I'll have to subscribe, too. The older article, which I read more than a year ago, was basically announcing the grant and tax abatement scheme that Hadsell Chemical got to help them start the business. The first article is about how the state is pressuring Pike County Commissioners to account for the grant that was given to Hadsell Chemicals a few years ago, now that Hadsell has gone out of business. It sounds like it was a pass-through grant where the state gives the money to Pike County, who then gives the grant to the business - in this case Hadsell Chemical. The county has to make reports to the state on the status of the grants,not a good thing now with this one.
Here is a link to info about the grant
https://development.ohio.gov/HB420/ViewReport.aspx
Sorry I can't get it to format, but it basically says $850,000 was granted to the county and all of it was given the same year to Hadsell. Pike County may be on the hook for it and right now further grant funds to them have been stopped.
ETA: All of these funds are federal money, just passed through the state, then to counties. See report at link.