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Ohio rep steps down as House Democratic leader

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:12:15 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Democratic leader in the Ohio House stepped down Tuesday night from his role before his term ends next year.

Ohio school shooting victims' families sue charity

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:07:08 -0400

CHARDON, Ohio - Relatives of three teenagers killed in a northeast Ohio school shooting filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a charity that maintains a trust fund set up first to benefit the victims' families and also to support the well-being of students and others in the affected community.

Ohio lawmakers advance Internet cafe crackdown

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:38:22 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio state lawmakers moved boldly Tuesday against storefront sweepstakes parlors they have come to view as illegal gambling operations, advancing separate bills effectively banning the operations statewide and blocking startups until the ban takes hold.

Ohio kidnapping suspect's 3 dogs go to foster care

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:21:16 -0400

CLEVELAND - Three dogs seized from a man charged with holding three women captive and raping them over a decade were placed in foster care Tuesday to await a decision by the women on whether to adopt them.

Ohio prison inmate walks away from garage duty

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:25:31 -0400

LEBANON, Ohio - The Ohio prisons department says an inmate is missing after walking away from his work assignment as an auto mechanic.

Ohio reveals where new 70 mph speed limit applies

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:13 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Transportation has revealed which sections of rural interstate highway will have a higher speed limit of 70 mph instead of 65 mph starting July 1.

Ohio ex-AG applies for law license reinstatement

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:56:52 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has applied to have his law license reinstated now that he's served a six-month suspension related to ethics violations.

Falcon chick 'Zoom' banded atop Ohio high-rise

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:10:15 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - State wildlife officials have examined and banded the first peregrine falcon chick in three years to be hatched atop the Rhodes Tower in downtown Columbus - and it's a girl.

Ohio project examines premature births

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:04:47 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The March of Dimes is spending $10 million in Ohio for collaborative research into the problem of babies being born prematurely.

Ohio teen faces charges after officer hit

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:41:08 -0400

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio - Prosecutors say a teen who allegedly hit a police officer during a pursuit last weekend has been indicted by a central Ohio grand jury on charges including felonious assault on a peace officer.

OH youth sports chief gets prison for sex charges

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:02:27 -0400

EASTLAKE, Ohio - A former youth softball league commissioner in northeast Ohio has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for possessing child pornography and inappropriately touching a 17-year-old girl.

Toddler drowns in eastern Ohio river

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:10:24 -0400

AKRON, Ohio - Authorities say a 2-year-old boy drowned in a river in eastern Ohio after wandering away from his family's cabin.

City urges patience during Cleveland filming

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:52:28 -0400

CLEVELAND - City officials in Cleveland are asking residents for patience while the filming of a big-budget movie ties up traffic near downtown for the next several weeks.

Cleveland will double red-light cameras

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:23:13 -0400

CLEVELAND - State lawmakers may be considering a ban of controversial red-light cameras, but one of Ohio's largest cities is planning to double the number they have in service.

Ohio woman gets 8 years for drunken-driving death

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:11:12 -0400

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio - A woman who was drunk when she hit and killed a 15-year-old boy walking along a rural Ohio road last fall has been sentenced to prison for eight years.

JPMorgan Chase in Ohio sees tax credit approval

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:07:18 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - JPMorgan Chase & Co. is among several companies that have received approval for job creation tax credits in Ohio.

Deadly fall is 3rd recently in Ohio Hocking Hills

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:19:13 -0400

LOGAN, Ohio - Officials say the second deadly fall in three days in the Hocking Hills region of southeastern Ohio occurred near a waterfall.

Testing starts at ex-park near Ohio cancer cluster

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:16:08 -0400

FREMONT, Ohio - Whirlpool Corp. began soil and water testing Monday at a former park in a northern Ohio area where cancer has sickened dozens of children for more than a decade.

Ohioan accused of stabbing baby cousin held on $1M

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:12:26 -0400

SANDUSKY, Ohio - A 19-year-old man suspected of stabbing an 11-week-old baby to death with a kitchen knife is being held in a northern Ohio jail on bond of more than $1 million.

Ohio bill would make more gov't meetings public

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:04:43 -0400

DAYTON, Ohio - A proposal in the state Senate would require more government meetings to be open to the public and expand the possible penalties for violating Ohio's open meetings law.