GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio (WCHS) — A former Gallia County, Ohio, fire department worker and police officer was sentenced to prison Monday for starting dozens of fires in Wayne National Forest ...

police officer and Gallia County 911 administrator has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $638,000 in restitution for setting 26 fires in Wayne National Forest in 2022.

Thousands of jobs will be lost and small towns abandoned if the Minns government goes ahead with its Great Koala National Park, timber workers say, as calls intensify to protect homegrown industries.

Governor Mike Braun urges the United States Forest Service (USFS) to immediately withdraw the Buffalo Springs Restoration ...

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.

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 ...

James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande, Ohio, said he started 26 fires in Wayne National Forest in 2022 to “give the boys something to do” and to distract himself from depression. According to ...

The Inn at Starlight Lake in Buckingham Township has burned down. No injuries were reported. The 21-room inn stood in northern Wayne County since 1909. A northern Wayne County landmark restaurant ...