Lake County officials just got the go-ahead from Ohio's top lawyer to pull a big structural shift in their war on drugs. The ...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued an opinion Friday allowing Lake County to fold its narcotics agency into the sheriff’s office without losing the voter-approved tax levy that ...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is preparing to join a federal immigration enforcement program after agreements signed in May were recently finalized by U.S. Immigration and ...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Wednesday that it has entered into two agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the federal 287(g) program, ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Lake County Sheriff’s Office sent out a message going into the weekend to discourage vigilante groups, but one believes a collaboration with law enforcement can yield ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ohio — A man is dead after a SWAT standoff in Painesville Township on Sunday evening, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a home on Coventry Drive at ...