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Incoming Youngstown City Schools CEO Discusses Improving the District

The incoming Youngstown Schools CEO says his priorities will be students and giving some control back to the elected school board. The Academic Distress Commission appointed Justin Jennings to lead Youngstown's schools after Khris Mohip announced he will leave when his contract expires July 31st.

Migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers board a bus in Mexicali, Mexico, Thursday, April 26, 2018, for a two-hour drive to Tijuana to join up with about 175 others who already arrived. Lawyers planned free workshops on the U.S. immigration system on Friday and Saturday as many planned to seek asylum starting Sunday at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing, the nation's busiest. (Hans-Maximo Musielik/AP)

The Right To Asylum In The U.S.

A caravan of Central American migrants, requesting asylum in the U.S. The Trump administration says fraudulent claims will be prosecuted.

Book Nook: Not That I Could Tell, by Jessica Strawser

Jessica Strawser lives in Cincinnati-she was looking for the perfect setting for "Not That I Could Tell," her second novel. She decided that the ideal...

The 12 agents will be phased in gradually as agents retire from other offices.

Local FBI Preparing For A Variety Of Threats This Election

For the first time FBI agents can remember, they will hold a pre-election meeting in Columbus Friday afternoon with the Ohio Secretary of State and the...

Kent City Council voted to expand the powers of the city's health commissioner to levy fines against people or businesses breaking the mass gathering ban. From bottom, right: Mayor Jerry Fiala, Council President; Ms. Amy Wilkens, Clerk of Council; Mr. Garret Ferrara, Ward 1; Mr. Jack Amrhein, Ward 2; Mr. John Kuhar, Ward 4; Ms. Heidi Shaffer Bish, Ward 5; Ms. Tracy Wallach, Ward 6; Ms. Gwen Rosenberg, At Large; Mr. Michael DeLeone, At Large; Mr. Roger Sidoti, At Large.

Health Commissioner in Kent, Ohio Can Now Levy Fines For Breaking Large Gathering Ban

City Council expanded Health Commissioner Joan Seidel's ability to close down large gatherings, as Portage County coronavirus cases surge

Top Defense Department officials have issued a message to the troops that they must defend the Constitution and that last week's violence at the U.S. Capitol was a direct assault on it.

Joint Chiefs Remind U.S. Forces That They Defend The Constitution

The Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a message noting that violence isn't covered by free speech and that the breach of the U.S. Capitol was an assault on the government.

BrewDog in Franklinton offered carryout food when bars and restaurants were closed, but has since reopened for service.

Columbus City Council Considers Capping Restaurant Delivery Service Fees

Columbus City Council wants to cap fees charged by third-party restaurant delivery companies as a way to help restaurants survive the COVID-19…

Columbus Police vehicles outside the division headquarters.

Five Indicted For Murders After Months Of Increased Gun Violence

A Franklin County grand jury on Friday returned indictments in five murders going back to July. Four of the five shootings happened within a 10-day period…

Graham Harden wears the NeuroNode on his wrist to communicate with the help of other devices to write and speak his thoughts.

'Locked-in' Patients Have New Options To Communicate

An international company with offices in Milford is expanding the ways it can help people with ALS and cerebral palsy communicate.

Tech Billionaire Meg Whitman Buys Minority Stake In FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati has a new minority owner and it's not a small deal.

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