The Advancing Timeliness in Ohio Courts report recommendations include improving caseflow management practices, increasing judicial and attorney resources, and addressing systemic inefficiencies such as service delays and overcrowded calendars.

As the current Ohio General Assembly goes into its second year in 2026, abortion will still remain a topic of legislation, in small efforts to change laws, and large attempts to codify or prohibit the practice.

Highland County Sports Schedule for the week of Jan. 19-25 (varsity only). Schedules subject to change.

EveryLibrary, the national 501c4 political action committee for libraries, has released its 2025 Annual Impact Report detailing the organization’s national, state, and local efforts to defend the right to read, support sustainable library funding, and strengthen public access to information.

More than 280 people in central Ohio were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in one week last month, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The Lebanon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a two-vehicle double-fatal traffic crash. The crash occurred Jan. 19 just before 1 p.m., on Interstate 71 northbound at mile marker 26 in Union Township, Warren County.

Thomas Keith Knauff, 66, of New Vienna, passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 at Court House Manor in Washington Court House.