The Allen County Safe Community Coalition is expanding its efforts to promote roadway safety through education programs and a new safe driving scholarship initiative. The coalition also announced a leadership transition as Megan Kinnear steps away and retiring Bath Township Fire Chief Joseph Kitchen prepares to take over.
Andy Wilson was officially sworn in Monday as Ohio’s 52nd attorney general and will lead the agency through the remainder of the year following David Yost’s resignation.
Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Andy Wilson as Ohio attorney general to replace David Yost, who is leaving office in June for a position with a conservative Christian legal organization.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced that two state programs will award a total of $5 million in funding to support local law enforcement's work to combat illegal drug activity and promote substance use prevention and recovery.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jim Tressel, and Ohio Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Andy Wilson today announced the launch of a new traffic safety campaign to raise awareness about how vehicle occupants who fail to buckle up threaten the safety of others traveling with them.
The Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) announced today over $6 million in federal grants to reduce violence against women in Ohio.
BBBS will use the $100,000 in funding to support mentoring programs aimed at keeping youth out of trouble. The funds will be allocated to the four-county programs in Allen, Hardin, Putnam, and now Hancock counties.
December 13, 2024, Press Release from the Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission: LIMA—The Lima-Allen County Safe Community Coalition met this morning at Mercy Health to honor its coalition members, announce the recent FY25 grant award of $46,200 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, and discuss the importance of driving sober this winter. Twenty coalition members attended the biannual breakfast where safety advocates come together to recap safe driving campaigns, like Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. Megan Kinnear, chairperson for Lima-Allen County Safe Community Coalition, said the grant became effective Oct. 1, 2024 and runs through Sept. 30, 2025.
November 18, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Ohio Emergency Management Agency: Columbus, OH – As part of the 2025 Severe Weather Awareness campaign, the Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness (OCSWA), in cooperation with the National Weather Service (NWS) and the Ohio Emergency Management Agency (EMA), are announcing that the annual Severe Weather Awareness Poster Contest is open for submissions. This contest is open to all Ohio students in kindergarten through eighth grade including individualized instruction (special education), public, private, and home school classes.
September 11, 2024, Press Release from the Mercer County Sheriff's Office: Celina, OH - Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced today his office has once again applied for and has received two grants for traffic safety. The Ohio Department of Public Safety has advised our office that we will be receiving grants to aide our deputies in reducing traffic related fatalities and serious injury accidents in Mercer County. These grants run from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.
