United Producers, Inc. (UPI), the Midwest’s largest livestock marketing cooperative, is pleased to announce the hiring of Elizabeth Long as a regional credit officer. In her role, Long will directly support producers in Ohio and the Midwest with their farm financing, including livestock loans, real estate loans and crop loans.

Mark Forrest had a choice: Save his political career or continue to support a solar power project that he saw as an economic bonanza for his Ohio county. He chose the latter. 

Troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol filed two felony charges against a 27-year-old woman after she was allegedly found to be in possession of cocaine during a traffic stop in Madison County. 

A Columbus attorney was suspended recently by the Supreme Court of Ohio for making his client wait nine years to receive a portion of her divorce settlement.

Donald Adams, 52, of Mount Sterling, was sentenced in U.S. District Court recently to 240 months (20 years) in prison for exploiting children online and sharing child sexual abuse material.