The Ohio State Highway Patrol says troopers confiscated 46 pounds of suspected cocaine during a traffic check in Jackson County earlier this week.
According to a Facebook post from the department, the drugs were discovered on December 3 when troopers stopped a car on U.S. Route 35. The cocaine’s street worth is estimated to be $546,000.
Additional information on the driver, the investigation, and potential charges was not immediately available.
The case continues to be investigated.
A Mississippi woman has been sentenced in a ballot harvesting case, Attorney General Lynn Fitch stated Monday. According to Fitch, in July 2023,
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On December 7, 2025, around 1:30 a.m., the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary at La Panza Feliz Market on Ford
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A man was seriously hurt after a shooting on Monday night on the city’s West Side. The shooting occurred around 7 p.m. on
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A Cicero man has been charged with the killing of his 29-year-old roommate, whose body was found after a fire in their apartment last
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