The federal government will spend $700 million on building or refurbishing coal power infrastructure across the country in a boost to “clean, beautiful coal,” President Donald Trump said earlier this month in the Oval Office.

The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal’s (SFM's) Ohio Fire Academy celebrated the graduation of its EMT class 138 last week at a ceremony held at SFM’s campus in Reynoldsburg.

There were fewer homeless people in the United States on a single night in January 2025 than in January 2024, but homelessness increased in 28 states, according to the latest federal count.

The Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs, 94-90, to win the third league title in team history and the first in 53 years. After the victory, tens of thousands of fans took to the streets outside Madison Square Garden and on the surrounding blocks, which led to more than 60 arrests, the New York Police Department said.

The 2027 budget hearing for the Highland County North Joint Fire and Ambulance District will be 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 23 at 200 South Street, Leesburg.

The number of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Ohio soared by nearly sixfold last year, according to a new analysis.

A Frankfort man was sentenced to 30 days in jail, plus three years of community control, this week after pleading guilty to a weapons under disability charge in Highland County.

The Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO, this week issued a sharp condemnation of the newly introduced Take Care of America’s Veterans Act (TCAVA), warning that the legislation relies on an unconscionable budgetary trade-off. While the omnibus bill packages critical, labor-supported provisions like the Major Richard Star Act for concurrent receipt and the Love Lives On Act for surviving spouses, it offsets those costs by stripping billions of dollars from future disabled claimants by permanently slashing disability ratings for sleep apnea and tinnitus.

Duke Energy can charge southwestern Ohio customers $29 million to recover the cost of retiring propane caverns it used for decades to assist with delivering natural gas, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled last week.

A Gallipolis, Ohio, man, Henry Ritscher, 44, was sentenced recently to 25 years by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning for the production of child pornography.

Two sets of data released this month indicate that the high cost of gas is taking a bite out of consumers — and things are likely to get worse.

As Independence Day approaches and Ohioans make plans to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal urges you to stay safe and legal if you plan to make fireworks part of your plans. As you purchase fireworks, it’s important that you only visit licensed retailers, that you only purchase fireworks you’re comfortable and knowledgeable in handling, and that you understand and follow state and local laws governing their sale and use.

As gas prices spike, some Ohio lawmakers are floating the idea of suspending the state’s 38.5-cent-a-gallon tax.

Cincinnati Children’s has issued its fifth-annual Community Impact Report, which highlights how the nonprofit health system is bringing care closer to home throughout the region by opening new locations and operating a Mobile Care Center.

The federal government released new guidance last week on how states should roll out the Medicaid work requirements that will affect healthcare coverage for millions of Americans.