The following incident was reported by the HPD.

Ohio hands out $12 billion a year in tax breaks, mostly to wealthy individuals and big corporations. Yet the state’s economy continues to lag behind the national average, a report released earlier this month says.

The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal is again teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to promote Fire Prevention Week, which kicked off Sunday, Oct. 5 and concludes Saturday, Oct. 11.

Advocates recently raised alarm over immigrants with special deportation protections facing detainment across the country, as the Trump administration continues its aggressive mass deportation campaign.

State Representatives Monica Robb Blasdel (R-New Waterford) and Bob Peterson (R-Sabrina) today announced that the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill 170, legislation to give the state control over carbon capture regulation.

Intoxicating hemp products have no quality control and are sold in a variety of stores marketed as candy, cookies, gummy candy, and other products that are attractive to youth.

A Summit County man has been sentenced to prison for receiving and distributing sexually explicit photos of children through a social media platform.

The Athens Armory, a revitalization project designed to foster small business growth and economic development in uptown Athens, celebrated its opening last week. The City of Athens, in partnership with JobsOhio, Ohio Southeast Economic Development (OhioSE), the Athens City Community Improvement Corporation, and the Athens County Economic Development Council, held a ribbon-cutting celebration this afternoon and welcomed the community to tour the newly-renovated building.

When Black voters stay home on election day, the results have major consequences, according to Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League.

On Sept. 25, David Goodine, 19, was indicted by a Clermont County grand jury following an investigation by the Clermont County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force for the alleged distribution of illegal narcotics.

In a Senate Judiciary hearing Tuesday, Oct. 7, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) secured a commitment from Attorney General Pam Bondi that her Department of Justice (DOJ) would fully investigate how Joe Biden weaponized his DOJ to track Senator Hawley’s personal communications and access his confidential phone records. Biden’s special prosecutor Jack Smith also spied on seven other Republican members of Congress.

Georgia spent $54.2 million in less than five years to administer the country’s only Medicaid program with work requirements – more than twice as much as it spent to provide health care to enrollees, according to an analysis released earlier this month by the Government Accountability Office.

As the federal government shutdown hits the one week mark, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is urging Democrats to vote for Republicans’ funding bill to prevent permanent damage to the U.S. economy. 

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) unveiled a new historical marker at Shawnee State Park recently to honor Company 1545, a crew of Black World War I veterans whose work helped shape the park during the Great Depression.