Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has signed the following bills into law.

Members of the Highland County Land Reutilization Corporation (land bank) board continued discussions on properties impacted by the state’s recently Brownfield Remediation and Building Demolition and Site Revitalization grant programs during their Thursday, Dec. 19 meeting.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is asking for the public’s help in locating missing teen, Randi Preston. Randi, 15, went missing from her home in West Union, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 2024.

After angry rejection from both parties, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and his team are deciding between two last-ditch government funding deals to avert a partial government shutdown Friday night.

The Ohio Department of Development this week announced $20.5 million in grants to help Ohioans facing housing instability and homelessness find temporary, emergency shelter and permanent housing.  

Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright of the U.S. District Court of Western Washington last week named the Ohio pensions — the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System and the State Teachers Retirement System — lead plaintiffs in the case, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in a statement. The two pension systems lost a combined $75.9 million due to what the suit calls ZoomInfo’s fraudulent statements, Yost said.

A former Syrian government official illegally living in the U.S. was recently indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles for allegedly committing torture under the Assad regime.

The Georgia Court of Appeals has removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting the election interference case against former president Donald Trump and others.

Highland County Recorder Chad McConnaughey was sworn in for his fourth term in office Thursday, Dec. 19.

Highland County commissioners recently received a local solar project update, which included notification of another certificate of verification being issued, according to correspondence from the Ohio Power Siting Board listed on the Dec. 18 agenda.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., introduced a new stopgap plan late Thursday afternoon after consulting with members of President-elect Donald Trump’s team earlier in the day – with a partial government shutdown looming late Friday.

A number of candidates have submitted applications and resumés to the Village of Greenfield, seeking the position of city manager.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will hear arguments on Jan. 10 regarding the constitutionality of a federal law that could potentially ban TikTok in the United States and cut off access to its tens of millions of American users.

A unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court may pave the way for challenges to a federal deportation plan under the incoming Trump administration to be defeated.

The stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown Friday appeared to collapse Wednesday night after President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance said they opposed it.