Chick-fil-A to open new location in Ohio
OHIO — Chick-fil-A is making a comeback in Middletown, city officials announced. The popular fast-food chain will open a new location on Culbertson Road, next to Tire Discounters. City officials shared the news on social media, though an exact opening date has not yet been determined. The restaurant is expected to...
Hill Enters the Race for Ohio Governor
ZANESVILLE,OH – A Morgan County Business woman is throwing her hat in the ring to be Ohio’s next Governor. Heather Hill was born and raised in Morgan County, where she had dreams of making the place she grew up better. Hill says one of the things that prompted...
Could Ohio Eliminate Income Tax? Vivek Ramaswamy’s Plan Explained
Ramaswamy announced his 2026 campaign for Ohio governor in February.
State lawmakers introduce Pledge of Allegiance bill
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Lawmakers at the Ohio Statehouse want Ohio school districts to create a policy for students to cite the Pledge of Allegiance. Ohio House Bill 117 would require the board of education for each district to create a policy with a manner and time for students to cite the Pledge of Allegiance […]
$1.5M Ohio Medicaid fraudster pleads guilty
A woman accused of bilking Ohio Medicaid out of $1.8 million and later caught in Texas pleaded guilty in the case.
Black Ohio Community Forms Armed Group After Neo-Nazi Rally
Residents in the Black-majority town of Lincoln Heights formed the group following a neo-Nazi demonstration in February.
Pegler pleads guilty to top charge in fatal Alexis Road hit-skip
A Temperance man pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges arising from a July 30 hit-skip crash on Alexis Road that killed a bicyclist. Kenneth Pegler, 56, remained free on bond after his pleas before Judge Dean Mandros in Lucas County Common Pleas Court but faces mandatory prison time...
Ohio AG’s office reviewed Faith Life Church’s management, financial practices in 2022
Three years before a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of minors by former youth leaders at New Albany's Faith Life Church, the state investigated the church's leadership and financial controls. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost in early February recused himself and his office's Bureau of Criminal...
Toledo serial killer denied parole, won’t be eligible again until 2034
TOLEDO, Ohio — Anthony Cook, who admitted to killing at least nine people in the Toledo area in the 1970s and early 1980s, was once again denied parole and will not be eligible again until 2034. The recommendation from a parole board panel was released to family members on...
Inmate faces court over deadly shank as pressure on Ohio prisons intensifies
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — An inmate at Lebanon Correctional Facility, Kaiden Cantrell, will be arraigned today in Ross County, for possessing deadly weapons within a detention center. Court documents detail that Cantrell was found with two makeshift weapons, or “shanks,” one nearly four inches long and the other...
