Ohio just ordered that data center customers — not your household — foot the bill when they disrupt the state's default electricity rate. Full story here: jnewsnetwork.com/2026/08/05/o...

Ohio just changed the rules for every bounce house, county fair ride, and local bakery in the state. Here is what is in the fine print. Details below - jnewsnetwork.com/2026/08/05/o...

Ohio HB 433 Signed: What New Amusement Ride, Bakery, and Gas Pump Laws Mean for You

Governor DeWine signed House Bill 433 into law, overhauling Ohio amusement ride inspection fees, cutting red tape for local bakeries, updating gas station ethanol rules, and protecting auctioneers…

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ARREST REPORT: See who was arrested yesterday in Ross County! Details below - jnewsnetwork.com/2026/08/05/r...

Ross County Arrest Report | August 4, 2026

Ross County, Ohio arrests

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Pickaway County's developmental disabilities superintendent has resigned following an independent investigation into anonymous allegations made against her. Details here: jnewsnetwork.com/2026/08/04/p...

Pickaway County Developmental Disabilities Superintendent Resigns

Pickaway County DD superintendent Marie Wilbanks resigns after investigation. Board ensures continuity in services with interim leadership.

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It is confirmed that the two network giants will not air President Trump’s primetime address to the nation tonight.

A warehouse cleanup has raised serious questions after the property owner and former business owner say they don’t know what materials were left behind — or whether any of it could be hazardous. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

SunCoke won approval to keep “technical specifications” confidential. Are they only trade secrets—or something affecting environmental oversight?

#BREAKING | It is confirmed! A data center is coming to the former Chillicothe paper mill property. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Yesterday, electricity use across parts of the PJM grid—was several gigawatts higher than expected. That pushed power prices higher and created bottlenecks on transmission lines. PJM is expecting demand to jump by nearly 15 gigawatts tomorrow evening.

PJM is preparing for a possible power crisis this week as an epic heatwave looms over the region. The grid operator is asking the DOE to grant emergency powers to suspend emission rules and force data centers onto backup generators. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

The company knew. State regulators knew. Yet 7 years later, a Dayton chemical plant is still failing to contain toxic runoff, newly released EPA records show. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Ohio EPA monitoring of Cheyenne Resources coal mine to send water discharge reports was automatic emails. @jasonsalley.bsky.social The Fallout Files: bit.ly/4uRUfFS Lax water monitoring isn't environmental protection; it's permission to pollute. @drpeggy70.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social

Ohio EPA issues second violation notice to Ohio mining company over months of missing pollution reports

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a second Notice of Violation to Cheyenne Resources Ohio, LLC, alleging the company failed to submit months of required discharge monitoring reports ...

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Are corporations burying their waste in your backyard? Is your local water supply looking strange? 🛢️ We want the stories they don't want told. The Fallout Files is officially opening our confidential inbox for your environmental news tips. Send your documents and leads to oap.tip@gmail.com. 📁📸

Dubai company wants to fill Canton wetlands and streams for a data center. @jasonsalley.bsky.social The Fallout Files substack: bit.ly/4xvHqUv Will Ohio EPA allow it? Where's the limit to Ohio's "open for business" mantra? Foreign companies, too? @maxfilby.dispatch.com @signalohio.bsky.social

A Dubai real estate giant wants to destroy wetlands in Stark County for a new data center called "Project Gold Jacket"

Stark County has a new entry on Ohio’s growing list of data center developments, and this one comes with an unusual detail: the applicant is headquartered roughly 7,000 miles away, in Dubai.

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The Ohio A.G.’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached a proposed settlement with OhioHealth that would bar the central Ohio health system from enforcing contract terms restricting how insurers help patients find lower-cost care. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/jnewsohi...

330,000 gallons of untreated sewage hit a stream in Montgomery County this month after a contractor's bypass pump failed — then failed again. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

A Dubai-based real estate giant wants to fill streams and wetlands in Stark County for a new data center — Project Gold Jacket. Here is what we know about the project. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Anduril's Lattice--developed in Columbus-- can now successfully kill by AI-- no human decisions required. It received $848 M in Ohio state subsidies in 2025. @jasonsalley.bsky.social The Fallout Files: bit.ly/4e1eL1 Ohio GOP wants, supports this. @amyactonoh.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social

The Ohio EPA insists its inspectors don’t sign NDAs — so why are companies greeting them at the door with one anyway?

META down worldwide! Facebook currently dead. Instagram currently dead. Messenger currently dead.

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Just a reminder come election time.

The permit is signed. The mitigation money is paid. And the community that showed up, submitted comments by the dozens, and asked Ohio EPA to do its job — got nothing. FULL STORY HERE - thefalloutfiles.substack.com/p/ohio-epa-a...

Ohio passed a bill — unanimously in both chambers — that lets companies pump carbon dioxide into the ground beneath Ohio farmland, and force unwilling landowners to participate if 70 percent of neighbors agree. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Section 224 could lock Israel deeper into America’s military future by expanding access to sensitive technologies and embedding cooperation into defense systems critics warn may be politically and operationally difficult to undo once built in.

#BREAKING | Hazmat crews are on scene in Butler County after a truck spilled 275 gallons of sulfuric acid near West Chester Road and Barrett Road. Roads are closed. Officials say they are working to keep the chemical out of nearby waterways. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

Surveillance cameras caught SOS Junk Removal trucks, in Summit County, pulling into vacant lots loaded with trash — and leaving with them empty. Now, two men and the business are facing criminal indictments. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...

The former CEO of FirstEnergy and the utility's top external affairs executive have been reindicted on corruption charges after a jury deadlocked in March. 22 felony counts. Bribery. Racketeering. False ethics disclosures. FULL STORY HERE - open.substack.com/pub/thefallo...