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.

Lorain County collected 1,585.6 pounds of drugs in correlation with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Drug Take-Back Day. Lorain County sheriff’s Chief Deputy Dennis Cavanaugh called the day a success, with the city of Elyria collecting the most — 283 pounds of medications, while the city of Amherst collected 158 pounds on Saturday.

The Lorain County Drug Task Force recently made the following arrests: Chanell Gomez, age 26 of Lorain, was arrested on October 3rd after being indicted by the Lorain County Grand Jury. Gomez is charged with two counts of Theft of Drugs. She is alledged to have stolen two bottles of hydrocodone from a Lorain pharmacy […]