Richland County News

Ontario police and Springfield Township firefighters want to make Ontario a safer place to live.

The Richland County Board of Elections will be wrapping up the final results Tuesday from the May 7 primary election with the count of provisional ballots.

A Danville police officer is recovering in a Columbus hospital after being hit by a car driven by a man running from police.

Brandon M. Lawrence, 29, is charged with aggravated murder with a firearm specification, aggravated robbery, grand theft of a vehicle and tampering with evidence.

Here is the weekly construction report for the Ohio Department of Transportation coverage area, which includes Huron County, for the week of May 20: ASHLAND COUNTY State Route 60 SR 60, between Township Road 585 and County Road 2404, is closed for an embankment repair and culvert replacement project.

Event coordinator Holly Campbell-Bradley says the girls met at the United Way of Richland County building for breakfast before taking part in a community service project at a home construction site for Habitat for Humanity.

The Richland County Safe Communities Coalition hosted a Seat Belt Relay Contest this past weekend at Mansfield Motor Group on Park Avenue West.

OhioHealth and MedCentral Health System announced today they have signed a Letter of Intent to take the next step toward MedCentral becoming a "full member" of the OhioHealth family.

'It doesn't matter if the accused is a police officer or a priest, my office will look at it objectively and fairly.' Mansfield Law Director John Spon is reviewing the case of a Huron County corrections officer having a black eye in connection with suspected domestic violence.

A training session for local liquor and tobacco permit holders was held Monday afternoon at the Richland County Longview Center in Mansfield.

A couple was found in a vehicle by Richland County Sheriff deputies on Saturday on East Fifth Street with heroin, syringes, oxycodone, a bag with 20 small pills, as well as a 6-month-old child, according to the Mansfield News Journal.

The Mansfield Police Department's Major Crimes Unit is investigating a shooting of a man shortly before 2:30 a.m. Saturday at Lulu's Bar and Grill at 328 Orange Street.

The Richland County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit recently executed a search warrant at a home at 443 Charles Street in Mansfield,. It was developed between the sheriff's office and the Huron County Sheriff's Office, involving residential burglaries.

State Route 60 SR 60, between Township Road 585 and County Road 2404, is closed for an embankment repair and culvert replacement project.

The Citizen Action sector of the Richland Community Development group is considering if it should continue to pursue a state grant for a proposed 2-1-1 central intake system to gather complaints about blight and other code violations.

A Mansfield woman is charged with trying to smuggle marijuana and tobacco into the Richland County Jail.

Authorities with the U.S. Marshals' and Richland County sheriff's offices used a search warrant Wednesday morning at a residence near the intersection of League and Baker streets.

Two men have been arrested in the investigation of a burglary around 11:35 a.m. Tuesday at a home at 2350 Beck Road in Crestline.

The Richland County Republican Party had a pair of guest speakers are their luncheon Monday, in former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro and wife Nancy.

WMFD went to First Presbyterian Church at South Trimble and Millsboro Roads where Mansfield third ward precincts C and D go to vote.