The 9th District Court of Appeals recently released an opinion affirming several drug-related convictions for a Wayne County man who made meth in a camper. In 2013, David Yoakem was found guilty by a ...

An Ohio appeals court recently tossed out a $492,800 fine against an Ashtabula drilling company for draining wetlands and damaging a creek after the trial court judge proceeded to conduct a trial ...

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Members of a committee in the Ohio Senate last week heard testimony on a bill to broaden the category of individuals or entities that may solemnize marriages. Senate Bill 52, introduced to the Senate ...

A local appellate panel recently affirmed a Franklin County Court of Common Pleas’ decision denying a man’s petition for post-conviction relief in his cocaine trafficking case and ruled that he failed ...

Under Ohio’s current precious metal dealers law, Rep. Michael Henne said some jewelry thieves have gotten away with making a fast buck off of their illegal activities. “My home was broken into last ...

The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled this week that a person convicted of a sexually oriented offense is not classified as a sex offender with a duty to register as such if the offense in question involved ...

A pair of lawmakers from Oxford and Cleveland have partnered to introduced a bill into the Ohio General Assembly that would prevent any laws that “substantially burden a person’s free exercise of ...

The 10th District Court of Appeals recently affirmed Robert Roush’s convictions for raping his stepdaughter but ruled the trial court must make specific findings before issuing consecutive sentences.