WAPAKONETA, Ohio — An Auglaize County grand jury has indicted Wapakoneta Mayor Thomas Stinebaugh on public corruption charges related to business dealings that he conducted while in his elected position, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. Stinebaugh was indicted on eight counts of having an unlawful interest in a public contract, a fourth-degree felony; […]
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Ohio AG inks $26B deal with drug companies that fueled opioid epidemic
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Wednesday a $26 billion nationwide agreement with the three largest distributors of opioids and Johnson & Johnson for their roles in the far-reaching and devastating opioid epidemic. In addition to the monetary settlement, distributors Cardinal, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen and Johnson & Johnson, which manufactured and marketed opioids, […]
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State alert issued to ID suspect in Fredericktown gun incident
FREDERICKTOWN — The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation along with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and Fredericktown Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man who pointed a firearm at a peace officer Thursday during a traffic stop near Fredericktown. On Thursday afternoon, the Fredericktown Police Department conducted a traffic […]
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Guernsey County man arrested in 1986 Texas cold case murder
CAMBRIDGE — A Quaker City man has been arrested for a 1986 homicide that occurred in Texas, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Guernsey County Sheriff Jeffrey D. Paden announced Wednesday. Mark Gatten, 57, became a suspect in a cold case investigation initiated by the Texas Rangers, a division within that state’s Department of Public […]
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Ohio Attorney General files lawsuit to declare Google a public utility
DELAWARE – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Delaware County Court asking to declare Google a public utility. Yost stated his reasoning was to rein in the ways the powerful search engine provides search results to Ohioans. “Google uses its dominance of internet search to steer Ohioans to Google’s own products […]
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Ohio AG joins 19 others opposing Biden proposal to impose teachings of Critical Race Theory & 1619 Project
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 19 other attorneys general are demanding that the Biden administration abandon proposals within the U.S. Department of Education to insert flawed curriculum into classrooms that rewrites American history. The radical proposal seeks to issue educational grants that will impose teachings of critical race theory (CRT) and the […]
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Yost joins 20 attorneys general in warning HHS it cannot federally fund abortion
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is leading a group of 20 other attorneys general in demanding the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services not break the law as it considers a rule change that would allow for federal funding of abortions. Title X — a federal law that funds family-planning services — […]
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Yost seeks Ohio high school students to serve on teen ambassador board
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today that his office is now accepting applications for the Teen Ambassador Board. The Attorney General’s Teen Ambassador Board consists of high school juniors and seniors from public, private, charter, online and home schools in Ohio. The mission of the program is to provide Ohio’s future leaders […]
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Yost issues warning of over-the-counter hearing aids
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is alerting consumers to beware of some misleading tactics by over-the-counter hearing aid companies that make false claims of performance and that they have the government’s approval. “There are a lot of options for Ohioans that need hearing assistance, but quite honestly some of these products are not […]