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Kids learn bike safety and get free helmets during 'Bike-A-Palooza' Robot, drone demonstrations get kids' attention View Comments MANSFIELD - Wearing his flame-covered helmet and riding his new bike with neon-yellow tires, Ethan Heck demonstrated his agility as a cyclist. "He's been out here ever since we got here," said the 5-year-old's great-grandmother, Vickie Graves. "This is all he's been doing today." The Mansfield boy was one of about 30 children who took part in the "Bike-A-Palooza" family festival held Saturday morning at North Lake Park. The annual event was sponsored by the Mansfie...

MPD Explorers Post team takes 2nd place at law enforcement competition View Comments MANSFIELD - The Mansfield police Explorers Post 7751 fared well at the Heart of Ohio Law Enforcement Explorers competition on April 24 in Medina. Mansfield police Officer Ron Barnes, the adviser for the group, said two three-member teams competed at the event in hands-on training situations including arrest and search, car stop, crash, crisis intervention, domestic violence, crime scene, bomb threat, burglary in progress, officer down emergency First Aid, and an obstacle course. Area students in the Explor...