A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill to limit, not prohibit, the sale of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

These incidents have been reported by the HCSO.

President Donald Trump on Monday announced he was firing the boards for the military service academies, citing an infiltration of “woke” ideology. When President Joe Biden took office four years ago, he removed Trump appointees to the same boards.

Hillsboro Elks 361, located south of Hillsboro, celebrated recent renovations with a ribbon cutting from the Highland County Chamber of Commerce, along with members of the community, on Feb. 4.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Feb. 11-12 for Highland and surrounding counties.

Adena Health has announced a new joint venture partnership with national leader, DASCO Home Medical Equipment, to enhance home medical equipment services across south central and southern Ohio.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Feb. 10 that he is nominating Jim Tressel to serve as his lieutenant governor. Tressel would replace Jon Husted, who served as lieutenant governor until Governor DeWine appointed him to the U.S. Senate last month. 

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is seeking to delay a 15-year extension of JobsOhio’s lease on state liquor profits – a deal that requires nothing in return from the private corporation.

President Donald Trump said late Sunday that he has ordered the U.S. Treasury Department to stop producing pennies. Pennies famously cost more than a penny to produce, putting them in the crosshairs of Trump and DOGE’s government efficiency push.

A Columbus television station defamed three siblings by describing them as “robbers” of an 8-year-old’s hoverboard when it rewrote information provided by Columbus police, an Ohio appeals court ruled. The TV station must pay the family damages.

Ohio Democrat lawmakers are once again trying to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. 

Observe Standard Time All Year, or House Bill 12, is authored by Rowan County Republican Harry Warren. He’s got a slew of sponsors with him, too, from both parties.

Late last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting “transgender” procedures on youth, including puberty blockers and surgeries such as mastectomies and penile reconstruction. In response, many medical providers including some of the top in the nation for performing them have announced they will comply with the EO.

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is opening a probe into the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program (TOPGUN) after reports surfaced of physical and mental harm done to pilots and instructors within the program. 

A bill preventing future presidents from unilaterally banning hydraulic fracking is on its way to the Senate after passing the House 226-188 Friday.