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Improvements will stem algae growth at Ohio lake

Associated Press — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:08:01 EST

MILLERSBURG, Ohio (AP) Ohio is spending $167,000 to try to stop the growth of harmful algae blooms in one of central Ohio's largest lakes.

Ohio rape case probe targets video post

BRETT BARROUQUERE — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape of a teenage girl at an alcohol-fueled party.

False charge type of intimidation

AMANDA LEE MYERS — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

Police officers in Ohio can be convicted of intimidation if they knowingly file false complaints to intimidate or influence witnesses, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

FBI again searches Toledo river for missing toddler

Associated Press — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

FBI divers have been searching the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio for a 1-year-old girl who was last seen at her mother's home more than two weeks ago.

Picturesque Ohio village on endangered places list

AMANDA LEE MYERS | Associated Press — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

CINCINNATI - A national preservation group on Wednesday named a picturesque Ohio village as one of the nation's most endangered historic places and is calling on state authorities to scrap a plan that village leaders and preservations say could permanently scar the area.

3 accused of enslaving mother, daughter for 2 years

Thomas J. Sheeran — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:40 EST

CLEVELAND - Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period.

US Supreme Court suspends attorney in fen-phen suit

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:18:53 EST

CINCINNATI - The U.S. Supreme Court has suspended prominent Cincinnati class-action attorney Stanley Chesley from practicing law before the court after his Kentucky disbarment.

Private eye tracks down 42 tons of missing fertilizer

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:03:15 EST

SCIENCE HILL, Ky. - Kentucky State Police say they have found 42 tons of fertilizer that had been reported missing from a company in Ohio.

Ohio residents protest shooting of feral kittens

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio - Residents have packed a city council meeting to protest the shooting of five feral kittens by a humane officer.

Ohio theme parks rank in top 15 in attendance

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:15:11 EST

MASON, Ohio (AP) A new report says Ohio's Cedar Point and Kings Island were the most-visited theme parks in the nation last year outside of the usual hot spots in Florida and California.

Ohio lawmakers to hear 2 Medicaid proposals

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:48:13 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio legislative committee is slated to hear two Medicaid proposals on Tuesday as lawmakers try to find common ground on changes to the health program.

Compromise talks on Ohio budget to begin Tuesday

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:44:34 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio legislative panel is scheduled to begin negotiating differences between the House and Senate versions of the state budget.

Caregiver denies drugging kids

ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

A central Ohio child-care worker sprinkled drugs on snacks to get children in her day care to sleep during the day, according to police charges filed Monday that the woman adamantly denies as a misunderstood joke.

Child-care worker accused of drugging snacks

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:51:55 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A central Ohio day care worker is denying accusations that she sprinkled drugs on snacks to get children in her day care to sleep during the day.

11-year-old shot at festival; police seek video

Associated Police — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:26:55 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus, Ohio, police are seeking any video that may have been taken of a shooting at a weekend festival that wounded an 11-year-old boy.

Ohio police chief with popular Facebook page pitches 'no mopes' mugs, T-shirts to raise money for schools

KANTELE FRANKO | Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

KENT, Ohio - Criminals caught in one pocket of northeast Ohio are likely headed for public embarrassment at the hands of a small-town police chief and his many Facebook fans.

Tractor collectors rolling into NW Ohio this week

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:10:41 EST

LIMA, Ohio (AP) Tractors of all sizes will bring thousands of people to northwest Ohio this week.As many as 30,000 people are expected to come to Lima for the International Harvester Collectors Red Power Roundup.

Ohio gas prices coming back down

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:26:29 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Relax, Ohio motorists. Gas prices are moving back down.After hovering around $4 a gallon for a couple weeks because of refinery problems in the Great Lakes region, prices at the pump have fallen.

Teen rapist classed as sex offender

ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

A high school football player convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl was given the state's second-toughest sex offender classification at a Friday hearing.

Air Force base unit in Ohio to take meals to Haiti

Associated Press — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:24:58 EST

DAYTON, Ohio - A unit from Ohio's largest military base plans to deliver more than 500 meals from a nonprofit group for residents of Haiti.

Sex offender hearing for Ohio football players

ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Associated Press — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A judge was ready to classify as sex offenders two Ohio high school football players convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl last year after an alcohol-fueled house party.

Cleveland officer facing Taser lawsuit

AMANDA LEE MYERS — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

A Cleveland man can move forward with his excessive-force lawsuit against a Cleveland police officer who used a stun gun on him while he was unarmed and kneeling with his arms in the air, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Privatizing parking OK'd for Cincinnati

AMANDA LEE MYERS — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

A court ruling Wednesday cleared the way for Cincinnati to move forward with a controversial parking privatization plan to help offset a budget shortfall and kick-start major redevelopment projects, allowing city leaders to avoid what likely would have been a nasty campaign to win voter approval.

Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Cleveland captives case

Thomas J. Sheeran — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:20:54 EST

CLEVELAND - A man accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hundreds of charges, including rape and kidnapping.

Deer causes semi crash on I-75

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:27:19 EST

TOLEDO, Ohio - Authorities say a truck crash and subsequent fire blocked part of a major highway in northwest Ohio for the morning commute.

Tracking device planted in potted palm leads to cemetery theft suspect

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:04:57 EST

SANDUSKY, Ohio - Police in northern Ohio are seeking the public's help to identify owners of grave ornaments and markers found at the home of a suspected cemetery thief.

Father pleads guilty in 4-year-old’s shooting death

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:31:13 EST

AKRON, Ohio - A northeast Ohio man charged after the shooting death of his 4-year-old son has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

Ohio bomb suspect tried to use phone

Associated Press — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

A suspect in a plot to blow up a Cleveland-area bridge planned to use a phone to detonate what he thought were real explosives, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman told jurors in the Akron trial of Joshua Stafford that Stafford tried again and again to use the phone.

