State officials and lawmakers in Ohio should be pleased with a ratings upgrade by Fitch. The agency moved Ohio’s long-term issuer default rating to AAA from AA+; its $4.5 billion in outstanding general obligation bonds to AAA from AA+; its $1.5 billion in outstanding appropriation-backed ...

If you have a child or a grandchild, you no doubt have experienced the frustration and exasperation that can come with trying to install a car seat in your vehicle and then strapping your baby or toddler safely into it before beginning a trip. It’s worth all of that work — a properly ...

We all know stories of misguided individuals who called in threats to schools on the day of a big test, or tried to get a person in trouble with the law by making false accusations against them in a 911 call. These situations are no laughing matter. Ohio’s Senate Judiciary Committee is ...

CHEERS to the Ohio Valley Mall and its partners for kicking off a kindness campaign. The mall, Trinity Health System and the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office are urging kids to be kind to one another. JEERS to a string of recent drug arrests that demonstrate illegal substance abuse is still ...

Though there is no evidence of widespread, large-scale voter fraud that might have altered the results of the 2020 General Election, there were certainly a few individuals who tried; and Ohio’s Secretary of State’s office continues to partner with those tracking down the offenders. Last ...

Given the uproar about expensive colleges and universities prompting a forgiveness of some federal student loan debt, one would think those seeking higher education would be considering community and technical colleges. In Ohio, it appears they are not. According to the Columbus Dispatch, ...