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 […]

Police responded to an Austintown residence Friday night after a man called 911, saying he was, “too high,” according to a police report. In a call to an emergency dispatcher, which can be heard in the above video, the man says, “I can’t feel anything.” The report states that just after 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. […]

Use and abuse of heroin, fentanyl and other opiates are on the rise across the county, even in the villages. And that increased consumption locally has led to a spike in overdose deaths and the use of Narcan. An Aug. 20 conference in Wooster on the opiate epidemic yielded some startling revelations about what is […]

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.