“So what we can do now is just have some people come on board and donate,” said Guy Amos Marcelin, CEO of Good Heart Ministry. “We can get enough money to buy black cement and gravel to get things done by July.”
Led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a bipartisan group of 41 states and the District of Columbia is defending a New Jersey law that protects public servants from increasing threats of violence in the digital age.
A Mansfield man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for a 2024 stabbing incident. 30-year-old Rocky Hayner pleaded guilty to the charges of aggravated burglary and felonious assault in Allen County Common Pleas Court.
A 16-year-old has been arrested for the death of a Findlay student over the weekend. The Toledo Police Department says that the male teen was arrested and charged with the murder of 18-year-old Jaidon Mangas. The teen is currently in the juvenile justice center in Lucas County. Mangas was found with a gunshot wound Saturday on the south side of Toledo. He was taken to the University of Toledo Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. Mangas was a student at Findlay High School.
The Toledo Police Department is investigating the death of a Findlay teen over the weekend. 18-year-old Jaidon Mangas was found with a gunshot wound Saturday night on the south side of the city. He was taken to the University of Toledo Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. WTOL and the Toledo Blade reported that Mangas was a student at Findlay High School.
January 6, 2025, press release from the Delphos Police Department: On 12-29-2024 officers spoke with a female in the 1200 block of N. Washington St, who reported that an item was missing from her residence. She believed that an acquaintance took the item during a previous visit. On 12-29-2024 officers responded to the 400 block of S. Cass St, after a female reported an unknow male in her residence. Officers arrived and did not locate anyone but the female in the residence. The residence was secure, and it did not appear anyone else had been there. On 12-30-2024 officers were sent to perform a well being check on a male in the 900 block of Lima Ave, after his home health nurse could not make contact with him. Officers located the male, who needed medical assistance, inside his residence.
January 3, 2025, Press Release from the Van Wert County Sheriff's Office: The information provided allows for a timely snapshot of events in our community. The crimes reported here are preliminary investigations, taken in the field by deputies, and may or may not be assigned to a Detective for further investigation. The information provided may be found after further investigation to be incorrect or false. Certain details of these incidents have been removed due to potential follow-up investigation into the incident and/or for privacy rights.
The FBI has taken the lead in the investigation in what could be a possible terror attack during New Year's celebrations on Bourbon Street.
A Celina man was shot and killed after coming toward a Mercer County deputy with a knife.
With the new year arriving Tuesday night, the Lima Police Department is reminding residents to not use guns to ring in 2025. Officers say "what goes up must come down" meaning any bullets fired into the air will have to come back down to the ground at some point. That means if someone fires a gun into the air to celebrate the new year, there is still a risk of a bullet striking property, an animal, or even another person causing possible injury or death. On Monday afternoon, we talked with LPD about the possible legal consequences if someone is caught shooting a gun into the air.