Moody's was the last credit-rating agency to keep the U.S. at a top AAA rating. That changed Friday, with Moody's joining S&P Global and Fitch on the lower rating. Fitch Ratings downgraded the U.S. in ...

The Wilmington Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash. The crash occurred May 14 at approximately 12:40 p.m. on state Route 73 near mile post 14, Union ...

Florida lawmakers want to put a property tax repeal amendment on the ballot in 2026. DeSantis has voiced support for the idea. In Pennsylvania, too, a lawmaker has proposed a constitutional amendment ...

James E. Hall, 34, was indicted by a Highland County in February and was originally charged with two first-degree felony counts of attempted murder. According to court records, Hall pleaded guilty in ...

Hunter Hacker, 24, of Hillsboro was originally charged with aggravated vehicular assault, a third-degree felony; and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a ...

David Young (Sardinia, Brown/Highland County) received the Ohio Fire Service Distinguished Service Award. A video of the presentation can be found at ...

The FDA’s Friday announcement follows an announcement made March 10 by HHS that the agency is revisiting the GRAS final rule for potential reform. Three of the new chemicals that the FDA will study — ...

The high court's 7-2 decision temporarily prevents the government from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport immigrants to a notoriously violent prison in El Salvador. The unsigned opinion ...

The U.S. accounts for roughly 10% of the waste, according to several experts, and Tao estimated the U.S. would be producing roughly 2 million metric tons of solar waste a year by 2043, but other ...

Since 2016, the Auditor of State’s Office has offered comparable Financial Health Indicators for Ohio’s counties and cities. The new school indicators cover 16 areas, including general fund balances ...

The Secret Service may try to force former FBI Director James Comey to answer pointed questions into a social media post he issued depicting an image of “8647,” but a U.S. attorney whom President ...

We need new thinking—something that doesn’t come naturally to large bureaucracies like the one in the Pentagon—about national defense. A guiding principle of that new thinking must be that the defense ...