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The Supreme Court of Ohio’s Juvenile Diversion Task Force just released a report detailing their findings. The main goals of the report were to reiterate the importance of diversion, especially for younger kids who’ve committed minor infractions, and to provide guidelines to individual courts in different counties.

A train struck a low-hanging communications wire Tuesday on Shanahan Road just north of Lewis Center. The incident caused power lines to be taken down and a grass fire to erupt nearby.

Franklin County is expected to vote heavily Democratic again, but Delaware County has gone from being a red county to a swing county in recent elecitons.

The air quality alert comes as much of the Ohio Valley is under a heat dome with temperatures hovering in the mid-90s.

There aren’t enough behavioral health providers in Ohio to keep up with rising demand. So people are increasingly leaning on another source of support: peers.

At least 200 buildings were damaged or destroyed. Galena and Berlin and Berkshire townships were among the hardest hit.

Rhonda Coomes, 53, of Randor, was already accused of hitting a 10-month-old girl in the face with her palm six times using a hard plastic diaper wipe container.

Genoa Township Fire Chief Joe Ponzi told WOSU the boat had reportedly capsized just before 8 p.m. Sunday in the area of Walnut Valley Drive.

The money will help support 37 emergency shelters and a dozen housing stability programs across the state and is expected to impact around 39,000 Ohioans.

As new development springs up on former Ohio farmland, one group is working to preserve the agricultural icons that might otherwise be demolished.