The U.S. director of national intelligence has three months to declassify information on potential links between China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19, after President Joe Biden signed legislation Monday.

A Hillsboro man indicted over a year ago was recently sentenced to prison on a meth trafficking charge.

On March 23, the Ohio Rail Development Commission approved a grant to JT Enviro in the amount of $50,000 to assist with the installation of on-site rail infrastructure at a proposed location in Jackson.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Thursday announced the appointment of Harvey Hyman to the Paulding County Court of Common Pleas, Probate and Juvenile Division.

The following construction projects are anticipated to affect highways in Highland County during the week of March 27. All outlined work is weather permitting. Projects with active or future traffic impacts are linked to OHGO.com.

The following are updates from the State of Ohio regarding remediation work at the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced another strong month for new business growth this year with 16,065 new business filings in February 2023, the highest February number of business filings in Ohio history.

A special audit released Thursday details the investigation into the former executive director of the Pike County Convention and Visitors Bureau, who was convicted in the theft of $6,805, Auditor of State Keith Faber announced.

A Mount Orab man was recently sentenced to community control after admitting to receiving stolen property in Highland County.

A new lawsuit claims the Ohio Ballot Board made the wrong call when they approved the validity of a constitutional amendment proposal on abortion.

An Hillsboro man was sentenced to prison recently after pleading guilty to failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for March 21-22.

A Delaware man was sentenced recently for a felony and four misdemeanors stemming from his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

A former Ohio National Guard member was sentenced in federal court recently to 71 months in prison and six years of supervised release for making and selling “ghost guns,” untraceable homemade weapons made in whole or in part with a 3D printer.

According to new CDC data, nearly 3 in 5 (57 percent) U.S. teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021 — double that of boys, representing a nearly 60-percent increase and the highest level reported over the past decade.