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Escaped Inmate Recaptured

The State Highway Patrol says an inmate who escaped from the Mansfield Correctional Institution Wednesday night was recaptured last night.47-year-old James Myers was arrested at a general store in Ashland. He was serving time for kidnapping, rape and other crimes. Authorities have not said how Myers escaped.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.