The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Thursday that an OVI checkpoint will be held in Brown County Friday, Aug. 9.

One out of every five attempted charges at a public port fails, according to a Harvard-led study. Released in June, the study found that just 78% of attempted charges at the nation’s roughly 64,000 public port succeeds, making them less reliable than gas stations.

Through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, law enforcement officers have apprehended more than 517,000 illegal foreign nationals and made more than 45,700 criminal arrests, with more than 39,600 felony charges reported. They’ve also seized more than 506 million lethal doses of fentanyl, enough to kill the combined populations of the United States and Mexico.

Lawmakers say tens of millions of taxpayer dollars were wrongly set aside for union pension plans, and now lawmakers want those funds back.

A multi-agency operation led to the indictment of a major transnational criminal organization based in Guatemala smuggling thousands of foreign nationals through Mexico into New Mexico and throughout the United States.

With 90 days until the General Election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are in a dead heat, according to the results of a new Wisconsin poll by Marquette Law School.

American Junior Maine-Anjou Association (AJMAA) members from 28 states, with over 800 cattle entries, descended on Springfield, Mo., this June for the National Junior Heifer Show. Each year, the American Junior Maine-Anjou Association hosts a week-long event for participants nationwide.

A complaint was unsealed this week in Brooklyn charging Asif Merchant, also known as Asif Raza Merchant, 46, with murder-for-hire as part of an alleged scheme to assassinate a politician or U.S. government official on U.S. soil. Law enforcement foiled the charged plot before any attack could be carried out. Merchant is in federal custody.

A second member of “The Squad” in the U.S. House was defeated in a primary on Tuesday as a county prosecutor defeated incumbent Cori Bush in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st District.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing hefty fines after a city election watchdog audit alleged that his 2021 campaign failed to document $2.3 million in spending.

Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice presidential running mate. Both candidates have faced criticism for their handling of police issues.

Hillsboro City Council committees met Monday, Aug. 5 to continue ongoing discussions on citywide waste collection and to consider a request to expand the city’s Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA).

On July 31, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) celebrated and honored Ohioans for their lifetime achievements in conservation and protection of Ohio's natural resources with a ceremony to recognized Cardinal Award winners and the Hall of Fame inductees.

On Tuesday, Aug. 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the emergency suspension of all registrations of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

The fourth annual Faith & Farming breakfast (formerly Harvesting Healthy Minds) took place Friday, Aug. 2 at the Lake View Loft from 9:30 a.m.-noon.