According to the 13-count indictment, 37-year-old Joel Brown was keeping 11 dogs for fighting purposes in Franklin County.

COLUMBUS - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Lt ... Bernie Moreno, who took the oath of office earlier this month after defeating former Sen. Sherrod Brown in November. Husted will serve in the Senate through 2026 and must run that year if he wants to ...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown made clear during a farewell speech Tuesday that he does not plan to abandon his career-long fight ...

With the appointment of Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to JD Vance’s Senate seat, Ohio has two Republican U.S. Senators for the first time in 18 years. The last time that happened, the senators were George Voinovich and Mike DeWine — Ohio's current governor who, last week, appointed the 57-year-old Husted to the Vance vacancy.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to select his lieutenant governor, Jon Husted, on Friday to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate. That's according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity before an announcement planned for Friday afternoon.

"Every major decision I have made the last six years as governor of the state of Ohio, Jon Husted has played a part in that decision," DeWine said announcing his decision in Columbus with ... term Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown. Though Husted had ...

Attorney General Dave Yost has been expected to run for governor, but Thursday he made the official announcement.

Political leadership is shifting in the state of Ohio. Since Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill Vice President J.D. Vance’s Ohio Senator seat until the November 2026 special election,

Yost, 68, is the first major Republican to fully launch a campaign for Ohio governor in 2026, when current Gov. Mike DeWine is term limited. Two other prominent Republicans — 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and state Treasurer Robert Sprague – are also expected to roll out their campaigns soon.

A new bill would make sweeping changes to how Ohio regulates recreational cannabis—including halving the number of home grow plants and eliminating all the social equity programs.

Ohio State University also canceled in-person classes, as did Columbus State Community College. AEP Ohio, which services much of the Columbus area, has an online power outage map available on its ...

Re: " Liberals learned nothing from losing to Trump" (Jan. 25), Ingrid Jacques loudly claims the intolerant left was being mean to poor Elon Musk, whose “very enthusiastic speech” at an inauguration party included an “awkward gesture” that looked like a Nazi salute. Or so “liberals want you to believe,” Jacques said.