Motor carrier enforcement officers will be on Ohio’s roadways this week for a 72-hour transportation safety event known as International Roadcheck. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) is participating in International Roadcheck, scheduled May 14-16 throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Open to community members and students, auditions will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, in the Edward K. Daniels Auditorium on Southern State Community College’s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro.
Last week was National Nurses Week, and in Ohio, lawmakers held the first hearing for a measure codifying nurse-to-patient ratios. To nurses, it’s a critical protection for workers stretched too thin, but to hospitals it’s a potentially devastating obstacle to delivering care. Nurses have been pushing for some kind of legally mandated staffing ratio for at least a decade, but hospitals have so far been able to nip those efforts in the bud.
The sweeping Trump-era tax cuts in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire next year, setting up the tax debate as a potentially key political issue this election year. While illegal immigration and inflation top Americans’ list of concerns, both parties are increasingly talking about the Trump-era tax cuts, which President Joe Biden has said he will allow to expire next year.
The Batavia Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal traffic crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian that occurred on Sunday, May 12, at approximately 1:53 a.m.
A family legacy, a passion for the organization and years of hard work and dedication have led Hillsboro junior Carter Boyd to the highest level in Ohio FFA, as he has been slated as a state officer for the upcoming school year.
Legislation to “cut off federal aid for grown adults who are breaking our laws, spewing antisemitism, and openly embracing terrorists” has been proposed by a North Carolina senator and eight other Republicans.
The number of known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) apprehended at the northern border in the first six months of fiscal 2024 continue to outpace those apprehended at the southwest border.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, on behalf of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, announced Friday the indictment of a Wilmington man accused of poaching an 18-point antlered white-tailed deer.
A “spirited debate” was held during a pretrial hearing in Highland County Juvenile Court Friday afternoon, as parties are at odds over whether a conflict exists with the prosecution of a juvenile in the custody of Highland County Children Services.
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has confirmed that tornadoes touched down in Auglaize, Butler, Clinton, Darke, Licking, Mercer and Warren counties in Ohio, as well as Franklin County, Ind., during a severe weather event Tuesday, May 7.
Gov. Mike DeWine joined Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to announce that the states have received federal environmental approval to move the $3.6 billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project forward, without tolls.
Grades of F overall, and in each of five specific areas with active hot-button issues, were given by a North Carolina congresswoman chairing a committee hearing with Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona.