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COLUMBUS, OH—Seven Head Start programs across Ohio, serving nearly 3,738 low-income children, are facing an imminent shutdown as the federal government stalemate continues. The programs are on track to exhaust…
COLUMBUS, OH—October 22, 2025—The Ohio House of Representatives today passed a comprehensive measure that would significantly restructure the state’s cannabis and THC laws, moving to create a formal regulatory framework…
ZANESVILLE, OH – A Muskingum County Sheriff’s deputy has been formally charged with cruelty to animals after his K-9 partner died from severe heat exposure inside a patrol vehicle last…
FAYETTE COUNTY, OH – October 23, 2025 – For nearly two decades, the name Mackenzie Branham has been a whispered heartbreak in Fayette County. On April 27, 2006, the 8-year-old…
Marion, OH — A Marion County jury delivered a guilty verdict yesterday against Jodi Grafmiller, a special education teacher at Hayes Elementary School in Marion, for the assault of a…
COLUMBUS, OH – October 22, 2025 – Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced new legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s absentee voting procedures, specifically targeting the deadline for mail-in ballots. The…
BEXLEY, OH – October 22, 2025 – The normally quiet Columbus suburb of Bexley is reeling after an 18-year-old man was found shot to death on Monday evening, prompting a…
COLUMBUS, OH – October 22, 2025 – A bipartisan group of Ohio state legislators has introduced a new bill aimed at permanently prohibiting the extraction of oil and gas from…
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is urging caution as new data from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation shows a continued rise in drug seizures involving carfentanil…
UTICA, Ohio—A growing concern is circulating through the village of Utica as residents express serious worry that a major regional water expansion project will put their private wells at risk.…