Highland County commissioners David Daniels, Brad Roades and Terry Britton officially closed out the 2024 calendar year with their final end-of-year approvals, including appropriating more COVID-19 recovery dollars, during a meeting Monday, Dec. 23.
The US Department of Defense spent nearly $11 million on “Orwellian cat experiments” that have nothing to do with training the U.S. military or national defense.
The November 2024 general election resulted in several extremely close votes, resulting in either a tie or were decided by three votes or fewer. In total, 23 local races triggered automatic recounts.
In honor of the life and service of Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Officer Andrew Lansing, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Ross County and at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes Tower as well as at all Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction facilities now until sunset on the day of his funeral.
A year ago, the U.S. national debt amounted to more than $33.8 trillion, according to Senate Republican Joint Economic Committee data. As of Dec. 24, 2024, the debt has climbed to nearly $36.3 trillion, a $2.5 trillion increase within the past 12 months.
People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operatives and spies continue to be arrested in the U.S. The latest include two Chinese spies in California and several arrested in Guam near a U.S. military installation on the same day as an historic live ballistic missile interception test.
Through painstaking work of police investigators and prosecutors, and voicemail recordings used as evidence, recent cases reveal that American women and girls raped and murdered by foreign nationals illegally in the U.S. fought back against their attackers, struggling for their lives before they were overpowered, violently assaulted and killed.
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Director Annette Chambers-Smith released the following statement Wednesday afternoon on the death of a Ross Correctional Institution officer, following an alleged assault by an inmate.
The state’s minimum wage rises by 25 cents on Jan. 1, going to $10.70 an hour to account for inflation. The current Ohio minimum wage for tipped employees is $5.25 per hour and $10.45 for nontipped workers. The minimum wage for youth workers is $7.25 per hour.
This week, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released his 2024 “Festivus” Report, totaling $1,008,313,329,626.12 in government waste.
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., engaged in multiple instances of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use during his tenure in Congress from 2017 to 2020, the House Ethics Committee alleges in a report released Monday.
The Ohio General Assembly last week approved Senate Bill 158, legislation that was amended to include House Bill 283, which will add a judge to the Adams County Common Pleas Court, announced bill joint sponsor, State Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland).
Auditor of State Keith Faber has declared a fiscal emergency for Madison Township in Fairfield County, after an analysis of the township’s finances confirmed fund deficits that exceeded what is allowed under state law.
