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.

House Republicans passed a bill Thursday in the U.S. House to limit immigration at the nation's southern border that Democrats said would die in the U.S. Senate. The measure passed 219-213 before Title 42, the emergency health authority that allowed U.S. officials to turn away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of COVID-19, expires at midnight.

A Highland County man charged with felonious assault after an hourslong standoff with law enforcement Wednesday was under investigation for suspected child pornography, according to an affidavit filed in Hillsboro Municipal Court.

In 2020, Thomas Weidman, a township trustee in Warren County, found out he was the target of a state auditor’s investigation accusing him of soliciting bribes. The “smoking gun” was an email allegedly written by him 10 years earlier that resurfaced. The email was a fake, and Weidman sued the author for libel.

Highland County commissioners Terry Britton, David Daniels and Brad Roades recognized May 2023 as Older Americans Month during their Wednesday, May 10 meeting, issuing a proclamation and meeting with representatives of the Area Agency on Aging District 7 and the Highland County Senior Citizens Center.

Instead of U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehending, detaining and deporting people who’ve illegally entered the U.S., they will be implementing a plan decided on last year to release them en masse into local border communities.

A Highland County man has been arrested and charged with felonious assault after an hourslong standoff with local law enforcement in Allensburg Wednesday.

The Ohio House passed by two votes legislation Wednesday that would make it more difficult for citizens to change the state’s constitution while protestors packed the House gallery and statehouse rotunda before and during the vote. Voters will get a chance Aug. 8 to reject or approve the proposed constitutional amendment that would require a 60% vote of the people to pass any citizen-led constitutional amendment.

A large majority of voters say that President Joe Biden should compromise with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to cut government spending as part of a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, according to a new poll commissioned by America’s New Majority Project.