Where the courthouse is a farmhouse: A night at one of Ohio’s busiest mayor’s courts

Oct. 29—One of the busiest mayor's courts in Ohio is in the village of North Hampton in northern Clark County. Of the 268 mayor's courts in operation, North Hampton ranks third in the number of incoming cases per 100 residents. The village of 457 people handled 1,065 new cases last year. The Clark County communities of Tremont City ranks fifth per-capita, and Donnelsville ranks sixth. The …