The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) recently celebrated the completion of the Todd Fork Bridge renovation at Little Miami State Park with a ribbon cutting event.

Using health data from almost 213,000 Americans who experienced reinfections, researchers have found that severe infections from the virus that causes COVID-19 tend to foreshadow similar severity of infection the next time a person contracts the disease. Additionally, scientists discovered that long COVID was more likely to occur after a first infection compared to a reinfection.

Managers of a Lucas County investment firm accused of deceiving and defrauding investors in a decade-long scheme have been reindicted on multiple felonies as part of multi-year investigation and prosecution, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced recently.

Marshall Township Trustees will meet in an emergency session Sept. 29 at 9 a.m. at the Township Hall, located at 11085 OH 506 in Hillsboro, to review the transfer of property located at 11470 Spruance Road.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Friday that he has authorized the use of the State Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) to support 11 counties that were significantly impacted by severe weather events this year.

Tom Buis, CEO of the American Carbon Alliance, Friday issued the following statement in support of the official launch of the bipartisan Senate Sustainable Aviation Fuel Caucus.

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) recognizes Sunday-Saturday, Sept. 29-Oct. 5, as National Family Medicine Week.

As former President Donald Trump worked to scuttle a bipartisan border deal in Congress because it threatened to derail his campaign’s focus on immigration, Republicans in Arizona unveiled a plan to empower local officials to jail and deport migrants, decrying the federal government’s lack of solutions.

Ohio Department of Insurance Director Judith L. French and Medicare experts from the department’s Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP) are hosting a free, virtual town hall Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. to help Ohioans prepare for the upcoming Medicare open enrollment period and officially launch OSHIIP's annual statewide Medicare Checkup events.

Stark polarization was on display Tuesday as U.S. senators argued whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision effectively crowns the president “a king” or aligns with the history of the office.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Thursday announced $58 million available for marketing assistance to eligible organic dairy producers through the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP) 2024 to help expand the market for organic dairy and increase the consumption of organic dairy.

Wisconsin carpenter Efrain Campos just retired this summer after 30 years, working mostly in commercial multistory buildings — “from 15 floors and up,” he said. For him the last four years have been a boom period.

In early June 2024, the Athens County Sheriff’s Office released information regarding a body found in the Hocking River by a group of kayakers. Deputies and detectives quickly responded to the scene, with support from Athens County EMS, Richland Fire Department and Rome Township Fire Department.

The speaker of the Rhode Island House described how his state has tackled affordable housing and how it could be a model for local and state governments across the country in a Wednesday hearing before members of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee.

The following is the Highland County Sheriff’s Office Report for Sept. 22-25.