug related search warrants.

City leaf pick-up crews have completed collection in Areas 1, 2 and 3. Today crews will finish Area 4 and start Area 5, starting at Florence Avenue and working south towards the Prospect area, including Winwood and southward to West Cook Road area, Hollywood Lane and Shaffner, McCullough, Brushwood and Elmridge road areas.

MANSFIELD -- Numerous area residents were either incarcerated or written summons for bad behavior Saturday night and Sunday morning in Mansfield because of heavy drinking.

Test results are 30 days out. Galion resident Kathleen Wirick will submit to a psychiatric evaluation after submitting the guilty by reason of insanity plea to conspiracy to commit murder.

Getting the word out on the many benefits military veterans can attain was the purpose behind Thursday's Veterans Forum at The Ohio State University-Mansfield campus.

MANSFIELD -- Anker Jeppesen wants to do his part to keep the city safe. 'I'm trying to help my neighborhood watch group and trying to keep some activities out there as the police department gets torn apart basically by city hall,' the 65-year-old southeast Mansfield resident said.

Mansfield is the only stop on a 50-city tour by the TEA Party Patriots National organization in support of embattled farmers in California.

Two Mansfield men fleeing from the alleged theft of a vending machine at Washington Floors on U.S. 42 in Mifflin Township were seriously injured after being involved in a two vehicle accident on U.S. 30 at Laver Road shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday.

A man was stabbed after an argument outside of a home on West Fourth Street Wednesday night.

Area residents with American flags in hand lined the streets of downtown Mansfield today to honor our country's veterans during the annual Veteran's Day Parade.

Angela Reynolds of Mansfield is our third $250 winner and six 12packs of Coke products in our Holiday Happiness Giveaway.