Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today signed Senate Bill 450, the capital budget bill for fiscal years 2027 and 2028.

The Ohio Senate has passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 20, as introduced by state Sen. Shane Wilkin, R-Hillsboro. The resolution passed on a party line vote of 24-9, with all nine Senate Democrats voting against it on June 10.

No friend of the court briefs will be allowed in America’s attempted prosecution against its former FBI Director James Comey in a North Carolina federal courtroom.

The Madison Township Trustees, Highland County, is in need of a township trustee. Trustee Joshua Roe resigned effective May 31, 2026. 

Multiple events are being held in the nation’s capital on July 4 celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States.

Hillsboro City Council members authorized the city’s acquisition or transfer of several different properties through the passage of three ordinances at their Thursday, June 11 meeting.

Highland County commissioners Terry Britton, David Daniels and Brad Roades made several approvals for the Highland County Sheriff’s Office, including a medical contract, a vehicle purchase and quotes for Justice Center maintenance, during their Wednesday, June 10 meeting.

Another Guatemalan human smuggling ring has been busted, this time in Ohio. In this case, three Guatemalan nationals, all illegally in the country, were indicted in connection to an international smuggling ring of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) and defrauding the government. 

The Ohio Republican Party State Central Committee today re-elected Alex M. Triantafilou as Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party for a four-year term. The vote came during the Committee's reorganizational meeting at ORP Headquarters in Columbus

“Four years of a blind eye allowed unvetted sponsors to come pick up 450,000 kids on our borders knowing … it was reported that over a third of the females regardless of age were sexually assaulted before they made it to the border,” he said. The Biden administration “knew it was human traffickers who were trafficking these young kids to the border. Then they didn’t vet the so-called sponsors. There were zero wellness checks.” 

For the past six decades, Sherwood Auto and Camper Sales has been assisting families throughout southern Ohio create memories on the road, at the campground and on the water.

Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) introduced a bill designating the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Ave. in Georgetown, Ohio, as the “Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building.”

The state of Ohio is downgrading the commercial driver’s license of 1,200 foreign-born truck drivers for failing to meet new federal requirements on documenting proof that they are in the United States legally.

This month marks 10 years of STABLE Account, a tax-advantaged savings account for people with disabilities or qualified medical conditions.

These incidents have been reported by the HPD.