Here’s perhaps the quote of the past week: “The urgency of this situation cannot be overstated. We are operating quickly to make sure contamination can be avoided and we protect Ohioans and the waterways we share.” That from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost who is seeking to have Austin ...

CHEERS to news that the Black Horse Inn and Underground Railroad Museum will receive $3.9 million in state grants to renovate the historic inn and move the museum from Flushing to that Morristown location. JEERS to word that Austin Master Services failed to meet the court-imposed deadline for ...

Many Ohioans are animal-lovers. We have pets we love and do our best to take care not only of them, but of other animals when the opportunity arises. Yet too many still purchase dogs rather than adopting from animal shelters. Puppy mills are big business in Ohio — we are second only to ...

Across Ohio, law enforcement agencies continue to have a hard time recruiting new officers. Perhaps part of the reason is that incident after incident shows a few in some of those same agencies are either receiving poor training or are disregarding their training — either way forcing the ...

Battling the substance abuse epidemic that has crippled Appalachia is a multi-faceted fight. Among the tools requested by law enforcement has been a way to help stop the flood of fentanyl at its source. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has finally managed to get something done about ...

You’re not imagining things. Taxes just keep getting higher and higher — at least when it comes to property taxes. Axios reports median property taxes in Ohio rose 23.1% from 2019 to 2023. That’s higher than the national average increase of 21.6%. Axios quoted CoreLogic data that says ...