Columbus primary voters will be asked May 5 whether they support sending clinicians, rather than police officers, to respond to nonviolent mental health crises. Issue 5 was initiated by the Columbus ...

Lorain City Council approved a resolution to support Issue 5, a levy for the Lorain City School District which will appear on the May 5 primary election ballot. Earlier this year, the Lorain Schools ...

The status of Cincinnati's police chief is uncertain, but the process governing potential changes is clear due to a charter amendment known as Issue Five, which allows the city manager to decide the ...

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge has hired an attorney as sources say City Manager Sheryl Long is seeking her resignation, leaving the department's leadership in uncertainty. The ...

Issue 5 will create a community crisis response that will enhance 911 calls for nonviolent crises pertaining to behavioral health, wellness checks, homelessness and others by dispatching a team of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus voters approved on Tuesday Issue 5, a city charter amendment to expand and formalize a community crisis response system for certain nonviolent emergency calls. The ...

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police announced Thursday it has rented a mobile billboard that will travel around City Hall and downtown Cincinnati, encouraging residents to "back the ...

(WJW) — There are more than two dozen tax issues for school district on May 5 primary election ballots in Northeast Ohio — many of them new taxes. Local voters will get to decide whether to approve ...