This national forest is offering free firewood permits. The Huron-Manistee National Forests are issuing free personal-use firewood permits for the 2025 calendar year. Holders can collect up to ...

A former Gallia County, Ohio, fire department worker and police officer was sentenced to prison Monday for starting dozens of ...

A former southeastern Ohio fire department administrator will serve 18 months in federal prison after admitting to starting dozens of wildfires in Wayne National Forest. U.S. District Court Judge ...

GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio — A former fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest three years ago.

In Ohio's Wayne National Forest, court records said more than 40 suspected arson fires were lit in 2022, and Bartels admitted to causing 26 of them. While working for the Greenfield Fire ...