State Sen. Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville) and state Sen. Thomas Patton (R-Strongsville) recently gave sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 295, legislation that would extend the timeline for ...

Hardy has also been ordered to remain in his current placement at Central Ohio Behavioral Health.

A judge has sided with court consultants who said ODMHSAS has not made significant improvements to its competency restoration ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Ohio Senate Bill 295 into law Friday.

IPR's Morning Edition host Meghan McKinney speaks with Kim Hagen, the director of clinical services at Community Support Advocates. The nonprofit is overseeing the first state-funded outpatient ...

The competency restoration deadline has been extended for murder suspect De'Lawnte Hardy in the 2024 killing of Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter.

Torrance State Hospital is one of only two hospitals in Pennsylvania that provide "competency restoration," treatment for people who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial. Pennsylvania’s ...

ST. LOUIS — As a young girl growing up in Missouri, Megan Jolly loved to read, dance and dress up. For her 20th birthday, she and her mother wore formal gowns to dinner on a cruise ship to Cozumel, ...

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