In honor of the life and service of former Ohio House of Representatives member L. Helen Rankin, Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Hamilton County from sunrise to sunset on the day of her funeral, April 10.

A new report from Children’s Defense Fund Ohio shows firearms as a leading cause of death for children, a statistic that has been exacerbated by a lack of funding and support for gun violence prevention, the group says.

Cincinnati Children’s has again been named one of America’s Most Innovative Companies across all industries by Fortune – and is the top-rated pediatric health system in the national ranking.

A police officer may extend a lawfully initiated traffic stop to investigate the status of a driver’s license even after the reason for initiating the stop is dispelled, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled.

The Hillsboro Finance Committee will meet April 14 at 2 p.m.in the conference room located at City Hall, 130 N. High St., Hillsboro.

These incidents have been reported by the GPD.

Ohio House Republicans passed a bill recently that would effectively bring back the state’s 24-hour waiting period for abortion care, despite a previous 24-hour law being blocked for violating the constitutional amendment passed by Ohio voters in 2023.

A 42-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for his role in a large-scale conspiracy to sell illegal narcotics throughout Summit County and the surrounding areas.

With the arrival of Alcohol Awareness Month this April, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Liquor Control is reminding Ohio consumers as well as its 27,000 permit holders to always follow the state’s liquor laws and to put safety and responsibility first whenever consuming alcohol.

Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a Stateline analysis. The drop comes as a shrinking fentanyl supply has made the drug weaker and less deadly and volunteer efforts get more people into treatment.

Federal prosecutors announced the indictments Tuesday of Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, on charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction, among other charges. Both men remain in federal custody.

Child care providers and local officials talked about the challenges that would be brought from two Ohio House bills focused on how alleged child care fraud is investigated, and how attendance is overseen at individual child care centers.

A finding for recovery of $22,830.41 was issued Tuesday against a closed Cleveland-area charter school that received more state funds than its final student data supported.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets is continuing its investigation into Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and the federal government’s continued lack of transparency surrounding the nature of these anomalies and potential security threats they pose.

In an unprecedented use of federal authority, President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked emergency powers to force a series of retiring coal plants to stay open.