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Faber: Auditors office investigates fraud controls in Ohio

Residents of the Ohio village of Ashley who made their utility payments each month had no way of knowing that some of it was allegedly being stolen by the former utility clerk. According to the Ohio State Auditor’s office, the clerk stole more than $70,000 in utility payments between August ...

NWS not yet expecting flooding from melting snow

WHEELING – With the Ohio Valley’s weather expected to warm up next week, that should lead to much of the snow still piled up around the region melting faster. Yet weather experts aren’t yet expecting any flooding to occur from that melt – even as more snow is forecast for later this ...

Judge stops end of TPS for Ohio Haitians

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has extended Temporary Protected Status for nearly 350,000 Haitians throughout the country, including roughly 13,000 in Springfield, Ohio. The protected status was scheduled to end today, prompting fears the federal government would launch ICE operations in ...

Trial of ex-FirstEnergy executives charged in $60M Ohio bribery scheme begins

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The $4.3 million payment that Ohio-based FirstEnergy made to veteran lawyer and lobbyist Sam Randazzo in 2019, shortly before he was appointed as the state’s top utility regulator, is at the center of the latest criminal trial to get underway in a sweeping $60 million ...