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Ohio State University law student crowned Miss Ohio, Grove City native places
Third time was the charm: New Miss Ohio is Olivia Fosson
Miss Ohio 2025 Olivia Fosston, 24, is an opera singer from Lawrence County, and a law student at Ohio State, who grew up on a Christmas tree farm.
A law student at Ohio State University will represent the Buckeye State in the Miss America competition after being crowned Miss Ohio 2025 on June 21.
Olivia Fosson, 24, of Kitts Hill, was first runner-up last year in the Miss Ohio competition. Now, the opera singer will receive a $10,000 scholarship and head to the Miss America competition in Orlando, Florida, in September.
The Miss Ohio competition was hosted in Mansfield from June 19-21 with 28 contestants from across the state.
While Fosson hails from southern Ohio, here are the central Ohio natives who placed or won awards.
Miss Portsmouth Brittney Putman, of Grove City, was third runner-up and took home a $3,500 scholarship. Her talent is dance and her community service initiative is “You’re Important Too: Advocating for Children and Families Affected by Substance Abuse.”
Miss Franklin County Reagan Petersen, of Gahanna, won a $500 scholarship from the Cheryl J. Oliveri Memorial Fund. Her talent is dance and her community service initiative is “Be the Match, Save a Life.”
Miss Greater Columbus Olivia Jarrell, of Columbus, won the Caroline Grace Williams Spirit Award, a $250 scholarship. Her talent is ballroom dance and her community service initiative is “The J.O.Y. Project.”
Miss Heart of Ohio Lexie Miller, of Newark, won the Laurel Lea Schaefer Award, a $500 scholarship. The prize is named for the Miss America winner of 1972, who came from Bexley.
Miller’s talent is singing and her community service initiative is “Take HEART.” Miller also won a nonfinalist talent award, a $500 scholarship.
Miss Central Ohio Caitlin Seifert, 26, was first runner-up, but she’s not from central Ohio. Seifert is from Niles in Trumbull County. Her talent is baton twirling and her community service initiative is “Turn a Key: Opening the Door to Volunteering.”
Mansfield News Journal reporter Lou Whitmire contributed to this report.
Reporter Jordan Laird can be reached at jlaird@dispatch.com. Follow her on X, Instagram and Bluesky at @LairdWrites.
A Kentucky woman who had been missing for more than two weeks was found dead in her vehicle in Ohio, authorities said.
The body of Debra Wireman was found in her vehicle on July 3 in Clermont County, Ohio, the Flemingsburg Police Department in Kentucky said on Facebook on Wednesday. Investigators were called to the scene after a report identifying the vehicle as belonging to a missing person, police said. The remains were identified as Wireman’s by the Clermont County Coroner’s Office on July 7, according to law enforcement.
Police in Kentucky said the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio is investigating the woman’s death. No additional information will be released by Flemingsburg police “out of respect for Debra’s family and the integrity of that investigation.”
“While this is not the outcome any of us hoped and prayed for, we are thankful that Debra has been found and that her family can now begin to receive the closure they deserve,” police added on Facebook.
Wireman, according to police, was last seen on June 17 at around 4:30 p.m. in Aberdeen, Ohio, while traveling toward Maysville, Kentucky. She was driving a white 2020 Kia Forte with front-end damage. Police said family and friends were “concerned for her welfare.”
“The overwhelming response from our community, neighboring agencies, the media, and countless individuals across the region demonstrated the very best of people coming together in the hope of bringing someone home safely,” Flemingsburg police said.
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Sixteen ‘almost feral’ children. Aged 18 months to 18 years. Hidden from sight in an Ohio house of horrors.
Until now.
It’s a situation difficult to fathom: Investigators found 16 kids living inside a 1,300-square-foot home in Vinton County, Ohio, confined in a 12-by-12 bedroom investigators say was covered in human waste. Gary Siders Jr., Elizabeth Siders, Gary Siders Sr., and Christina Siders were arrested on Tuesday, June 30th, and remain in jail after waiving their preliminary hearings today, Tuesday, July 7th.
Investigative reporter Anne Emerson goes beyond the headlines to understand the human impact in the developing Siders child abuse case. How did children live under these conditions for so long? We wanted to hear from the local community affected by this horrific story.
In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, we hear from those voices – from Captain Jeremiah Griffith who was a first responder to the shocking scene, to local Vinton County Pastor James Dimel who describes the community’s support of children who were trapped in a ‘den of evil’. Law enforcement and locals share their shock at the horror lurking in their own community. And Attorney Thomas Stolly, who represents Elizabeth Siders, says the case is more complicated than many believe, urging the public to remember that his client is presumed innocent.
Today, we react in real time to what we know so far in this developing story, and offer multiple perspectives of those closest to this case.
Subscribe to Criminally Obsessed for continuing coverage of the Siders investigation, true crime updates, courtroom developments, and exclusive interviews with the real people impacted by these cases.
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