WOOSTER -- An Orrville man was handed with a five-year jail sentence after violating conditions of his community control. Seth Patterson-Doty, 23, of 9128 McQuaid Road, was sentenced after he originally was charged and pleaded guilty to felony drug possession, two counts of aggravated trafficking, trafficking in drugs and trafficking in heroin (in two separate […]

Since 2007, there have been more deaths in Ohio from drug overdoses than traffic crashes. Here in the Mahoning Valley, what often begins with the abuse of pain medications evolves into heroin addiction.  So much so, that law enforcement has dubbed heroin use here an epidemic. And there's a changing face of addiction in the […]

A husband and wife from Ironton have been arrested on drugs charges following a raid at their home early Friday morning. Officers from the Lawrence Drug & Major Crimes Task Force and the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at the home of Terry Lee Gannon, 40, and Cindy Gannon, 34, of Ironton. […]

Sheriff Al Solomon released information on nine drug arrests that took place on Friday morning.  The arrests were a result of several months of investigation by the Auglaize / Mercer County Grand Lake Drug Task Force. 

People looking for a safe way to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs can bring them to Niles. This is the second such program launched in Trumbull County recently. The police department recently installed a drop box in the lobby of the station, 15 E. State St.