The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Securities announces that John Walters, 55, of Wood County has been sentenced to six years of incarceration for his involvement in an alleged $72 million Ponzi scheme targeting Ohio investors. He was sentenced May 18 in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the 2025 Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse Report in recognition of National Missing Children’s Day, which occurs annually on May 25.

A Wilmington man was sentenced to a year in prison recently after pleading guilty to a drug trafficking charge in Highland County.

The Lynchburg Lions Club hosted its annual GOOD (Going On Or Defeated) program at the Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School earlier this spring. 

NASCAR has announced the inductees who will comprise the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2027. The three-person group – the 17th since the inception of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010 – consists of Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Larry Phillips. In addition, Lesa France Kennedy was named the recipient of the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR.

Air Transport Services Group is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Hete Family Scholarship, an educational scholarship program established to support ATSG employees and their families as they pursue higher education and technical career pathways.

A former secretary for Oregon City Schools in Lucas County was indicted this week on three felony counts related to the theft of funds from the district.

Freedom isn’t free. Memorial Day reminds us that the cost of those liberties were paid by individuals who had dreams, families and futures that were willingly forfeited so that we may be free to live out our own.

The government has a knack for finding the least efficient way to solve a problem, and that’s certainly the case for how Washington deals with diabetes care in America.