The Leesburg Area Historical Society will host its fifth annual Judy Mason Memorial Cookout Friday, June 13 (rain date Saturday, June 14) from 5-8 p.m. at the Leesburg Depot.

The third annual Greenfield Music Festival was held in downtown Greenfield during the weekend of June 6-8.

Paid agitators and rioters, including those with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), attacked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers tasked with apprehending violent criminals off of the streets.

National Guard troops arrived Sunday morning in Los Angeles after more violence erupted overnight. A crowd threw lit fireworks Saturday night at federal detention officers standing in a line on Alameda Street near the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, as seen in televised reports by local media.

Highland County commissioners Brad Roades, Terry Britton and David Daniels heard a presentation on a proposed new hospital tax assessment being considered by the Ohio legislature, which may allow both of the county’s two hospitals to recoup up to $150,000 each year, during their Wednesday, June 4 meeting.

Some of the demonstrators identified with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, a pro-immigration organization given a $450,000 grant by the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security for “citizenship education and training.” 

Several U.S. House Republicans say they won’t vote for the budget reconciliation bill if changes are, or aren’t, made in the Senate.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and BroadbandOhio have announced nearly $23.7 million to expand broadband access by reimbursing internet service providers (ISPs) for infrastructure costs.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced late Friday afternoon that the suspected MS-13 gang member had been indicted by a grand jury in Tennessee on May 21, charging him with “alien smuggling” and “conspiracy to commit alien smuggling.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials face surging threats of violence from members of the public as they arrest violent foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally for removal. Some threats have come from congressional Democrats.

State Representative Bob Peterson (R-Sabina) this week applauded the recent announcement by the Ohio Department of Development that Ross County will receive $750,000 for water system improvements in Bainbridge.

President Donald Trump welcomed representatives from the National Fraternal Order of Police to the White House Thursday afternoon for a show of solidarity on Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill' and working conditions for the nation’s police officers. 

The nation’s highest court made rulings on religious tax exemptions, reverse discrimination and gun manufacturer liability for violence.

PHNX Materials (Franklin, Adams counties) will receive $1,976,635 to use new technology to extract valuable materials from coal combustion byproducts.

The bill aims to address a significant barrier facing many of those working on farms and in the agriculture industry, which is securing affordable healthcare for their families.