MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP — Ashland County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Friday morning following an hours-long standoff after finding him hiding inside a barrel in his home along Township Road 523. Leslie Acker, 52, will likely face a domestic violence charge, authorities with the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office said Friday morning. Deputies declined to identify a […]
Joe Lyons, Ashland Source correspondent
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Ashland County Sheriff & Columbus detectives search Sullivan Twp. for missing woman
ASHLAND — Law enforcement officials from Columbus and Ashland County were seen searching an area in Sullivan Township for a missing woman on Monday morning. Ashland County Sheriff Lieutenant Don Sims confirmed police are searching for Renee Lynne Benedetti, a 40 year-old woman who has been missing from Columbus since Feb. 1. Columbus law enforcement […]
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16 horses, other animals in ‘pretty bad’ shape being rescued from Ashland County farm
ASHLAND — The Humane Society of the United States and the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office led a rescue of around 16 horses and other animals from a farm off County Road 1475 on Wednesday. Kirsten Peek, a public information officer with the Humane Society, said the horses’ condition — at B&L Ranch — appears to […]
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9 more Amish from Ashland County plead ‘no contest’ to state buggy law violations
ASHLAND — Nine Amish people, including two women, pleaded no contest to violating Ohio’s new buggy law before a judge at Ashland Municipal Court on Tuesday. Abraham Hershberger, David Mast, Mosie Shetler, Levi P. Gingerich, Enos Miller, Levi L. Gingerich, Lizzie L. Hershberger, Fannie E. Hershberger and Mahlon J. Swartzentruber each stood before Ashland Municipal […]
