Ohio

Ohio’s ban on buying sugar-sweetened beverages and all fountain drinks with SNAP benefits has a Nov. 1 target date on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s waiver list, but the state has paused it and has not said when it will start. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced the pause in early September,... The post Ohio’s SNAP ban on sugar-sweetened and fountain drinks carries a Nov. 1 target date on USDA’s list, though the state has paused it awaiting federal guidance appeared f

OHIO — Ohio Auditor Keith Faber announced Thursday that three people have been indicted for allegedly stealing around $20 million from the shuttered Eastern Gateway Community College. The indictments allege that Michael Perik, Nicole Rowe Colclasure and Michael Geoghegan committed a criminal scheme diverting Pell grants and other aid...

Ohioans who have fallen behind on a gas or electric bill can keep the service on, or get it turned back on, for no more than $175 starting October 12. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued the 2026-2027 Special Reconnect Order on September 30, and the state’s consumer advocate says there is no income […]

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - A Garfield Heights homeowner says she wants reimbursement after a Kimble garbage truck caught power lines outside her rental home, leaving her without power temporarily and requiring $2,600 in repairs. “The whole entire house shook when the wires were ripped out of it,” Misty Butkiewicz...

Neighbors, now we’ve got bad blood. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Ohio neighbors blasted the “absentee” couple during a village planning meeting last month — and called their presence a “tremendous blow” to the community’s “peace and quiet” — according to transcripts obtained by the Daily Mail . The neighbors, notably, attempted to block the newlyweds’ security-motivated plans last month to erect fencing and plant trees around their $5 million mansion in Bratenahl. Taylor Swift (pictured above

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — Three people have been indicted in an alleged scheme to steal tens of millions of dollars from the now-defunct Eastern Gateway Community College, including its former president, Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber revealed Thursday. “Our indictment alleges a massive, multifaceted, white-collar financial operation that...

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation returned $15,300 to a 63-year-old Ohio woman who lost her savings in a cryptocurrency technical-support scam.

An Avon Lake veterinarian is facing seven criminal charges that he used the name of a dead dog to illegally prescribe painkillers and anti-anxiety medication for nearly a year before the alleged scheme was revealed by suspicious pharmacy staff. Dr. Kris L. Taylor, 62, of Strongsville, was booked Tuesday at...

JD Vance’s Ohio community faces scrutiny over its growing trucking industry. BY: MEGA. A small Ohio community linked to Vice President JD Vance’s childhood story has become the center of scrutiny over a rapidly expanding trucking industry. Maineville, a village of about 1,500 people near Vance’s hometown of Middletown, reportedly has 267 active commercial trucking companies. One company, Badri B LLC, lists 23,001 trucks from a single apartment,...

Tucked into the quiet hills of Pike County, there's a place where six-shooters still echo through dusty streets, saloons swing their doors open wide, and outlaws keep one eye on the sheriff. No, you haven’t time-traveled—but it sure feels like it.