Cabinet-agency directors and Ohio's 132 state legislators are gathering on the shore of Lake Erie as Gov. John Kasich prepares to deliver his State of the State remarks. The second-term Republican is scheduled to speak at 7 tonight in the Sandusky State Theatre.

Dispatch Reporter Jim Siegel will provide live news and analysis from the speech, starting at 6:30 p.m.

On Twitter, Dispatch Public Affairs Editor Darrel Rowland and Reporter Randy Ludlow will post accounts of the speech through their handles: @darreldrowland and @RandyLudlow

There are several other ways to follow the governor's annual statement of what ails Ohio and what is good about it.

The Ohio Channel will provide a webcast of the address at its site: www.ohiochannel.org

Kasich's office will show his speech via Periscope through his Twitter account — @JohnKasich — and it will be shown live on his Facebook page: www.facebook.com/JohnKasich/.

Beginning in his second year in office in 2012, Kasich has taken his State of the State address on the road, going to Steubenville, Lima, Medina, Wilmington and Marietta in successive years.