Category: Ohio

Public’s Help Needed in Identifying Suspect in Knox County Incident

(MOUNT VERNON, Ohio) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation along with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and Fredericktown Police Department are...

Centene Agrees to Pay a Record $88.3 Million to Settle Ohio PBM Case Brought by AG Yost

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Centene Corp. (CNC) has agreed to pay Ohio $88.3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Dave Yost in...

Guernsey County Man Arrested in 1986 Texas Cold Case

(CAMBRIDGE, Ohio) — A Quaker City man has been arrested for a 1986 homicide that occurred in Texas, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and...

AG Yost Files Emergency Order to Stop Leakage of Manure into Ohio Stream

(GOSHEN, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed for a temporary restraining order against the owner of dairy farm after a massive...

Reps. Weinstein and Miller introduce legislation to combat rise of hate crimes in Ohio

Bill would create the Hate Crimes Bureau to increase cooperation, prevention and enforcement of hate crimes to keep communities safe  COLUMBUS - State Reps. Adam...

AG Yost Files Landmark Lawsuit to Declare Google a Public Utility

(DELAWARE, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today filed a landmark lawsuit asking the court to declare Google a public utility, reining in...

AG Yost Investigation of ‘Dogs 4 Warriors’ Leads to Settlement, Dissolution

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has reached a settlement with the operators of the nonprofit Dogs 4 Warriors after an investigation by...

Attorney General Yost Issues Annual Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse Report

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today released the 2020 Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse Report, in recognition of National Missing Children’s Day,...

Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force Seizes Meth, 2,718 Fentanyl Pills and Arrests Two

(PATASKALA, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Governor Mike DeWine and Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp today announced a significant methamphetamine and fentanyl seizure...

AG Yost Investigation Leads to Indictment, Lawsuit Against Home Improvement Contractor

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) — An investigation by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has resulted in an indictment and lawsuit against a Cincinnati home improvement contractor...

AG Yost Files Lawsuit Against Charity Director for Misuse of Funds

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit against the director of the now-defunct Pen Ohio for using the charity to...

AG Yost Issues Warning of Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids

COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is alerting consumers to beware of some misleading tactics by over-the-counter hearing aid companies that make...

Former FirstEnergy Executives Reindicted on Public Corruption Charges

(AKRON, Ohio) — Two former FirstEnergy executives have been reindicted for their alleged roles in the House Bill 6 scandal involving the Akron-based electric utility, Ohio Attorney...

Governor DeWine Announces Pause of Data Center Tax Exemption

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that he has directed the chair of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to pause consideration of...

Yost Sues Northeast Ohio Contractor Accused of Shoddy, Incomplete Home Improvements

(WARREN, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a Mahoning Valley contractor who allegedly performed substandard home-improvement work or failed to complete...

Yost Sues Online Seller of Model Trains for Failure to Deliver Products

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a Brecksville man accused of taking consumers’ money for collectible model trains that he...

Lt. Governor Tressel Celebrates Advanced Manufacturing Expansion at Polaris Career Center

(MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio)—Ohio Lt. Governor Jim Tressel today joined local leaders, educators, and students at Polaris Career Center in Middleburg Heights to celebrate the grand opening...