An Ironton woman will spend the next eight years in prison for trafficking in oxycodone pills. Rebecca Allen, 44, of 915 1/2 Park Ave., pleaded guilty to second-degree aggravated trafficking in drugs and third-degree trafficking in drugs, from a prior indictment, Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court. The charges stem from a September raid […]

Dr. Humphrey Germaniuk, Trumbull County coroner, reported in early September a noticeable spike in overdose deaths, especially among young females. Now he has the blood work in hand to confirm the causes of those deaths and others and calls overdose an “epidemic.” “It’s here. It’s real. It’s killing us. It’s in the city and out […]

An unnamed drug operation Thursday night may not have garnered the greatest numbers, but it sent a message. "We've had good success in the city of Rittman," said Medway director Dave Smith. "We felt it was time a message needed to be sent that we're out there."

A former 33-year-old nurse originally from Howland was sentenced to 90 days in jail and placed on five years of intensive probation after pleading guilty earlier to a 48-count indictment that accused her of stealing painkillers while on the job at Hillside Hospital.

The Mansfield Police Department is extending its prescription drug take-back event year-round. The department received a National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators grant to place a prescription drug drop box at the station all year long.