Neighbors were celebrating as law enforcement searched a suspected drug house Friday morning. Drivers along Park Boulevard slowed down, honked horns and gave thumbs up to the MARMET Drug Task Force officials standing outside the two-story home. One motorist stopped to snap a photo of the three male suspects that sat handcuffed on the lawn. […]

WOOSTER -- A Wooster man was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison after a series of arrests last summer related to dealing drugs. Angel Perry, 29, 1699 Old Mansfield Road, Apt. 2, was sentenced on 12 felony counts of a variety of trafficking and possession of drugs, along with having weapons under disability and […]

A judge set bail at $250,303 on Monday for the man who admitted to making bomb threats to area schools, including two in Oak Harbor. Charles Tingler, 22, Salem Township, had his initial appearance Monday in Ottawa County Municipal Court on one felony count of inducing panic. His next hearing is at 3 p.m. Monday […]

Two law enforcement agencies collaborated in an investigation that resulted in the arrest of a local man and the confiscation of an estimated $15,750 worth of heroin Wednesday. What began as a traffic stop initiated by an Ohio Highway Patrol trooper ended with the seizure of 105 grams of suspected heroin, $7,100 in cash, the […]

A home where a man was slain in December was raided Tuesday by the Columbiana County Drug Task Force. The afternoon raid at the Walnut Street residence resulted in the confiscation of $800 worth of suspected cocaine and drug paraphernalia. The raid at the home of Mark and Patty Lewis, 530 Walnut St., was the […]