A search warrant served at a Wellsville home by the Columbiana County Drug Task Force on Friday afternoon resulted in one arrest and the seizure of more than $26,000 in narcotics. Taru Smith, 36, was taken into custody on a drug possession warrant after DTF officers, assisted by personnel from the Wellsville Police Department and […]

Geauga County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Hambden Township man after allegedly finding a methamphetamine lab in his home.

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.

Two people are in custody at the Crawford County Justice Center after a raid Friday afternoon on a Bucyrus residence. According to Bucyrus Police Chief David Koepke, the pair was arrested after officers searched the home at 230 W. Charles St. “Crack cocaine, heroin and two locked safes were confiscated from the residence,” Koepke said. […]

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.