In response to requests for information relative to planning school safety initiatives, Ohio Homeland Security has partnered with the Ohio Department of Education to assemble informational resources from a variety of reliable sources and is providing them to Ohio’s school administrators and the law enforcement community.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Judge Judith L. French from the 10th District Court of Appeals, to the Ohio Supreme Court.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson has announced she is stepping down from her position in early 2013. Jackson was facing scrutiny for the recent revelation of her secondary e-mail account, under the pseudonym “Richard Windsor,” which she said was the name of her dog and her house.

Ohio’s minimum wage is scheduled to increase on Jan. 1, 2013 to $7.85 per hour for non-tipped employees and to $3.93 per hour for tipped employees, plus tips. The 2012 Ohio minimum wage is $7.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $3.85 for tipped employees, plus tips.

The Fourth Appellate District Court has affirmed a judgment against Wesley Coonrod, a Greenfield man serving 20 years in prison on involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the deaths of his two young sons.

Highland County Republican county officeholders and State Rep. Cliff Rosenberger had their swearing-in ceremony Friday afternoon at the Hi-TEC Center in Hillsboro. Highland County Republican Party chair Kay Ayres and the local GOP hosted the event.

Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, Inc. (AMES) and the Clinton County Port Authority have completed the necessary arrangements to proceed with the financing and construction of a new hangar facility at the Wilmington Air Park.

Crews from the Ohio Department of Transportation – District 9 will continue to patrol and treat the state highway system during the evening and late-night hours as a winter storm progresses through the state.

Highland County is under a winter weather advisory Wednesday, as winter storm Euclid makes its way through the Buckeye State. Parts of northwest Ohio are under a blizzard warning Wednesday.

Highland County is under a winter weather advisory Wednesday, as winter storm Euclid makes its way through the Buckeye State. Parts of northwest Ohio are under a blizzard warning Wednesday.

A storm system gathering strength in the South will bring a plethora of weather hazards to the U.S. on Christmas, the National Weather Service predicts. A winter storm watch is in effect from Missouri through Vermont, a huge swath of territory where significant snows are expected to fall through Thursday.

A longtime love of horses has turned into a completely different passion for a Lynchburg teenager. Emily Rowley, a freshman at Lynchburg-Clay High School, has spent many years of her young life working with horses and later discovered a gift for helping special needs children.

A longtime love of horses has turned into a completely different passion for a Lynchburg teenager. Emily Rowley, a freshman at Lynchburg-Clay High School, has spent many years of her young life working with horses and later discovered a gift for helping special needs children.

After receiving a taxpayer’s call to confirm whether the Ohio Department of Taxation had received a recent payment, department of taxation officials noted that several suspicious financial transactions were performed by Tax Commission Agent Kathleen Hyer.

Ohio's unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in November, down slightly from 6.9 percent in October, according to data released this morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS).