WOOSTER -- A woman indicted on four counts of endangering children changed her plea Wednesday. Mary R. Cool, 35, of 430 N. Honeytown Road, Wooster, entered a guilty plea to four counts of child endangering and one count for cultivating marijuana. All five felony counts stem from a July 9 incident when the Medway Drug […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Three men were arrested while carrying out a drug deal in a West Side motel with one of the men’s 13-year-old daughter in tow.

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — One of the adult defendants in a large-scale marijuana ring that included a southwest Ohio high school student has been sentenced to eight years in prison. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that a Warren County judge convicted 32-year-old Justin Baker of growing and selling marijuana after a bench trial Wednesday and handed […]

As Chaise Nelson bobbed and weaved, his “Old Glory” headgear looked like an American flag flapping in the breeze. His hands moved almost as fast as a tropical storm. Watching him spar with 22-year old Nick Stevens in the Friendly House Boxing Center, it’s hard to believe Nelson was  giving up nearly eight years to his opponent.

The METRICH Enforcement Unit, with help from a number of other agencies, conducted a countywide drug sweep Thursday. "This was a great operation, but there is still a lot of work to be done," METRICH project director and city police Chief Dino Sgambellone said. "METRICH will continue to proactively pursue those individuals who choose to sell drugs in […]