Highland County Sheriff Donnie Barrera reports for the week of June 13-19, the Highland County Sheriff’s Office received 275 911 calls, answered 166 requests for service, dispatched 154 fire and EMS runs, took 42 offense reports and investigated two traffic crashes.

As the Highland County Board of Commissioners announced at their June 15 meeting, Corvac Composites LLC celebrated its g

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today announced 8,596 new entities filed to do business in Ohio during May 2016. This is an increase over May 2015, when 7,945 entities were formed. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has offered charitable giving tips to Ohioans who want to donate in the wake of the Orlando tragedy.

In recognition of Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced a $738,000 grant to support a statewide project of Pro Seniors and Ohio’s legal aids to provide free legal assistance to older Ohioans.

This week, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine praised a new law that will put the Ohio Attorney General's Ohio Guardianship Guide into the hands of all guardians overseeing adult and minor wards in the state. 

During the Ohio Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Advanced Training Conference held June 10 at the Columbus Ohio Police Officer Training Academy, Aaron Bryant with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office presented James Hagen, PhD with the 2016 Ohio CIT Mental Health Practitioner of the Year Award.

Sheriff Donnie Barrera reports for the week of June 6-12, the Highland County Sheriff’s Office received 376 911 calls, answered 180 requests of service, dispatched 146 fire and EMS runs, took 36 offense reports and investigated four traffic crashes.

Lt. Governor Mary Taylor has named two to key posts at the Ohio Department of Insurance. Allison Conklin will serve as Assistant Director of Legislative Affairs and Amanda Baird is the new General Counsel.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that he has joined 20 other states in a lawsuit against the state of Delaware to seek the right to take title to unclaimed official checks that were issued by MoneyGram and sold in Ohio or the other states.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted released the following statement Thursday in response to Governor John Kasich signing House Bill 359, also known as “Safe at Home,” into law late yesterday afternoon.

State Senator Bob Peterson (R-Washington Court House) applauded the approval of a plan to pay off Ohio's lingering unemployment-compensation debt accrued during the state's recession years ago, saving hundreds of millions of dollars that Ohio employers would face in penalties if the debt remained unpaid. 

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has announced new federal funding to provide rental assistance paired with health services for homeless veterans in Cincinnati and Butler County as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program. Brown is ranking member of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

Sheriff Donnie Barrera reports for the week of May 30 through June 5, the Highland County Sheriff’s Office received 343 911 calls, answered 174 requests for service, took 39 offense reports and investigated two traffic crashes.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine continues to caution Ohioans about the powerful drug fentanyl after Prince’s autopsy reveals the artist’s cause of death was “self-administered fentanyl.”