The former executive director of the Clermont Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to federal program theft.

The Board of Commissioners of the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection (LFCP) reimbursed $104,248.76 to 14 victims of attorney theft at its recent meeting.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations surveyed 33 school districts participating in the Clean School Bus Rebate Program and uncovered serious "shortcomings and deficiencies" with electric school buses and the Biden-Harris administration's Clean School Bus Program. This highlighted the risk of fraud, cost, and environmental impact.

A federal government shutdown still looms after the U.S. House failed to pass a stopgap measure before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.

A California man indicted federally in 2022 after being apprehended in Texas with a juvenile from Hillsboro was sentenced Wednesday morning to 11 years.

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced a slight cut to the federal funds rate, the first cut since March of 2020, when rates were near 0%.

Today, the House passed H.R. 1432, the VSO Equal Tax Treatment Act or the VETT Act, and H.R. 3800, the Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, legislation sponsored by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH). In addition, the House passed language from Rep. Wenstrup's the Foster Care Adoption Oversight and Support Act in H.R. 9076, the Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families Act.

The Hillsboro VFW Post 9094 made a $5,000 donation to the Highland County Historical Society Wednesday afternoon as one of the first contributions toward a new endowment fund being established by the Society.

The Ohio Agricultural Mental Health Alliance (OAMHA) is releasing the results of a survey created to ensure Ohio’s farmers, families and communities are better equipped to deal with stress.

Adena Local Schools and Adena Health celebrated the groundbreaking Tuesday for a $10.5 million Warrior Wellness Center funded in part through Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s historic investment in Ohio’s Appalachian communities.

Hillsboro City Schools treasurer Ben Teeters administered the oath of office to the school board’s 2024-25 student representative, Madison Dearmon, during the board’s Monday, Sept. 16 meeting.

As part of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability’s probe of Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in creating the worst border crisis in U.S. history, Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is renewing his request to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide all documents and communications between CBP and the Executive Office of the Vice President related to the southwest border or illegal immigration. 

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose confirmed today that his office is one of at least 15 election offices nationwide that received a suspicious package from an unknown source, prompting the latest of several security threat investigations involving local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

Online, Routh portrayed himself as an international freedom fighter who voted for Trump in 2016 before writing a self-published book in 2023 urging Iran to assassinate Trump. 

U.S. lawmakers are calling for changes in how the U.S. Secret Service protects former President Donald Trump after a second assassination attempt Sunday.