POLICE

July 31, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — Deputies were dispatched at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday to Lakeview Drive, Hanover Township, for a welfare check on a person, making contact with the person, and family and neighbors also present. Hanover Township EMS and Winona EMS were on scene. The person was pink slipped, meaning ordered to go to a hospital in Stark County, with Winona EMS doing the transport. — A Salem Township resident in the 36000 block of Butcher Road called at 6:54 p.m. Wednesday to report damage to the driver side window of his vehicle parked on his property. It was unknown when the ...

POLICE

July 30, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — A resident of Parkview Drive, Yellow Creek Township, reported a suspicious person at 12:47 p.m. Tuesday, saying a person on a scooter came to her residence claiming to be an exterminator from Terminex. She told the person to leave her property. She then called Terminex and the company advised they had no one in the area and the person does not work for them. — A deputy responded at 5:56 a.m. July 24 to Lowmiller Road, West Township to assist the Ohio State Highway Patrol. A man who ran into the address on Lowmiller Road had multiple warrants, but when other ...

POLICE

July 29, 2026

Highway Patrol — Lucas D. Tolson, 30, Freeman Road, Lisbon, was cited for reasonable control after his northbound vehicle went off of the right side of County Home Road in Center Township and struck a guardrail at 6:50 a.m. July 27. He suffered suspected minor injuries and was transported to Salem Regional Medical Center by EMT EMS. — Rainbow S. Balint, 44, Randel Road, Hanoverton, was cited for left of center after her eastbound vehicle crossed the center line on Clinton Street after turning off of state Route 9 and struck a westbound vehicle on Clinton Street driven by William ...

POLICE

July 28, 2026

Sheriff’s Office — A man on state Route 7, Madison Township, called at 5:52 p.m. Saturday to report he was towing a vehicle off of his property that was parked there. The vehicle belonged to a Wayne Bridge Road, Center Township resident. — A deputy stood by for traffic control at 4:02 p.m. Saturday in the 1700 block of northbound lane of Cunningham Road, Salem Township, for a vehicle that ran out of fuel. The driver was able to obtain some fuel and was on their way. — A deputy was dispatched at 10:05 p.m. Friday to Bayview Drive, Knox Township for multiple gunshots heard in ...

POLICE

July 27, 2026

Sheriff’s Office – A deputy responded to South Grant Street at 7:04 p.m. July 23 in reference to a pig roaming in the roadway abandoned by its previous owner. The deputy had a humane officer respond to take the pig. – A Mississippi resident reported at 6:05 p.m. July 23 a friend had posted on Facebook she was going to commit suicide at the East Carmel Cemetery in Middleton Township. A deputy checked the cemetery with negative contact. The phone of the person in question pinged to a location in Asheville, North Carolina, and the deputy contacted that police department. – A ...

POLICE

July 25, 2026

Salem — Juveniles were reported in Centennial Park after hours at 10:25 p.m. Thursday. Officers advised the juveniles of the park hours and that they needed to leave for the evening. — While on the scene of a separate incident officers heard screaming in the 500 block of Walnut Street at 10:01 p.m. Thursday. Officers located an intoxicated man arguing with their significant other and they were advised to keep the noise down and issued a warning for disorderly conduct. — A hit and skip where a vehicle struck a cyclist was reported at 9:47 p.m. Thursday. Officers checked the ...