September 4, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of State Fire Marshal: COLUMBUS, Ohio – To help ensure transparency related to its grants programs, the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal has unveiled a new interactive online dashboard that allows users to easily, quickly and accurately search for grant funds that have been awarded to fire departments throughout the state. Information on the dashboard is available for each of the past five years. The new online resource is available to fire departments, media outlets and the general public, allowing easy access to up-to-date information regarding grant funding that has been awarded in support of MARCS (Multi-Agency Radio Communications), equipment and training initiatives. Additional key features of the dashboard include the ability to sort and filter grants by county and grant type, and also search for grants by individual department.

August 12, 2024, Press Release from the FBI Cleveland Division: [Cleveland, OH.]  Today, FBI Cleveland announced the disruption of “Radar/Dispossessor,” the criminal ransomware group led by the online moniker ‘Brain,’ and the dismantling of three US servers, three UK servers, 18 German servers, eight US-based criminal domains, and one German-based criminal domain. Since its inception in August 2023, Radar/Dispossessor has quickly developed into an internationally impactful ransomware group, targeting, and attacking small to mid-sized businesses and organizations from the production, development, education, healthcare, financial services, and transportation sectors. Originally focused on entities in the USA, the investigation discovered 43 companies as victims of the attacks, from countries including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Honduras, India, Canada, Croatia, Peru, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Germany. During its investigation, the FBI identified a multitude of websites associated with Brain and his team.

Many local artists put their creative skills on display Tuesday night at an inaugural art exhibit in Lima. ArtSpace/Lima hosted their first "Open Wall" event Tuesday evening with local artists using a variety of mediums like painting, photography, digital media, glass, and even drawing to express their imagination. The "Open Wall" event acts like an "Open Mic" event, and the idea started over 50 years ago when a freelance artist smuggled one of his paintings into a famous art gallery in Germany for his 15 minutes of fame. Thus, ArtSpace/Lima wanted to give west-central Ohio artists their 15 minutes of fame and show the community the impact art has on them.

It’s the story we keep hearing from many colleges across the country--their graduation ceremonies have been canceled due to the COVID restrictions on mass gatherings. But UNOH recognizes how important graduation can be, so they’ve put together a digital media graduating experience to celebrate the nearly twelve hundred students earning their degree this spring.