A Beavercreek woman was sentenced to community control recently after pleading no contest to an arson charge in Highland County.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following statement today regarding the Ohio Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 4.

The executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks is trying to get the word out: If the budget passed by the U.S. House of Representatives becomes reality, it could trash the state budget and make many, many Ohioans go hungry.

Wednesday’s first hearing already has opposition lined up from the Ohio Association of Police Chiefs, Ohio Mayors Alliance, Ohio State Association of County Veterans Service Officers, Ohio Superintendents Association, Ohio School Board Association, Ohio Municipal League and several cities, towns and counties.

Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) has joined Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and John Fetterman’s (D-Pa.) Stop the Scroll Act. The bill would create a mental health warning label requirement for social media platforms so that users could better understand the potential mental health risks associated with the applications.

Dr. Eve Espey has many stories she can tell about patients who travel to her clinic in New Mexico from their homes in Texas, where abortion laws are some of the most restrictive in the country.

The future of liquor permitting is here. The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Liquor Control has launched a new fully digital portal to modernize the process for managing alcohol licenses and permits.

The unprecedented increase in immigration starting in 2021 brought extra revenue to states and local governments, but the cost of services for those newly arrived migrants was greater, leading to a net cost of $9.2 billion in 2023, according to a report the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office published Thursday.

A finding for recovery of $12,363.25 was issued Tuesday against two former Mount Vernon employees over an unauthorized payout of accrued paid leave.

The Pixelle paper mill in Chillicothe is set to officially shut its doors on Aug. 10.

A new investigation led by the Patient First Coalition found that tens of thousands of wealthy people remain enrolled in Medicaid, the taxpayer-funded health insurance program meant for low-income and disabled Americans. It's an issue happening nationwide, the report said, though Ohio, Arizona, and South Carolina represent some of the more egregious examples.

The Ohio State Bar Foundation (OSBF) Board of Trustees has approved $559,000 in grants to nine Ohio nonprofit organizations through its 2025 Spring Grant Cycle.

The Make America Healthy Again commission, created earlier this year by President Donald Trump, released its first report recently, calling on the administration and lawmakers to improve the well-being of the country’s children.

This year, the collections are available in Fulton, Lake and Greene counties.

The Texas State Capitol Complex was evacuated Saturday afternoon and remains closed after authorities identified a credible threat to lawmakers planning to attend a protest there later in the day.