Democrat Kulewicz claims victory in Ohio Attorney General race after Republican Faber concedes
Kulewicz leads by about 28,400 votes with 102,148 provisional ballots still outstanding, filling the seat Republican Dave Yost left in June.
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Democratic candidates appear to have won both Ohio Supreme Court races
Zayas unseating Justice Dan Hawkins would cut the GOP majority to 5-2, though 102,148 provisional ballots remain uncounted in both close races.
Fostoria man charged with murder in Jeffrey Risner cold case after 20 years
Police have not said what tied Ray to the 2006 killing, which sat on the Ohio Attorney General's unsolved homicide list despite DNA evidence.
Frankart boasts about landfill deposition where he admitted making false claims
An October 24 questionnaire omits what the May deposition actually revealed: Frankart admitted under oath to false claims he never corrected.
Bob Latta voted against giving child sex abuse survivors a second chance to sue
In 2006, Latta helped defeat legislation that would have allowed survivors to pursue decades-old sexual abuse claims. Twenty years later, Ohio lawmakers are trying again.
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Ramaswamy campaigns on election integrity after his presidential campaign submitted forged signatures of dead voters
Rhode Island election officials found deceased voters’ names on petitions collected for Ramaswamy in 2024. An Ohio woman involved had 17 forgery convictions, and his campaign acknowledged deliberate forgery by a contractor’s worker.
Bettsville man sentenced to 10 years for rape, attempted rape involving two women
Tyler Hossler pleaded guilty to a fourth charge, avoiding a second trial, and must register as a Tier III sex offender for life.
High-profile sex abuse case brings test for new Ohio anti-grooming law
A Catholic Foundation executive accused of a six-month online relationship with a teen is among the first charged under Ohio's misdemeanor grooming law.
Vivek Ramaswamy appears to have violated New York state bar registration rules
Ohio's Republican nominee for governor reportedly listed a West Chester address as his home in a July 2026 New York attorney filing, five years after moving to Columbus and registering to vote there. The conflicting addresses raise potential violations of New York attorney-registration requirements or Ohio voter-residency laws.
With fewer public defenders, indigent defendants pay the price
Texas lost nearly a fourth of its indigent-defense attorneys in a decade, a crisis echoed in Oregon, Pennsylvania, Kansas and New Mexico, researchers find.
Jon Husted backed utilities’ land-seizure powers now threatening Ohio farms for data centers
A 2022 Ohio Supreme Court case shows AEP already invoked the 2007 law to claim presumptions favoring condemnation, with a hearing on new Piketon-area lines set for October 27.
Ohio Supreme Court keeps GOP nominee on ballot without ruling on closed-door meeting
Attorneys for the voter who brought the case say the decision denied Ohioans an answer about transparency in the election process.
Seneca County PIVOT recovery program awarded $190,000 state grant
The grant adds to prior funding including $157,665 from OneOhio's opioid settlement fund, though officials haven't said how many participants it will serve.
Gary Click quietly left his church. Six months later, police were investigating child sex abuse allegations
Click says he stepped down as Fremont Baptist Temple pastor in March 2025. By late September, Oregon child welfare officials had sent Fremont police an abuse referral naming him. The allegations became public in November, months before constituents learned he had left the pulpit.
Gary Click investigated by Fremont police over child sex abuse allegations
Gary Click was accused of sexually and physically abusing a child, questioned by police about his connection to the family, and later declared himself “ivory clean” when confronted about the investigation.
Husted said his role in passing FirstEnergy bailout was ‘none.’ His calendar is blacked out when it became law
FirstEnergy executives described Jon Husted as “highly engaged” and “fighting to the end” for House Bill 6, the utility-backed bailout at the center of Ohio’s $61 million bribery scandal. Every meeting shown on Husted’s official calendar is redacted on the day Gov. Mike DeWine signed it into law.
Prediction markets spend millions to influence state, federal governments
Kalshi hired lobbyists in 41 states and funded both parties' AG groups as a federal agency with four vacancies sues states trying to regulate the industry.
Sandusky County budget crisis, Flock cameras and Ickes fallout dominate Fremont NAACP candidate forum
Ontko pressed why Ickes stays on the ballot despite his removal, while Click urged Jones to ban cameras Tiffin never actually deployed.
Head of JobsOhio board to be deposed in federal civil lawsuit against FirstEnergy
Josh Rubin advised FirstEnergy executives before Sam Randazzo's $4.3 million bribe was negotiated, then went on to chair DeWine's JobsOhio board.
Seneca County jury convicts Hossler of rape, sexual battery, attempted rape
A fourth attempted rape count was severed from the case and remains unresolved, with a plea hearing and sentencing set for Oct. 20.