Seneca County Fair opens in Tiffin: 2026 schedule guide
With 750 market animals from 455 exhibitors entered, the week builds toward Saturday's livestock sale and includes Anne Wilson's grandstand show Wednesday.
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David Ziegler announces independent run for Seneca County commissioner
Frankart won a 53-vote primary margin amid deposition testimony and a health-district dispute over Seneca Poultry oversight that Ziegler's campaign doesn't directly mention.
Reflecting Pool damaged before Olympian charged with felony touched it, witness says
Hearn's lawyers say a photo he took before touching the pool proves no damage, and want grand jury transcripts released to challenge the felony charge.
Administration asks US Supreme Court to uphold sweeping Trump order restricting vote-by-mail
The emergency appeal comes days after a federal appeals court sided with 23 states, setting up a Supreme Court showdown 99 days before the midterms.
Trump urges US Senate to hold off on August recess until SAVE America Act passes
Thune says the votes aren't there, and Schumer calls the voter ID bill dead on arrival, even as Trump also pushes to end the filibuster entirely.
As federal teen pregnancy prevention grants get cut, efforts in Ohio try to keep helping
HHS canceled 53 of 67 grants worth $68 million as Democracy Forward sues, while Ohio nonprofits and DeWine's faith-based office weigh how to fill the gap.
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A $100M Ohio energy fund lacks transparency — and excludes renewables
An attorney general candidate's ethics complaint alleges JobsOhio's board chair has lobbying ties to AEP, which could gain from pending nuclear legislation.
Ohio governor candidate suggested consolidating universities. Economists think it’s a bad idea.
Facing backlash, Ramaswamy has softened his March proposal as a Scioto Analysis survey found economists split on savings but united that fewer degrees would result.
More Ohioans are getting their power shut off as energy costs surge
AEP Ohio's disconnection rate hit 15%, quadruple FirstEnergy's, as the utility's CEO earned $36 million last year while bills climbed 53% since 2021.
Tiffin councilman says Gary Click falsely portrayed him as a supporter
Roessner says he only wore a campaign-supplied shirt at a 250th celebration and never endorsed Click, whose post has stood unedited for three weeks.
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Measles cases have reached a 35-year high
South Carolina and Utah lead outbreaks as most states fall below the 95% vaccination threshold needed to prevent spread among unvaccinated children.
Flood of poll watchers, observers, monitors to descend on midterm voters
Both parties are expanding poll-watching programs for 2026, while election officials in Ohio and Florida testify they've seen no partisan interference so far.
Trump imposes new host of tariffs on trading partners, alleging they use forced labor
Critics call the forced-labor justification predetermined, as Yale researchers estimate the new tariffs could cost households about $1,100 a year.
Citing a hunger ‘crisis,’ US mayors call for end to federal SNAP cuts
Lima, Ohio's mayor joined 210 others urging Congress to delay new SNAP rules projected to cost states over $9 billion starting fall 2027.
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Should Ohio freeze utility rates for a year?
Rep. Desiree Tims's freeze targets relief after Ohio electricity prices rose 29% since 2019, but critics warn it could delay grid maintenance and reliability upgrades.
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CDC teams tracing the outbreak were gutted after DOGE cut USAID funding, and a scaled-back FoodNet program made illness reporting optional last year.
Ohio doesn’t need to scrap managed care. It needs to sharpen it.
Senate Bill 386 would shift Ohio Medicaid to a Connecticut-style model just as federal cuts threaten billions in funding and coverage for hundreds of thousands.
The blueprint for fighting Trump’s attempt to sabotage the election, drawn up in Minnesota
The Act Free memo cites FBI raids in Ohio and Georgia, a DOJ lawsuit against 29 states, and Trump's EAC firings as evidence of coordinated interference.
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