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A sign for an emergency room. (Photo by David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal.)An award of $202 million has been announced for Ohio to combat hospital closures and a lack of access to health care in rural areas. The funding was welcomed by state leaders and advocates alike, but the...Read more
Date: 2026-01-14
Source: Ohio Capital Journal
Hundreds protest ICE violence north of downtown Columbus. (Photo by Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal.)Thousands of protesters turned out across Ohio on Saturday, days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis shot a protester there in the face, killing her. As the protests took place, advocates worked to...Read more
Date: 2026-01-14
Source: Ohio Capital Journal
Anti-fracking advocates hung up signs before an Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal.)A Texas-based company was chosen as the highest and best bid to frack about 170 acres of Leesville Wildlife Area during Monday’s Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting....Read more
Date: 2026-01-14
Source: Ohio Capital Journal
Casey Rollins, the executive director of Springfield, Ohio local nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul, is working to bring attention to the unfolding crisis of children left behind when their parents are deported. (Photo by...Read more
Date: 2026-01-14
Source: Ohio Capital Journal
Lake Vesuvius Recreation Area at Wayne National Forest in Ohio. (Getty Images file photo.)The acreages that make up the Wayne National Forest in Southeastern Ohio are a patchwork of land parcels which lie in 12 Ohio counties. In the 1800s, the region was heavily logged...Read more
Date: 2026-01-14
Source: Ohio Capital Journal
A health care worker places a bandage on a child after giving a vaccination shot. New federal guidance to reduce the number of recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 comes as states are already charting their own course on vaccine policy. (Photo by Scott Housley/Centers for Disease Control and...Read more
Date: 2026-01-14
Source: Ohio Capital Journal
A worker installs siding on an apartment building in a Minneapolis suburb in 2025. Minnesota had the second-highest average rent increase in the nation between 2024 and 2025, according to a recent analysis. (Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer)Although high and rising rents often are associated with big coastal states such...Read more
Date: 2026-01-14
Source: Ohio Capital Journal
Federal agents spray demonstrators at close range with irritants as they gather after ICE officers shot and killed a woman through her car window Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 near Portland Avenue and 34th Street. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump...Read more
Date: 2026-01-14
Source: Ohio Capital Journal
Officials with Orsted, Riggs Distler, Eversource and the state of Rhode Island lead a tour of ProvPort, where major components of the Revolution Wind project were being assembled, in Providence in 2024. The 700-megawatt offshore wind project, which is largely complete, is involved in a court battle with the Trump...Read more
Date: 2026-01-14
Source: Ohio Capital Journal
Previous careflight coverage above. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – A man was airlifted and another was injured after a two-vehicle crash in Wayne County, Indiana, early Tuesday morning. According to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, the crash happened at approximately 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of North Centerville Road and Webster...Read more
Date: 2026-01-13
Source: WDTN
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- After Monday's jury selection and opening statements, the centerpiece evidence in the trial of a man accused of murdering an Uber driver in 2024 was on display this Tuesday. William Brock, 83, is accused of shooting and killing Lo-Letha Hall at his Clark County home when...Read more
Date: 2026-01-13
Source: WDTN
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- There was a police presence in Huber Heights in the 2000 block of Sunset Maple Drive, where a man was found dead after a welfare call. According to the Huber Heights Division of Police Dispatch, the call time for the incident was approximately 11:50 a.m. According...Read more
Date: 2026-01-13
Source: WDTN
XENIA —The Beavercreek Historical Society will hold a free event at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27 at Great Council State Park, 1587 U.S. Route 68 in Xenia. Ryan DiMisa, a naturalist at the park, will share information on Native American artifacts and the history of the native Americans in the...Read more
Date: 2026-01-13
Source: Xenia Gazette
Reader’s discretion is advised as this article is on alleged sexual crimes involving a prepubescent child. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – A man from Harrison Twp. is currently in custody after a minor alleged they were sexually abused in their home. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, crews responded to...Read more
Date: 2026-01-13
Source: WDTN
Montgomery County Celebrates Retirement of Community and Economic Development Director and Announces
Montgomery County is celebrating the retirement of Community and Economic Development (CED) Director Tawana Jones after 29 years of dedicated public service with Montgomery County, along with a series of leadership transitions within the department.Read more
Date: 2026-01-13
Source: Montgomery County