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Keep Columbus Beautiful wrapped its 2026 Litter League season, with participants collecting 5,460 bags of litter, an estimated 204,750 pounds. The bulletin names division winners and promotes upcoming events: a Litter League…
Complete applications for Cincinnati’s Seeds of Change Youth Climate Action grants are due September 25, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. The city’s program page…
The published 2026 schedule lists the next regular Downtown Commission meeting for September 22 at 8:30 a.m. Check with the commission before attending…
ODOT says the new U.S. 24 and County Road 17D interchange north of Okolona in Henry County will open Friday, with a public ribbon cutting at 1 p.m.…
WLIO reports that voters in Allen, Auglaize and Putnam counties will decide local races and tax issues on Nov. 3. Contests include three Ohio House…
Several Lucas County-area school districts are asking voters in November to approve income taxes rather than property tax hikes. The Northwest Ohio…
A Knox Pages guide published Sept. 14, 2026, outlines volunteer openings at organizations in Knox, Ashland and Richland counties, ranging from food…
The Ohio Department of Transportation will turn the State Route 674 and State Route 188 crossing at the Pickaway-Fairfield County line into an all-way…
Greene County's Treasurer's Office now opens at 7:30 a.m. and closes at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The county says the schedule took effect…
Ohio Capital Journal reports data-center petitions and proposed ballot measures across 18 Ohio communities. Some proposals face court or election-board…
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers are asking the public for help finding a driver who fled after a May 23 crash in Bethlehem Township that killed a…
An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper and another driver were hurt on Sept. 1 when a patrol SUV assisting an ODOT crew was rear-ended on U.S. Route 30…
The News Journal reports nighttime I-71 work and several Clinton County road projects. Work schedules depend on weather, and motorists should check…
Lucas County prosecutors have the case of Christian Strassburg, 35, who was shot and killed by a hospital officer outside the emergency room at Mercy…
A Friday afternoon collision at Ridenour and Scott roads in Farmer Township injured four people, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported. Three—a Toledo…
Four teenagers were shot Saturday, Sept. 12, near 27200 Shirley Avenue in Euclid, Ohio, according to Euclid police. One 17-year-old died; the Cuyahoga…
Cuyahoga County says a new monthly activity requirement will affect some adults in Medicaid’s expansion group starting January 1, 2027. Exemptions…
The Lima News reports that Allen County emergency management director Gesler addressed the Lima Rotary Club during National Preparedness Month,…
In a September 14 report, WFMJ cited health officials reporting six measles cases in Trumbull County and 140 across Ohio. The figures describe the…
WHIO reports that a motorcyclist was seriously injured in an I-75 crash near the Shelby–Miami county line on Sunday, September 13. The Ohio State…
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