As homebuying season ramps up across the state, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing is reminding licensees, homeowners and landlords of their responsibilities when selling, leasing or renting out older homes that may contain lead-based paint. The Division is calling attention to this issue following more than 450 downloads of its Lead‑Based Paint Disclosure Form both in April 2025 and 2026.

Despite being up against a tight deadline, a group of southern Ohioans are confident they will get enough signatures to get a data center ban on the November ballot.

Officer John Bartholomew, 38, was killed April 25 after authorities say 26-year-old Alphanso Talley — a repeat offender who was on electronic monitoring after prosecutors sought to keep him detained — opened fire inside Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital while fleeing police.

President Donald Trump is blaming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for inciting the latest assassination attempt against him in an escalating social media feud with the top New York Democrat.

The following ODOT construction projects are anticipated to impact traffic in Highland County. All outlined work is weather permitting.

The Supreme Court of Virginia on Friday struck down the state's redistricting amendment 4-3 on Friday. Virginia’s congressional maps are to remain in place for the 2026 election cycle.

Voting rights groups launched a legal challenge recently against the Trump administration’s effort to sweep up sensitive data on millions of Americans with the aim of identifying noncitizen voters, arguing that the U.S. Department of Justice is building a dangerous centralized national voter list ahead of the midterm elections in November.

As the spring construction season kicks into high gear, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance is urging business owners and property managers to hire only licensed commercial contractors.

More than 8,000 acres at Egypt Valley Wildlife Area and more than 500 acres at Salt Fork State Park were approved to be fracked during a recent Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting, which lasted less than 20 minutes.

A emergency meeting of the Highland County North Joint Fire and Ambulance District Board of Trustees will be held on Thursday, May 7 at 200 South St., Leesburg, at 7 p.m.

These incidents were reported by the HPD.

A tight Republican primary on Tuesday tested the endorsement power of higher-up Republicans in the state and federal, and in the end former Ohio House member Jay Edwards edged out current state Sen. Kristina Roegner in unofficial results.

The Department of Justice last week announced a proposed settlement with Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation (Cliffs) requiring it to address releases of hazardous waste at its Middletown Works facility.

U.S. Senate Republican leaders recently defended the secretive process used in that chamber to investigate allegations of wrongdoing, though they did confirm referring a complaint made against Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego to the Ethics Committee.

Kevin Heath had hoped there would be solar panels by now on his family farm in southeastern Michigan, roughly 50 miles outside Detroit.