COLUMBUS — A state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would require school districts in Ohio to name a valedictorian and a salutatorian. The House bill introduced by Republican state Rep. Niraj Antani, of Miamisburg, comes after Mason High School in southwestern Ohio decided that it ...
State warns of timber theft COLUMBUS — State officials in Ohio say timber theft has increased due to high prices for white oak and black walnut. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry is offering tips to help residents prevent thefts on public and private land. ...
COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Senate has passed a bill to legalize hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol oil, a move that could create an industrial hemp industry in the state. The bill, which was unanimously approved on Thursday, would allow for cultivation of hemp as long as it contains less than ...
DAYTON — An Ohio K-12 school scheduled to open in the fall will include a security system that would allow police to tap into school cameras. The Northridge district’s new school will feature the BluePoint Alert System as part of its design, the Dayton Daily News reported . The school ...
PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — Attorneys for a woman facing charges in connection with an Ohio family massacre have filed a motion to have obstruction of justice and perjury charges against her dismissed. Fredericka Wagner’s son, daughter-in-law and two grandsons are jailed in southern Ohio ...
PIERCE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff's deputy was shot and killed during a 12-hour standoff at an apartment complex in Ohio that left another deputy wounded and a suspect in custody, authorities said Sunday. Capt. Jeff Sellars of the Clermont County Sheriff's Office said officers responded ...
Kathleen Clyde, the Democratic candidate for Ohio Secretary of State, said she’ll fight to ensure elections are fair, secure and accessible and make it easier to start and grow a business in Ohio. That’s the message she’s been delivering all weekend as she traveled the state to tell ...
COLUMBUS (AP) — Charges were dropped Thursday against porn actress Stormy Daniels, just hours after she was arrested while performing at an Ohio strip club and charged with letting patrons touch her in violation of a state law. Her attorney said she was set up in a Columbus police sting ...
DOVER — Two people were killed in a head-on crash Saturday afternoon on I-77 in Dover Township, Tuscarawas County. According to the Ashland Times-Gazette, an SUV driven by Walter E. Banks of Canton was driving the wrong way in the southbound lanes of I-77 when it collided head-on with a ...
TUE/11 ALLIANCE Alliance Community Lighthouse meeting, 10 a.m., Alliance Christian Center, 670 W. Main St.; speaker, Sharon Edwards. COLUMBIANA MCTA Executive Council, 8:30 a.m., Das Dutch Haus. Drive-thru ham dinner, 4-6 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St.; ...
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — The man who randomly gunned down a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook killed himself Tuesday during a police chase in Pennsylvania that began when a McDonald’s employee recognized him at a drive-thru. It marked a violent end to the nearly 48-hour ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio man who allegedly shot and killed another man while streaming it live on Facebook on Sunday claimed in the video that he snapped because of a woman, according to police, who urged the suspect to turn himself in. Law enforcement was searching the Cleveland area and ...
COLUMBUS—The 2017 Arnold Sports Festival will bring fitness and fun for all ages as it returns to Columbus March 2 through 5. The Arnold Sports Festival is co-promoted by legendary bodybuilder and film star Arnold Schwarzenegger. With more than 70 sports and events, including 14 Olympic ...
COLUMBUS (AP) — Republican lawmakers were discussing their options after Ohio Gov. John Kasich vetoed a bill banning abortion at the first detectable fetal heartbeat, the House speaker said Wednesday. Some GOP House members believe Kasich’s veto was “a step backward on this important ...
NORTH COLLEGE HILL (AP) — Police in suburban Cincinnati are trying to figure out how a loaded gun got into the hands of four or five kindergarten students who were caught playing with the weapon. A student at North College Hill Elementary School in Hamilton County alerted a teacher that ...
LOGAN (AP) — Investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that destroyed a dining lodge at Hocking Hills State Park in southeastern Ohio. No one was hurt in the fire that began Thursday morning before the restaurant had opened. The Hocking Hills Dining Lodge sits at the western end ...
AKRON (AP) — An attorney for an Ohio college student charged in the fatal stabbing of his roommate at an off-campus apartment says the death wasn’t a murder but an “unfortunate accident.” University of Akron student Kendal Scheid pleaded not guilty to a murder charge this week in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95. Glenn died at the James Cancer ...
By The Associated Press Republican Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel will again challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown in 2018, setting up what could be a rematch of what was one of the country’s most bitter, expensive and closely watched Senate races four years ago. Mandel announced ...