Ohio lawmakers are having a hard time wrapping their brains around the mechanism for funding the new 988 suicide and mental health support line, which launches in July. Calls and texts will be accepted through 988, which will be in addition to, rather than replacing, the National Suicide ...

The city of St. Clairsville is about to make it easier for residents to make a good impression — and a meaningful difference to their properties. On Monday, City Council passed an ordinance authorizing a housing revolving loan fund administration agreement with the Ohio Department of ...

The Ohio Redistricting Commission is thumbing its nose at the state’s constitution and its voters. After having been asked more than once to draw fair, constitutional state legislative district maps, the group drew up another one ... from a previously rejected set. Showing no desire to do ...

Ohio Auditor Keith Faber last week released the results of his department’s annual Ohio Single Audit of the state agencies that administered federally funded programs in fiscal year 2021. According to Faber’s office, the audit netted 25 findings, four questioned costs totalling more than ...

Even as court cases such as the lawsuit against Purdue Pharma for the company’s role in the opioid epidemic are winding into their settlement phases, there is still a battle being fought against those who acted as “legal” drug dealers. Dr. William Bauer, of Port Clinton, Ohio, in March ...

If you live in Ohio and have not yet registered to vote, time is running short. The deadline to register and be eligible to participate in the May 3 primary election is 9 p.m. today. We’ve been hearing for a couple of years now from people who say they can’t wait to make their voices ...