James Bartels was sentenced to 18 months in prison for sparking 26 fires in Wayne National Forest, prosecutors announced on ...

A man who served as a former fire official, police officer and Gallia County 911 administrator has been sentenced to 18 ...

James Bartels, a former fire department administrator, claimed he set the fires to "give the boys something to do." ...

James Bartels, 52, started 26 fires in the national forest in 2022, according to United States Attorney Kenneth Parker’s office.

In December, investigators spoke with Bartels and he admitted to starting 26 fires in the Wayne National Forest using a ...

An Ohio Department of Natural Resources photographer captured more than a dozen eagles perched in the trees in an Erie County nature preserve last week.

John W. Otis enlisted to fight as a soldier in the U.S. Civil War when he was a young teenager. Upon his return, he became an early and well known guide in the Keene Valley and High Peaks region of ...

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A former fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced in federal court here to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National ...