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The 911 call requesting a wellness check for Sam Randazzo that led to his body being found has been released
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — A 911 call released by Columbus police reveals more details about how the body of Sam Randazzo was discovered Tuesday morning. A spokesperson for the Franklin… Read More
Former Ohio utilities panel chair Sam Randazzo, accused in a state bribery scheme, has died
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chair Sam Randazzo, accused of involvement in a more than $60 million bribery scheme involving state lawmakers and energy… Read More
Over 60 names – some familiar – are on a potential witness list for the state House Bill 6 trial
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 60 names are on the potential witness list for the state in the House Bill 6 trial of former Public Utilities Commission… Read More
The treasurer for dozens of Ohio political campaigns is accused of stealing nearly $1M from clients
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who has served as treasurer for dozens of Ohio political campaigns over the past 40 years is facing federal wire fraud charges for allegedly… Read More
A Jackson County fire chief pleads guilty to embezzling funds for personal use
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The chief of the Coalton volunteer fire department in Jackson County pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to using more than $200,000 in fire department… Read More
An attorney general report says Ohio’s death penalty is “unworkable” as he backs a bill to change it
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general says the state’s death penalty is “unworkable” as is, in his office’s latest report on capital crimes and punishment in… Read More
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is indicted on state charges
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been indicted on multiple state felony charges. The charges announced by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost… Read More
An Ohio bill calls for AI watermarks and criminalizes ‘simulated obscene material’ of kids
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill that would crack down on AI, including through requiring a watermark on anything that is generated by artificial… Read More
DeWine wants a working group on issues for mentally ill Ohioans accused of crimes
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — 93% of people in Ohio’s six state psychiatric hospitals are there because they committed crimes, and need to be restored to mental competency so… Read More
A professional bowler from Chillicothe has been extradited to Ohio weeks after his arrest while competing in a tournament
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — A professional bowler from Chillicothe who was arrested by U.S. Marshals while he was competing in an Indiana tournament earlier this month has been extradited back… Read More
An Ohio woman who disappeared with her 5-year-old foster son sent officers to his body — in a sewer drain
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman who disappeared with her 5-year-old foster son has been found, and she told police where to locate the boy’s body. They found it… Read More
DeWine says “I wish we hadn’t appointed” former PUCO chair Sam Randazzo
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two former FirstEnergy executives and former head of the state’s utility regulator, Sam Randazzo, have pleaded not guilty to 27 state criminal charges in… Read More
Two fired utility execs and a former top Ohio regulator plead not guilty in nuclear bailout bribery scheme
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two fired executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and a former top state utilities regulator pleaded not guilty Tuesday to state charges related to a $60 million bribery… Read More
Former FirstEnergy executives and an ex-PUCO head face state charges in Ohio’s nuclear bailout scandal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two former executives with FirstEnergy now face state charges in what’s been called the largest corruption case in state history, involving the nuclear bailout… Read More
Circleville settles with a fired officer who instructed police dog to attack truck driver and the victim
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WOSU) — The city of Circleville is settling with both former Officer Ryan Speakman and the man who Speakman ordered his K-9 police dog to bite as the… Read More
A witness must testify in a West Virginia man’s murder trial before possibly marrying him
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia facing a murder trial after being charged with killing his infant daughter has expressed interest in marrying a witness in his case, leading a… Read More
A bill would make it easier for Ohio human trafficking survivors to put the past behind them
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — In 2022, Ohio was fourth in the country for human trafficking cases. A Republican-sponsored bill in the Ohio House seeks to help survivors of sex… Read More
A Glouster couple has been found dead in their home after an apparent homicide-suicide
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County law enforcement is investigation the deaths of a married couple in Glouster in what appears to be a homicide-suicide. Sheriff’s deputies were called to… Read More
An Ohio woman who miscarried at home won’t be charged with corpse abuse, grand jury decides
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman facing a criminal charge for her handling of a home miscarriage will not be charged, a grand jury decided Thursday. The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office… Read More
A white supremacist is sentenced after threatening the jury and witnesses in synagogue shooter’s trial
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A self-proclaimed white supremacist was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Wednesday for making online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the… Read More
Sam Randazzo has been indicted in the nuclear bailout law scandal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the state entity charged with regulating utilities, is the latest to be indicted in… Read More
U.S. Postal Service touts a crackdown on postal crime with hundreds of arrests
WASHINGTON (AP) — With mail theft and postal carrier robberies up, law enforcement officials have made more than 600 arrests since May in a crackdown launched to address crime that… Read More
A bill in Ohio elevates penalties for fentanyl and heroin dealing—and human trafficking too
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Testimony continued Wednesday on a Republican-backed bill that boosts the penalties for fentanyl, heroin and human trafficking, the fourth hearing held on the piece… Read More
A bill ending Ohio’s spousal rape ‘loophole’ makes it out of committee
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than a half-century after other states began overturning the same provisions, Ohio still treats spousal rape differently than non-spousal rape—but a bill to change… Read More
A West Virginia trooper charged with domestic violence will be fired
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia state police officer charged with domestic violence is losing his job, officials said. State Police served Cpl. Joseph Comer with a notice of intent to… Read More
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