State Representative Justin Pizzulli (R-Scioto County) this week announced that the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health recently requested a preliminary injunction against an unaccredited recovery housing operator – STEP Wellness – for noncompliance with state laws. 

Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley pleaded guilty Monday to two misdemeanor counts of solicitation of political contributions from public employees.

Amid a national housing crisis, the Biden administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development produced guidelines encouraging property owners to forgo some fair housing practices to favor Afghan refugees, the Trump administration argues in a new directive terminating previous guidelines.

Next week the community will have the opportunity to admire the artwork of Greenfield’s elementary students as the school will welcome all to walk through the halls and see what the kids have made. 

Matthew Hazelip, 35, of Washington Court House was sentenced to four and a half years in prison during a hearing Monday, Dec. 1 in Fayette County Court of Common Pleas Court.

Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today announced he will donate the pay he would have received during the recent federal government shutdown to local nonprofits in southern Ohio.

A system will bring accumulating snow to the region Thursday night into Friday. This will have the potential to impact the Friday morning commute.

A new multi-state coalition is pushing for federal funding and support for Ohio and other Appalachian states as major flooding events increase in the region. The Appalachian Flood Resilience Coalition spent its first meeting dissecting the federal battles to fund the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the future of flood-related advocacy.

The average price of a gallon of unleaded gas is down to $2.70 Monday in Ohio and the national average is down to $2.90.

The border crisis is far from over despite the Trump administration implementing policies to reduce illegal border crossings to historic lows. The hardest part has just begun: finding millions of criminal foreign nationals, including those on the terrorist watchlist and Special Interest Aliens (SIAs), released into the country by the Biden administration.

The SATH (Supplementary Assistance to the Handicapped) organization has the perfect Christmas gift, as they will be hosting the 22nd annual Valentine’s Sweetheart Charity Ball on Saturday, Feb. 7 at Roberts Centre in Wilmington.  

The city of Hillsboro held a tree-lighting ceremony Dec. 5 for the Christmas tree at Governor Trimble Place and North High Street in uptown Hillsboro.

On Dec. 7, the Hillsboro Police Department received a report of shooting that occurred on Windsor Drive in Hillsboro.  

More than 77,000 Afghans were released into the country who weren’t properly vetted, according to a 2022 Office of Inspector General report. The OIG warned the administration “may have admitted or paroled individuals into the United States who pose a risk to national security and the safety of local communities.” 

Illegal border crossings continued a downward historic trajectory in October and November, representing the lowest numbers ever reported at the beginning of a fiscal year in recorded U.S. history. The fiscal year goes from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.