Greenfield Historical Society will hold it annual History Day on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The event will be held in the area around the Grain & Hay building on North McArthur Way.

A Hocking County Grand Jury has indicted former Hocking County Agricultural Society Secretary Jessica Dicken on seven criminal counts, related to more than $19,000 in fraudulent credit card purchases.

As property valuations and property taxes continue to rise throughout Ohio, Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the state House and Senate have introduced multiple bills to lower both.

Since January 2021 – when Biden took office – the number of known, reported gotaways total more than the individual populations of 11 states. The number is believed to be much higher because Border Patrol agents, law enforcement officers, Homeland Security – the agency tasked with defending the homeland – have no idea how many come through who weren’t captured on camera or reported. They have no idea how many, who or where they are.

"Next spring, I will be voting in the Republican primary. When my career in elected office ends in 2027 on the inauguration of my successor as mayor, I will leave office as a Republican." – Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson

The Department of Homeland Security has sparked controversy by adding to its Intelligence Board multiple members who signed on to the now debunked 2020 letter saying the Hunter Biden laptop story was “Russian disinformation.” Now, House Republicans want answers, saying the new additions bring into question the federal group’s credibility and impartiality.

Ohio’s county boards of elections began distributing ballots Friday to active duty military and overseas voters, officially opening the Nov. 7 general election.

The Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation is continuing to make headway in their fight against blight in the county, as the land bank board selected a tentative list of new properties to target using state cleanup funding during their Thursday, Sept. 21 meeting.

The U.S. Department of Defense vowed to improve the conditions in barracks for U.S. troops after a report detailed widespread problems with military housing.

Former Hillsboro City Council president Lee Koogler was arrested by the Hillsboro Police Department Thursday, Sept. 21. 

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, and his wife have been indicted in New York on federal bribery charges related to their allegedly “corrupt relationship” with businessmen from their home state.

A Felicity man was sentenced to a minimum of 11 years in prison this month after pleading guilty to his role in a large-scale drug investigation in Brown County.

As part of National Workforce Development Month, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Matt Damschroder announced Thursday that the agency is providing $368,000 to expand OhioMeansJobs Fayette County, in advance of a new lithium-ion battery plant currently under construction in Jeffersonville.

Lawyers for pension and investment funds suing Akron-based FirstEnergy report that as they press the company for documents relating to alleged bribery, the company is finding thousands more. Meanwhile, the U.S. Justice Department isn’t commenting on rumors that further charges might be filed next month in the biggest bribery and money-laundering scandal in Ohio history.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined a court fight this week with Missouri and Louisiana, which says the Biden administration is violating the First Amendment by censoring social media content.