MANSFIELD, Ohio (WJW) — Multiple inmates at Richland Correctional Institution (RICI) overdosed late Wednesday night, prompting a large-scale emergency response from the Mansfield Fire Department.

Snavely, who estimates she has seen the movie nearly 50 times, believes it’s popular because its themes are so universal. “It’s a movie about hope and friendship. It resonates with people,” she said. ...

When Andy Dufresne crawled to freedom through “five hundred yards of shit-smelling foulness” in The Shawshank Redemption, it was the ultimate act of hope. As the story’s tagline has it, “Fear can hold ...

The iconic backdrop to the 1994 film “The Shawshank Redemption” has long been a popular historic site. However, the stories behind the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield rival the tale of Andy and ...

MANSFIELD, Ohio (WOIO) - Several inmates at the Richland Correctional Institution in Mansfield overdosed late Tuesday night, according to the Mansfield Fire Department. According to the Mansfield Fire ...

For more than 2,000 years, people have believed that late in each October, the veil between the living and the dead becomes more fragile, allowing passage between the two worlds. Mediums — those who ...

The new warden at Richland Correctional Institution knows about the inner workings of a prison. Angela Stuff was raised in the Bellville area and has lived in the Richland County area her entire life.

English professor Brenda Brueggemann had driven by the memorial stone, the grassy grove and the architectural shells of the shuttered institution every day for years on her way to teach at the ...