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

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

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

A former fire official has been sentenced to prison for intentionally setting several fires in a national forest in Perry County.  James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio ...

A former fire department administrator and police officer has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for setting 26 ...

In Ohio, a troubling case of arson perpetrated by a former fire department dispatcher and police officer has come to a legal resolution. James A. Bartels, previously ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has filled the Lieutenant Governor position vacated by Jon Husted with former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel.

A former president of Youngstown State University was nominated to be lieutenant governor of Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine nominated ...

Gov. Mike DeWine is nominating former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel, who also has worked as another university's president, as Ohio's next lieutenant governor.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine nominated former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach and university president Jim Tressel as the state’s next lieutenant governor on Monday.