With the new year arriving Tuesday night, the Lima Police Department is reminding residents to not use guns to ring in 2025. Officers say "what goes up must come down" meaning any bullets fired into the air will have to come back down to the ground at some point. That means if someone fires a gun into the air to celebrate the new year, there is still a risk of a bullet striking property, an animal, or even another person causing possible injury or death. On Monday afternoon, we talked with LPD about the possible legal consequences if someone is caught shooting a gun into the air.

December 23, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hunters across Ohio checked 17,373 white-tailed deer on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 21-22, during the state’s additional weekend of deer gun hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Last year, hunters tagged 15,470 deer during the gun weekend, with a three-year average of 13,417.

4/20/23 Update from the Allen County Sheriff's Office: Our Detective Bureau can release the following additional details regarding the inciden…

Ohio deer hunters had a successful week for gun hunting.  Hunters harvested nearly 72,000 deer, during the week that hunters could use a gun to for deer hunting.  Which is nearly 1,500 more than the weeklong hunting time in 2021 and 2,500 above the three year average.   So far this year, 164,000 deer have been checked by gun and bow hunters.   Gun hunters have a bonus weekend coming up December 17th and 18th where they can try and get their buck or doe.   

HARDIN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - One man was arrested, and an investigation is underway after a Hardin County man died from a Pellet gun wound.

According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, they bagged over 9,500 deer during the two-day youth hunting weekend this past Saturday and Sunday. That is 2,000 more than hunters 17 years old and younger harvested last year during the same weekend. The seven day gun season for all hunters starts on Monday, November 28th at dawn and goes until December 4th

During the opening statements in the trial for 31-year-old Tarockis Greer, lawyers laid out their case to the jury. Prosecutors say that on July 12th, Greer and Durant Tyson went to the home, where three people were recovering from a party the night before. At one point that morning, they say Greer allegedly went upstairs to a bedroom where one of the victims was sleeping and pointed a gun at him.

They say in terms of prevention, there are steps parents can take to help keep their kids safe. For example, if the parent is a gun owner, they should have their weapon locked up with the ammo stored separately. And if your child is going to a friend's house, she encourages parents to talk to each other about whether they own a gun. There is nothing wrong with asking that question and finding out if they are properly storing their weapons out of reach of the kids. It's also important to talk to your children about gun safety as well, so they understand what to do if they are ever in a dangerous situation.

Press release from Mercer Co. Sheriff's Office: Celina, OH – Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey reports the arrest of three individuals on drug a…