Ohio prisons short hundreds of corrections officers, led by Dayton prison

Ohio's state prisons ended 2025 more than 500 correction officers below full staffing, with 7.4% of all budgeted positions ...
The Highland County Press

Lebanon OSHP Post investigating a fatal traffic crash

Lebanon – The Lebanon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a single vehicle crash involving one fatality. The crash occurred today, Jan. 24 at 1:49 a.m. on Mason Morrow ...

Ohio payouts for wrongful imprisonment money have spiked the last few years; Here’s why

More than half the $77 million the state of Ohio has awarded wrongfully imprisoned people since 1976 was paid out in the last ...

23-year-old man sentenced to prison in Maumee Red Roof Inn kidnapping and beating case

Judge orders consecutive prison terms; case stems from March 2025 hotel kidnapping.

More than 1,700 offenders are missing from post-release supervision in Ohio

More than 1,700 offenders in Ohio are missing from post-release supervision, including a Franklin County man who was in ...

Captive workforce helps Ohio hunters send extra venison to food banks

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Twenty years ago, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction opened a plant at its prison in Pickaway County to teach inmates how to butcher cows and pigs. It was a time ...