The summer session of the Greenfield Peace Officers Association Police Academy will be Aug. 12 and Aug. 19 at the Jefferson Street Business Center, 1300 Jefferson Street.

Reece Bryson of Hillsboro was one of 52 middle school students chosen to participate in the Appalachian STEM Academy, a one-week residential program focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

An Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife poaching investigation, conducted in collaboration with Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks, resulted in a combined 40 guilty pleas from William I. Bethel, 28, of Columbus and Justin A. Booth, 23, of Columbus. The two central Ohio men were known on YouTube as Creek Kings Outdoors.

An Islamic man living in New Jersey, Hadi Matar, was convicted of attempting to provide material support to Hezbollah, a Lebanese Islamic Shi’a militia. The U.S. designated it as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997.

Paul said Fauci would not be liable if he admitted to committing crimes during the hearing. He said Fauci could only be prosecuted if he was found to be lying to Congress.  "All he had to do today, if he wanted to testify, was be honest. As long as he was honest, even about committing a crime, he would have no jeopardy, but I think the pardon has given him more immunity than most people would ever get," Paul said. 

These incidents were reported by the HCSO.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association (OSIA) this week celebrated the inaugural Buckeye Baa-ttle at the Ohio State Fair, where legislators, cabinet members, and media representatives joined Ohio’s talented 4-H and FFA sheep exhibitors in the show ring.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced today that an OVI checkpoint will be held tomorrow evening in Clermont County.

Highland County commissioners Terry Britton, David Daniels and Brad Roades heard from a local resident concerned about a proposed new battery storage facility on Mad River Road during their Wednesday, July 29 meeting.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, first lady Fran DeWine, and Lt. Governor Jim Tressel joined Ohio State Fair Executive Director Adam Heffron to officially open the 171st Ohio State Fair.

Sen. Paul pointed to documents released as part of the Senate's investigation into the pandemic where Fauci appeared to acknowledge COVID-19's origin from a leak at a lab in Wuhan, China. Paul also mentioned several virologists and top scientists in Fauci's circle who acknowledged the possibility of the virus leaking from a lab. 

President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in back-to-back meetings at the White House Tuesday.

The messages, obtained as part of his ongoing COVID-19 origins investigation, are now available in The Reading Room at paul.senate.gov/readingroom.

Auditor of State Keith Faber declared a fiscal emergency Tuesday for the Village of Zaleski in Vinton County after an analysis of the village’s finances confirmed fund deficits that exceeded what is allowed under state law.

Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) celebrated the passage of his Make American Guns Again (MAGA) Act in the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on July 22, 2026, by a vote of 216-212, mostly along party lines.