An incident report from the Richland county sheriff's Office details the accusations against Wesley Dingus, 48, who serves as mayor of Butler. The claims came from a juvenile who had been staying at his residence. According to investigators, the teen had hidden a small camera in a bedroom in the home. On 13 January, she reportedly received multiple motion alerts indicating recordings had been captured.
I am not aware of any other states that have this kind of legislation, and this puts Ohio at the top for safeguarding our senior homeowners from foreclosures. While foreclosure on seniors is extremely rare, concerns raised by Ohioans illustrate the need for a clear standard, bill proponents added. House Bill 443 ensures seniors who meet the qualifications will not lose their homes due to tax foreclosure, while still preserving all existing tax collection and treasurer processes.
The party would need to flip four seats to restore the majority it lost in 2022. (Democrats currently hold 47 seats, and with J.D. Vance's tie-breaking vote, the requisite number for control is 51.) And the 2026 map is forbidding: With only one Republican-held seat up for grabs in a blue state and two Democratic-held seats up in states Donald Trump won, the odds of the chamber switching hands have looked pretty long.
LaZebnik, 31, likes how nice and caring Ohioans tend to be. They're "Golden Retriever boys," he says, who give great hugs and seem to be eternally optimistic - a nice balance, he finds, to his biting Jewish sarcasm. Again and again, he'll ask dates where they're from and receive the same answer. Once, his date said he was actually from Kentucky, which gave LaZebnik pause until he clarified that he was from northern Kentucky, which is part of the Cincinnati metro area.
In response to Cleveland and other local governments around Ohio being targeted with cyberattacks and ransomware threats, the state of Ohio will soon require all counties, cities, townships, school districts, libraries, and other local governments to have a cybersecurity policy that adheres to certain standards.
Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of a budget provision prevents GOP legislators from withholding up to $75 million in funding to public universities over compliance with a new higher education law.
"When I got my property tax reevaluation last year, I opened the envelope up and hit the floor," says Beth Blackmarr, a resident of Lakewood and spokesperson of a group organizing to abolish property taxes in Ohio. "Panic."
The $2.5 billion infrastructure initiative represents a significant increase in funding, aiming to maintain existing infrastructure without raising new taxes, offering homeowners essential property tax relief.
Courtroom fighting erupted during a hearing for a murder suspect just hours after he confessed to the crime, illustrating the high tensions surrounding the case.