In 2009, a veteran reportedly confronted Walz’s former congressional staff claiming he violated the Stolen Valor Act of 2006 because of claims he made about Afghanistan when he was never deployed there, according to a video released by the Calvin Coolidge Project. In July 2006, veterans sent letters to local news outlets, the Mankato Free Press, archived by Bluestem Prairie News, and the Winona Daily News, claiming Walz was misleading voters about his military service in Afghanistan.

The Batavia Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal traffic crash involving two vehicles that occurred on Saturday, Aug. 10 at approximately 9:09 p.m. The crash occurred on state Route 28 at milepost 7 in Goshen Township, Clermont County.  

Today Governor Mike DeWine declared a state of emergency for the following counties: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Portage, Summit and Trumbull following the tornadoes and strong storms that came through Northeast Ohio communities on Tuesday.   

Special counsel Jack Smith was granted more time on Friday before having to give an outline on the next steps his office is taking in the 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nominee.

The chairman of a congressional task force assembled last month to probe former President Donald Trump’s assassination attempt gave a glimpse into its work during an interview with a local radio station this week.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik Friday announced $106.9 million in state support to help clean up and redevelop 61 hazardous brownfield sites in 22 counties.

Governor Mike DeWine Friday announced that Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Jack Marchbanks will step down as director on Sept. 30, 2024, and that Pamela Vest Boratyn will be nominated to serve as ODOT director beginning Oct. 1, 2024.

Teachers in the Bright Local School District, along with educators from neighboring districts, recently had the incredible opportunity to participate in a specialized professional development session focused on solar, wind and renewable energies. 

OLS officers apprehended the coyote, or smuggling guide, a 40-year-old Mexican national and confirmed Paisa gang member, his alleged coconspirators and those being smuggled. The coyote allegedly guided four foreign nationals across the Rio Grande River into Hidalgo County, where they were supposed to meet two local teenagers to drive them to their next location.

In a video clip promoted by the Harris campaign, Walz called for gun control on the grounds that “we can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, are only carried in war.” The candidate did not, however, ever serve in a war zone.

Walz said that there is a border crisis and Democrats need to acknowledge it – breaking from the view of his presumed presidential running mate, President Joe Biden’s designated border czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, who has repeatedly claimed the border was closed and secure and that she didn’t need to go there.

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday afternoon that he has agreed to three debates, all happening in September.

A rural east Texas district attorney has described how the border crisis is impacting her community after two Chinese nationals were arrested on money laundering charges.

Highland County commissioners David Daniels, Brad Roades and Terry Britton voted to amend the county’s sewer use rules and heard an update on energy costs during their Wednesday, Aug. 7 meeting.

Highland County commissioners David Daniels, Brad Roades and Terry Britton proclaimed Aug. 31 as Overdose Awareness Day, as part of both statewide and local recognition efforts, during their Wednesday, Aug. 7 meeting.