The Ohio House of Representatives plans to hold a June 6 vote on a new speaker, and according to a House GOP majority news release and a Cleveland Plain Dealer report this week, State Rep. Kirk Schuring is giving lawmakers two choices.

On Saturday, May 5 between 7:45 and 8 a.m., it appeared that a blueish gray Chevrolet 1500 extended cab truck (2009 or newer) allegedly struck a pedestrian in the parking lot of Frisch's in Hillsboro.

The Concerned Veterans of Greenfield honored our nation's fallen heroes on Memorial Day on Monday, May 28 with the annual parade and program.

The Concerned Veterans of Greenfield honored our nation's fallen heroes on Memorial Day on Monday, May 28 with the annual parade and program.

The Concerned Veterans of Greenfield honored our nation's fallen heroes on Memorial Day on Monday, May 28 with the annual parade and program.

The Concerned Veterans of Greenfield honored our nation's fallen heroes on Memorial Day on Monday, May 28 with the annual parade and program.

“Keith Faber has spent decades in the Ohio Legislature enabling the for-profit charter school industry and abetting the ECOT scam – the biggest political scandal in Ohio history. Faber had 18 years as a legislator, including four years as Senate president, to tighten accountability, increase oversight and protect Ohio taxpayers from ECOT’s fraudulent activity." – Zack Space

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Lawrence County Coroner Benjamin Mack, M.D. unveiled Monday a new forensic facial reconstruction of a woman whose remains were found in Lawrence County in 1981.

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers filed felony drug charges against a Michigan man and woman after a traffic stop in Warren County. During the traffic stop, troopers seized 950 ecstasy pills and 290 hydrocodone pills valued at approximately $17,890.

On May 16 at 11:42 a.m., Brown County Dispatch received a call of gunshots fired in the vicinity of Russell Street in Fayetteville. Russell Street is directly east of Fayetteville Middle School.

“After a thorough review, our staff concluded that the ICA conclusions were accurate and on point. The Russian effort was extensive, sophisticated, and ordered by President Putin himself for the purpose of helping Donald Trump and hurting Hillary Clinton." – Sen. Mark Warner

Congressman Brad Wenstrup, R-Cincinnati, has announced the winner of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition. Hannah Kessinger, a senior from Hillsboro High School won first place for her piece “Warm.”

Adena Internal Medicine is proud to welcome Juanito Savaille, DO.

ECOT, a massive online charter school that has collected over $1 billion in taxpayer funds since 2000, including $130 million in federal funds. ECOT abruptly closed in January 2018, and left its 12,000 Ohio students hanging in the balance. ECOT’s closure arose after examinations of its lengthy track record of mismanagement which included inflated enrollment numbers.

The little Mitchell Cemetery on Pea Ridge Road in Liberty Township was the setting early May 5 for a service project of Waw-wil-a-way Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.