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The working group studying missing persons investigations in Ohio makes 18 recommendations
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Attorney General’s office reports there were 21,342 missing persons investigations last year. That includes 16,404 missing children. While more than 96% of… Read More
Lawmakers pass a bill that hikes penalties for Ohioans with a criminal history with guns
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday 71-24 that would create stricter penalties for a person charged with a crime who already has a… Read More
Former Hocking County prosecutor Ryan Black has been suspended for two years for sexual misconduct
By: Ellie Owen | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Ryan Black, a former Hocking County prosecutor, has been suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court for two years, with six months stayed, for inappropriate conduct in… Read More
An Ohio House lawmaker has been told to resign after sexual abuse allegations
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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(Note: This story includes detailed reference to allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct. The Statehouse News Bureau does not identify sexual misconduct victims.) COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A… Read More
A court upholds the racketeering convictions of an ex-Ohio House speaker and a lobbyist in a $60M bribery scheme
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and an ex-lobbyist on Tuesday in a $60 million bribery scheme… Read More
An Ohio bill boosts the penalties for suspects who barricade themselves to avoid arrest
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Sometimes, when police are trying to arrest someone, they’ll barricade themselves from police, sometimes bringing others along. A bill at the Ohio Statehouse is aimed… Read More
A bill would slap bigger fines on drivers found guilty of excessive speeding in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Imagine you are driving down the highway at the speed limit and a car comes from out of nowhere behind you, speeding past you… Read More
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine postponed 3 executions scheduled for this year
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine extended the state’s unofficial death penalty moratorium once again Thursday as he postponed three more executions that had been scheduled for… Read More
Toledo’s murder rate fell in 2024. Here’s how the Ohio city is reducing violent crime
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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TOLEDO, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The murder rate in Toledo dropped for the third consecutive year in 2024, to the lowest point since a pandemic crime surge. The small city… Read More
An ex-sheriff charged in a judge’s shooting that rocked a Kentucky community watches his hearing from jail
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky sheriff accused of gunning down a judge last year, stunning their tight-knit Appalachian community, appeared remotely from jail on Friday for a court… Read More
The killing of an 18-year-old Ohio woman was solved with DNA technology after 43 years
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who was shot dead last month as authorities attempted to serve him an indictment on federal gun charges has been identified as the killer of… Read More
The City of Athens races to get over $700,000 back from a sophisticated cyber attack
By: Jack Greene | David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – It’s a race against time for the city of Athens as it tries to recover over $700,000 it lost in a phishing scam. The city filed… Read More
A bill to boost penalties for domestic violence in Ohio nears the finish line
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is poised to toughen the penalties for third-degree felony domestic violence convictions starting next year, after the legislature unanimously sent Gov. Mike DeWine a… Read More
Companies owned by the late utilities regulator pleaded guilty in the Ohio bribery and corruption scandal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two companies created by the former head of the state’s utilities regulating panel to take bribes from FirstEnergy in the House Bill 6 case… Read More
Here’s what we can take away from conversations with wrongfully convicted Ohioans
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Central Ohio native Richard Horton was released from prison last year — more than a decade after he was wrongfully convicted for a… Read More
A former West Virginia jail officer pleads guilty to civil rights violation in the fatal assault on an inmate
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former correctional officer in southern West Virginia pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less… Read More
Republican ex-Ohio House speaker Larry Householder plans to ask Trump for clemency
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder – now serving a 20-year prison sentence for corruption – plans to ask incoming president Trump for clemency… Read More
West Virginia state senator arrested on suspicion of DUI, 2nd arrest in months
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia state lawmaker who was arrested last month is facing new charges after police say they suspect he was driving under the influence, news outlets reported…. Read More
FirstEnergy will pay $100M in a HB 6 settlement with the SEC; ex-CEO will face civil fraud charges
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — FirstEnergy has agreed to pay a $100 million fine to settle civil fraud charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the House Bill… Read More
A man has been indicted by a grand jury after allegedly threatening Ohio University students
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A man accused of threatening Ohio University students and illegally possessing an assault weapon was indicted Monday by the Athens County grand jury. Michael Rinthalukay, 27,… Read More
No youth prison for offenders under 14 is among the recommendations for Ohio’s juvenile justice system
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Kids under 14 shouldn’t be placed in Ohio’s three juvenile lockups, according to one of 26 recommendations from a working group assembled to come… Read More
Ohio House bills circumvent standard evictions process for squatters
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Four GOP state lawmakers want to crack down on squatters, arguing the current eviction process doesn’t provide enough legal protections to property owners. Two… Read More
What’s behind a surge in car thefts and carjackings across the country
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Car thefts soared between 2019 and 2022, surpassing 1 million in 2022 for the first time in 14 years, according to government and insurance industry statistics…. Read More
Larry Householder will be arraigned from prison on state charges, as nuclear bailout bribery scheme’s impact persists
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will be arraigned from federal prison on the 10 new felony counts recently brought against him by the state, as revelations… Read More
An Ohio House passes bill with harsher human and drug trafficking penalties
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A proposal to boost the penalties for human and drug trafficking cleared the Ohio House on Wednesday by a 80-13 vote. Introduced last June by… Read More
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