National Cooperative Bank (NCB), a leading financial institution which provides banking products and services to southern Ohio, is announcing the retirement of Tamara Irvin, branch manager.  

An Afghan national on the federal Terrorist Screening Dataset (TSDS) was apprehended attempting to enter the U.S. illegally near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, Calif.

Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former GOP leader Matt Borges will both be sentenced to prison in late June, according to a May 15 report by Ohio Capital Journal.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Department of Homeland Security over its plan to release foreign nationals en masse into the U.S. without a court date to appear in immigration court. 

The Highland County Board of Elections will be closed on Monday, May 15 and reopen on Tuesday, May 16.

Hillsboro City Council heard an update on recent city activities as well as a citizen’s proposal for a one-way street during a relatively quiet 23-minute meeting Thursday, May 11.

The declarations were made as large groups of people, 15,000 Venezuelans and 15,000 Haitians, arrived in the Rio Grande Valley seeking entry to the U.S. An additional 23,000 are reportedly en route to Del Rio.

Groups of mostly single military age men are encamped on the sidewalk and alleyway next to Sacred Heart Catholic Church in downtown El Paso even after many had been cleared out earlier this week. Thousands had congregated in the area after being released by the Biden administration after they’d entered the U.S. illegally ahead of the public health authority Title 42 ending at midnight Thursday.

The nationwide housing crisis continues to worsen. Currently, nearly one-in-four renters, over 10 million families, spend more than half of their household income on rent, cutting into other essential expenses like child care, medication, groceries, and transportation.

The Ohio Department of Health Friday released the Suicide Demographics and Trends 2021 report indicating that after a two-year decline, the number of Ohio suicide deaths increased.

Highland County Recorder Chad E. McConnaughey would like to announce a new feature that his recording vendor has made available to the public. The new feature is called Fraud Sleuth, and it is designed to notify a Highland County property owner of a new document being recorded involving their name.

Gov. Abbott, who deployed a tactical National Guard unit to El Paso this week, said, “The cartels are working in collaboration with President Biden and the federal government to facilitate that illegals cross the border.” He said Texas is “being overrun by our own federal government. Texas is being undermined by our own federal government and our efforts to secure our border.”

Senator JD Vance (R-OH) has introduced a disapproval motion to nullify the DC Council’s “Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022,” an anti-policing measure that endangers the safety of Americans in the District of Columbia.

A finding for recovery of $45,692 was issued Thursday against a former employee of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, who was sentenced to prison earlier this year for stealing fees paid by residents seeking concealed carry handgun licenses and background checks, Auditor of State Keith Faber announced.