Public Safety & Courts

• When a Police Department Collects Shoes, the Price Tags Tell a Bigger Story

  The drive is one of several August efforts collecting basics for local kids, underscoring how school expenses are outpacing Mansfield's $42,605 median household income.

• Mansfield Residents Get First Public Forum to Press Police, City Leaders on Accountability

  The forum, organized by the local NAACP branch, follows body-camera footage of an officer punching a 68-year-old during a traffic stop.

• Mansfield teen charged with murder after fatal stabbing in Richland County

  Authorities say the stabbing followed a confrontation at a Springfield Township home, and prosecutors are seeking to try the suspect as an adult.

• Two inmates stabbed in altercation at Richland County jail
• METRICH Drug Sweep Nets Guns and Narcotics Across Multiple Richland County Locations — What We Know