Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman reports that on April 28 at 7:20 a.m., the 911 Communications Center received a call of threats allegedly being made to individuals at a residence on Wolf Run Road in West Portsmouth.

Democrats on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee and a panel of experts recently blasted the Trump administration’s reduction to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget and workforce, citing consequences for everyday weather data, national security and affected industries.

A majority of justices granted an emergency request from the Trump administration to lift a nationwide injunction blocking the policy while litigation continues.

The following is the Hillsboro Police Report for May 1-4.

In the wake of recent natural disasters, state leaders across the country are finding that emergency support from the federal government is no longer a given.

The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Securities announced that Beverly A. Kirk, a Greene County resident, has been sentenced to at least five years of supervised probation. Her recent sentencing in Greene County Court of Common Pleas follows Kirk’s guilty plea to two counts of grand theft, both fourth-degree felonies, and one count of misrepresentations in the sale of securities, a third-degree felony.

The Ohio House’s version of the budget would eliminate the independent group charged with enforcing state campaign finance laws. With the Ohio Election Commission gone, those duties would fall to the Secretary of State and county boards of elections. Lawmakers slipped the provision into the 5,000-plus page bill as part of a wide-ranging amendment the day before the vote.

The Democratic National Committee will transfer more than $1 million per month to its state and territorial parties over the next four years in an effort to build state-level infrastructure and operations, the DNC announced.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced today that troopers will conduct an OVI checkpoint this week to deter and intercept impaired drivers.

Missouri Republicans may take their tax-cutting efforts to new heights this year as lawmakers consider exempting profits from the sale of stocks, bonds and real estate from state income taxes.

In recognition of Older Ohioans Month, which coincides with Older Americans Month, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Financial Institutions and the Department of Aging are calling attention to the growing issue of scams targeting state’s seniors and how Ohioans can better protect themselves and their loved ones.

Ohio craft brewers are worried how new tariffs on aluminum, steel and malted barley could raise the price of a pint of beer or a six-pack.

Two Mississippi men pleaded guilty to multiple wildlife violations after poaching white-tailed deer in southeast Ohio and were ordered to pay a combined $15,054.37 in restitution, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

Republicans in Congress have a difficult few months ahead of them as they look to broker agreement within their exceptionally narrow majority on policy issues that have already begun to divide centrists from far-right members of the party.