ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — On Friday, December 23, a vehicle fire was reported in the 1000 block of Sugar Tree Road. It happened shortly after 7:30 p.m. The Ross County Sheriff’s Office says that before the arrival of deputies at the scene, the Scioto Township Fire personnel were already working to extinguish the flames. The […]
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50-car pileup claims four lives on Ohio Turnpike
SANDUSKY COUNTY, Ohio — Four people tragically lost their lives yesterday in a nearly 50-car pileup along the Ohio Turnpike. Authorities say the deadly crash occurred Friday afternoon along Interstate 80 between Route 53 and Route 4 in Sandusky County. Sgt. Ryan Purpura of the Ohio Highway Patrol said in a social media post, “Four […]
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Concerns grow for potential multi-state power outages
AUDUBON, Pennsylvania — PJM Interconnection, the regional power grid provider for Ohio and surrounding states are asking residents to conserve electricity. The power grid provider, who services Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and portions of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, and North Carolina warns that the grid is under strain. Due to […]
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Deputy hit by suspected drunken driver during level three snow emergency
PICKAWAY COUNTY, Ohio — A deputy in Pickaway County is listed in stable condition after hit by a suspected drunken driver. It happened Friday night on route 23 at Orr Road. The deputy was along the highway investigating a snow-related automobile crash when another motorist crashed into the stopped cruiser, which had his overhead emergency […]
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Electrical lineman killed during Friday snow storm in southern Ohio
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ohio — A Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative lineworker was killed in an electrical contact incident Friday while working to restore power to cooperative members after Thursday evening’s winter storm. Blake Rodgers, 22, Piketon, an apprentice lineworker with the cooperative, died following an incident that occurred just outside Pedro, in Lawrence County , Ohio, […]
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LEVEL 3: Ross county goes red during snow emergency
ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — As of 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Ross County has been placed under a level three snow emergency. Sheriff’s offices and departments collaborate with county emergency managers to determine whether current conditions with the weather and roadways constitute issuing a snow emergency level. Since 1994, county sheriffs have had authority on issuing […]
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Deputy crashes into house in Chillicothe during snow storm
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — A deputy is alright after their cruiser crashed into a house in Chillicothe. It happened around noon on Friday as the deputy was traveling near downtown at Western Avenue and Water Street when he swerved to miss an oncoming car, according to eyewitnesses. “A lady decided it was a good idea to […]
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SWAT teams descend on Pike Co. home as gunshots ring out
PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — Multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in a law enforcement situation that unfolded overnight on Long Fork Road in Pike County. Reports indicate that police began surveillance of the property around 1 a.m. on Thursday with law enforcement personnel staged at the fairgrounds and a local church. The situation continued for […]
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Three individuals arrested in major fentanyl seizure in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio — On Tuesday, December 20, the Central Ohio Major Drug Interdiction/HIDTA Task Force, led by the Columbus Division of Police, arrested three individuals and seized 19 kilograms of suspected fentanyl and approximately 22,000 fentanyl pills in a drug interdiction operation. The task force, which is formed under the Ohio Attorney General’s Ohio Organized […]
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Vehicle involved in a Chillicothe police pursuit located
ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — Authorities in Ross County have located the vehicle involved in a pursuit earlier today. The Chillicothe Police Department had been searching for a white Jeep SUV, driven by an African American male after it fled from a traffic stop near a “known drug house”. Officers engaged in a short pursuit, but […]