Several indictments regarding drug trafficking and firearms crimes in Lorain County were recently unsealed in federal court as part of an ongoing coordinated enforcement initiative, law enforcement officials said. The indictments were announced Nov. 12 by U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach, Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will, Elyria police Chief Duane Whitely, Lorain police Chief Cel […]

Two men were arrested Sunday and charged with involuntary manslaughter for their alleged involvement in an overdose of a 31-year-old woman. Jeremy J. Pitts, 38, of Lacarne, and Steven M. Phillips, 32, of Port Clinton, had warrants out for their arrest issued by the Ottawa County Municipal Court. Each was charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter, a […]

Two Mahoning Valley men are doing some hard time for a couple of involuntary manslaughter convictions. 22 year old Ruben Best of Warren and 26 year old Gary Hartman of Boardman were sentenced Tuesday to four and a half years each in a state prison facility. The two were convicted in connection with the drug […]

An alleged drug dealer is accused of providing the heroin that claimed the life of a Youngstown man. The Mahoning County Grand Jury handed up an eight count secret indictment against 22-year-old Marquis Huffman of Youngstown last week.

Phil and Susan Penix spend their Friday afternoons a little differently now than they did four months ago. “It's just like a scab that just won't heal,” Phil said. Their Hilliard living room is now like a memorial for their youngest daughter, Courtney.