Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Surge in Water Demand Could Put Ohio Farmers and Industry on Collision Course
Nov 25 2025 // Deep inside a report on the future of water in central Ohio is this warning: Industrial demands for water will skyrocket at the same time experts expect farmers will need to regularly irrigate their fields during the...
Norfolk Southern Revives Plans for Firefighter Training Near Site of Ohio Derailment
Nov 24 2025 // Norfolk Southern railroad worked with the state of Ohio and Youngstown State University to revive plans for a $20 million first responder training center near the site of the worst derailment in a decade in East Palestine,...
Ohio Machining Company to Pay $2M to Settle Sex Discrimination Case
Nov 24 2025 // Glunt Industries, Inc., a Warren, Ohio machining company which operates four large-scale fabrication plants, will pay $2 million and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Ohio’s FirstEnergy Ordered to Pay More Than $250M for Bribery Scheme
Nov 21 2025 // Ohio utility regulators ordered Akron-based FirstEnergy on Wednesday to pay more than $250 million in fines and refunds as a result of its misconduct in a sweeping Statehouse bribery scandal whose fallout continues five...
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Ex-Employer’s Network, Costing $862K in Damages
Nov 19 2025 // A 35-year-old Ohio man has pleaded guilty to computer fraud for hacking his former employer’s network after he was fired, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. On May 14, 2021, Maxwell Schultz, Columbus, Ohio,...
Smucker Sues Trader Joe’s in Ohio, Saying New PB&Js Are Too Much Like Uncrustables
Oct 17 2025 // The J.M. Smucker Co. is suing Trader Joe’s, alleging the grocery chain’s new frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are too similar to Smucker’s Uncrustables in their design and packaging. In the...
Family of Man Who Died in Ohio Jail Reaches $7M Settlement
Oct 2 2025 // The family of a man who died after being restrained in an Ohio county jail said Tuesday that they have reached a $7 million settlement agreement with the county and are pushing officials there to prevent something like the...
Lawsuit Alleges Ohio Officer Fatally Shot Pregnant Mother Without Proper Training
Sep 26 2025 // An Ohio police officer accused of shooting to death a pregnant Black mother two years ago was not trained or supervised properly, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against the police chief and the township...
Ohio Machine Shop Ordered to Pay Back $134K
Sep 26 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment requiring Akron, Ohio-based Markham Machine Co. Inc. and its owner to restore more than $134,000 to the company’s retirement plan after the company...
Freight Railroads Fail to Join Federal Safety Program After Ohio Derailment
Aug 25 2025 // Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to...
Ohio Healthcare Facility to Settle Race Discrimination Charge
Aug 19 2025 // Progressive North Ridgeville, LLC, a healthcare facility in North Ridgeville, Ohio, agreed to pay $5,000 and take corrective action to resolve a race discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Ohio’s Roehr Insurance Partners With Higginbotham
Aug 15 2025 // Higginbotham announced it has partnered with Roehr Insurance, one of the largest property and casualty insurance agencies in Cincinnati, Ohio. The partnership grows Higginbotham’s presence in the Midwest and provides...
Chemours Must Stop Unlawful Pollution of Ohio River, Federal Court Orders
Aug 12 2025 // A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant in West...
Ohio Company to Pay $326K for Allegedly Selling Unregistered Pesticides
Jul 28 2025 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week a settlement with Tranzonic Cos., known as Hospeco Brands Group, in Cleveland, Ohio, for allegedly selling unregistered pesticide products and a product...
Congressman Jim Jordan Deposed in Ohio State Sex Abuse Case
Jul 24 2025 // Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan was among those questioned under oath this month about the sexual abuse of Ohio State University athletes decades ago by a team doctor, according to a court filing. Jordan’s deposition...
Ohio Waste Management Firm Faces $602K in Fines After Worker’s Death
Jul 23 2025 // A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc., an environmental and hazardous waste management service provider, failed to properly ventilate a confined space containing...
Ohio Rules That Data Centers Pay for Minimum Energy Needs
Jul 11 2025 // Regulators in Ohio, a key data center market, ruled that data centers will have to pay for some of their energy requests regardless of whether the electricity ends up being needed. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio...
Reliance Global Completes Sale of Ohio’s Fortman Insurance Services
Jul 8 2025 // Reliance Global Group announced it has completed an asset sale of Ottawa, Ohio-based Fortman Insurance Services, wholly owned subsidiary, for $5 million in cash. The transaction marks the successful execution of a...
Bishop Street Underwriters Acquires Ohio’s Aerospace Insurance Managers
Jul 1 2025 // Bishop Street Underwriters announced that it has acquires Ohio-based Aerospace Insurance Managers, a general aviation insurance services provider, from Hallmark Financial. This acquisition marks Bishop Street’s entry...
Telemarketing Firm to Pay $85K Over Discrimination at Ohio Location
Jun 26 2025 // DialAmerica Marketing, LLC, a provider of telemarketing and call-center services for third-party clients, will pay $85,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charging...
