and oversees county appraisals for the second lever (property values), which are really at the mercy of market forces. The most powerful lever (mill levy) is nearly all in the grip of local ...

Some new state funding could help to get the Lucas County Jail project back on track. The project is currently paused but a new pool of state money meant just for jails is now on the table.

MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio — An inmate escaped from the Muskingum County Jail Saturday evening, according to the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office. Wayne Pletcher, 37, escaped at approximately 5: ...

The new levy will fund placements of abused, neglected and delinquent children in Stark County. Jerry Coleman, executive director of Job and Family Services, said placement costs have gone up ...

Wayne Pletcher, 37, escaped at approximately 5:09 p.m. after he reportedly ran onto 4th Street, which is just outside the jail. He was last ... to call the Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office ...

Judge Karen Phipps sentenced Butler up to 30 and a half years in prison for two shootings and a jail assault. COLUMBUS, Ohio ...

The evening weather was gray and blustery, but inside Houston Star Studio at Ohio State University, things were looking particularly blonde. About 20 students gathered inside the dance studio ...

A Columbus man who prosecutors say attempted to have a person he believed responsible for his brother's death killed — including threatening a witness on recorded calls from the Franklin County ...

In late November, days before the university's Thanksgiving break, Ohio State announced it was evacuating the nearly 500 residents of Lawrence Tower in the coming weeks. Lawrence Tower had become a ...

Jules Richardson was facing a prison sentence when someone offered her a chance to break the cycle of addiction and find a new life.

He is also now facing new charges of weapons under disability, escape, obstructing official business, and resisting arrest.

Danelle Musil is developing a first-of-its-kind program to support Lorain County correctional officers' well-being.