The Hillsboro Finance Committee will meet on Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. in the conference room located at City hall, 130 N. High St., Hillsboro, to discuss the S.R. 73/Fenner Road intersection reconstruction.

In a win for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, a recent court ruling has cleared the way for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume using states’ Medicaid data to find people who are in the country illegally.

Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney Mat Heck Jr. announced this month that Matthew N. Currie, 50, of Oakwood has been indicted on 91 counts for alleged voyeurism and allegedly taking videos of a nude minor.

President Donald Trump promised during his bid for another White House term that he would be a dictator only on “day one.”

The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Securities announced that James Delverne, a former investment adviser with Northwest Capital in Toledo, has become the third individual to plead guilty in connection with an alleged decade-long, $72 million Ponzi scheme.

An award of $202 million has been announced for Ohio to combat hospital closures and a lack of access to health care in rural areas. The funding was welcomed by state leaders and advocates alike, but the funds are seen as a temporary fix to a problem made worse by federal cuts.

Rumpke plans to operate on a one-day delay for the remainder of the week, as road conditions and weather allow. Please leave material at the curb as we continue service throughout the week.

Dominic Lindsey, 35, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in December to 120 months in prison for trafficking bulk amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl. The defendant’s fentanyl was cut with xylazine – a horse tranquilizer that commonly prevents Narcan from counteracting fentanyl overdose deaths.

Federal agents shot and killed an armed man in Minneapolis Saturday morning, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.

According to the National Weather Service, some parts of Ohio could see up to 12 inches of snow and extreme cold is expected.

A candidate for the Illinois Statehouse worries there could be a dark side to the 725-percent increase in Medicaid payments for children without Social Security numbers. 

U.S. House Democrats last Wednesday introduced three articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after a deadly shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer.

With the holidays officially over, it’s a matter of time until credit card bills from last month’s spending find their way into Ohioans’ mailboxes. While many individuals may be tempted to quickly set those bills aside, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Financial Institutions (DFI) encourages everyone to slow down, review statements for any questionable charges, and consider how they might keep their financial goals on track in 2026.

In yet another sign of exploding inequality, a new data analysis finds that while affordability is an urgent issue for average Ohioans, the richest Americans keep getting richer. A lot richer.

Cincinnati Children’s will enhance its primary care options for local patients and families on April 13 with the addition of Springboro Pediatrics, which has enjoyed a working relationship with the health system for many years.