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The Ohio legislature passed some 30 bills in its final lame duck session, but even a December flurry of legislation wasn't enough to cover all of the state's priorities. As lawmakers of the 136th ...

A Ross County corrections officer was fatally assaulted by an inmate on Christmas morning, prompting the union representing state correction officers to demand action and address violence and ...

The Ohio General Assembly runs on two-year terms, so when lawmakers adjourned around 2 a.m. on Dec. 19, any bill not on its ...

They got one of them. Assuming Gov. Mike DeWine signs the bill into law, hospitals will have to start developing security ...

Deaths in county jails should be investigated by independent agencies, Mike DeWine and Dave Yost say. But neither will call ...

The Ohio Civil Service Employee Association (OCSEA) is calling on Governor Mike DeWine to step in. The union wants leaders ...

An investigation is underway into the death of an Ohio corrections officer. Officials say Officer Andrew Lansing was attacked ...

• David R. Baugh of Pickerington (Fairfield County) has been appointed to the Board of Building Appeals for a term beginning Dec. 19, 2024 and ending Oct. 13, 2028.

A Christmas Day attack claimed the life of corrections officer Andrew Lansing at the Ross County Correctional Institution in ...

The union representing prison guards wants the governor to suspend top leaders while a guard's death is investigated.

LIMA — Gov. Mike DeWine reappointed Sam D. Bassitt, of Lima, to the Rhodes State College board of trustees.