Child tax credits are becoming more popular across the country, with more than a dozen states offering them as financial relief toward the cost of raising kids.

Ohio’s fire safety rules just got leaner, clearer, and easier to follow. The newly updated 2025 Ohio Fire Code (OFC), which has taken effect, includes key revisions from the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal.

President Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of sedition on social media Thursday and threatened them with punishment as severe as death, after they appeared in a video message encouraging U.S. armed forces to refuse “illegal orders.”

As the season of giving approaches, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Liquor Control is making it easier for nonprofit organizations to stay compliant with Ohio liquor laws. The Division’s new online portal launched over the summer simplifies the process for charitable and political organizations that might be planning to offer alcohol as a prize at their upcoming fundraising events.

An Ohio state lawmaker is trying to ensure people, businesses or developers are held accountable for what they do with artificial intelligence. In effect, his bill aims to outlaw “it wasn’t me, the AI did it” as a legal defense.

The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather advisory for southern and central Ohio.

Pike County Sheriff Tracy D. Evans reports that on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 8:25 a.m., deputies were dispatched to Curtis Lane in reference to a reported shooting.

The Ohio State Bar Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the District and Regional 2025 Community Service Award for Newer Attorneys. Regional awardees are selected from the district awardees.

An Ohio senator wants to place new limits on the scope and duration of post-employment noncompete contracts for certain health care workers

Hillsboro City Council will hold a special meeting on Jan. 9, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will take place at City Hall, 130 N. High Street, 2nd Floor, Hillsboro.

A Greenfield man was sentenced last week to two years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

Nearly a million chickens packed the barns at Howe’s Hens last Christmas Eve when the first of them tested positive for bird flu. The deadly virus spreads so fast that even if only one hen is infected, farmers are legally obligated to kill all of the others. Massive mounds of carcasses soon appeared outside the Ohio egg farm, covered in compost.

New Ohio legislation that would require doctors to read a legal statement before medication abortions telling patients they can sue them could create a new barrier to constitutionally protected abortion care, experts say.

A reporter told Pritzker that prosecutors reported problems with the law, saying it prevents dangerous people from being held.

Twelve days ago, 8-year-old Mora Gerety was struck by the driver of a pickup truck as she walked across an intersection five blocks from her middle school in Boise, Idaho. On Saturday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released more details about the man who allegedly struck her: a Honduran national living illegally in the U.S. with an outstanding warrant.