Cleveland disciplines 12 officers after deadly chase, shooting

Thomas J. Sheeran — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:55:48 EST

CLEVELAND - Cleveland police say one supervisor was fired, two were demoted and nine were suspended for their roles in a chase in which officers fired 137 shots and killed a fleeing driver and his passenger.

22-month-old killed by SUV driven by father, police say

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:34:47 EST

FREMONT, Ohio - Police in northwest Ohio are investigating the weekend death of a 22-month-old boy killed when his father backed over him with his sports utility vehicle.

First in flight: Connecticut joins fray with NC, Ohio

STEPHEN SINGER — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:27:41 EST

HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut's legislature has jumped into an argument over who was the first aviator to fly and which state gets the credit.

Arraignment set Wednesday in Cleveland captive case

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:53:23 EST

CLEVELAND - The Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for a decade and raping them has another court date.

Northwest Ohio 1-year-old missing

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:45:51 EST

TOLEDO, Ohio - The latest search for a 1-year-old girl has turned up no sign of her in the part of northwest Ohio where she was reported missing more than a week ago.

Cincinnati suburb eyes new sports complex

Associated Press — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

There are big plans for a 435-acre park in a northern Cincinnati suburb. But they require big money.

Judge to label Steubenville players as sex offenders

Andrew Welsh-Huggins — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:34:24 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two Ohio high school football players convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl last year will be classified as sex offenders at a hearing next week.

Ohio community spooked over animals killed

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:33:25 EST

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) Some residents of a rural southwestern Ohio farming community say they are spooked after a number of farm animals were hurt or have turned up dead under suspicious circumstances.

Ohio gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:58:51 EST

CLEVELAND (AP) Ohio motorists are grumbling as gas prices begin to hover around $4 a gallon.

Suspect in captives case is taken off suicide watch

Thomas J. Sheeran — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:51:23 EST

CLEVELAND - Jail officials say the man charged with holding three women captive and raping them over a decade in his Cleveland house is no longer seen as a suicide risk.

Rescued gator ailing, taunted by Ohio teens

AMANDA LEE MYERS — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

A 7-foot alligator found in an Ohio man's basement is malnourished, has bone disease from a lack of sun for 15 years and was being taunted by teenagers on a regular basis, authorities said Tuesday.

In redo, Ohio CEO gets 2 years, hefty fine

AMANDA LEE MYERS — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

A former Ohio CEO given what a federal appeals court called a "drastically" light sentence of one week in prison for inflating stock prices and losing investors millions was re-sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison and ordered to pay a $5 million fine.

More Ohio roads could see 70 mph speed limit

Associated Press — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:46:04 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) More stretches of Ohio roadways could see 70 mph speed limits.

OH school district may still teach creationism

Associated Press — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:44:08 EST

SPRINGBORO, Ohio (AP) Board members of an Ohio school district said they won't shut the door on a proposal to add creationism to the curriculum.

Ohio lawmaker seeks money for 3 captive women

Julie Carr Smyth — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:15:40 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A lawmaker wants the state to provide years of relief payments and a free ride to college for three Cleveland women abducted and held in captivity for about a decade.

7-foot alligator removed from basement

Amanda Lee Myers — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:32:11 EST

CINCINNATI - A 7-foot alligator found in an Ohio man's basement is malnourished, has bone disease from a lack of sun for 15 years and was being taunted by teenagers on a regular basis, authorities said Tuesday.

Harley rider dies in Ohio Bike Week crash

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:58:09 EST

SANDUSKY, Ohio - The beginning of Ohio Bike Week has been marred by the death of motorcyclist in a traffic crash.

Scotts Miracle-Gro reprimands its CEO

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:54:08 EST

MARYSVILLE, Ohio (AP) Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has reprimanded CEO and Chairman Jim Hagedorn for using inappropriate language. The lawn care products maker also announced that three board members have resigned, and that it will stick with a smaller board.

Auditor: Data-scrubbing hurt Ohio students

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:50:41 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The state auditor says attendance data rigging in Columbus schools cheated some students out of chances to get tutoring and use vouchers to go to private schools.

Archdiocese expected to appeal Ohio teacher case

LISA CORNWELL — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:36:12 EST

CINCINNATI (AP) A jury found an Ohio archdiocese discriminated against a teacher fired after becoming pregnant via artificial insemination, leaving legal experts expecting an appeal they say could have a much wider legal impact.

OH chiropractors could make call on concussions

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:45:55 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A provision in bill being considered by the Ohio Senate would allow chiropractors to make the call on allowing student athletes with head injuries to go back into games.

Ohio deputies probing apparent murder-suicide

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:44:02 EST

PATASKALA, Ohio (AP) Sheriff's deputies are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in rural central Ohio.

Jury finds for fired pregnant teacher

LISA CORNWELL — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST

A Catholic school teacher who was fired after she became pregnant through artificial insemination was awarded more than $170,000 Monday after winning her anti-discrimination lawsuit against an Ohio archdiocese.

Jury finds for Ohio teacher fired while pregnant

LISA CORNWELL — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:34:59 EST

CINCINNATI A Catholic school teacher who was fired after she became pregnant through artificial insemination was awarded more than $170,000 Monday after winning her anti-discrimination lawsuit against an Ohio archdiocese.

Ohio Air Force security probe mobile meth lab

Associated Press — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:26:26 EST

RIVERSIDE, Ohio (AP) Security crews at Wright Patterson Air Force Base are investigating a suspected meth lab on wheelsAuthorities shut down a portion of Colonel Glenn Highway for several hours Sunday after military police stopped a pickup hauling a trailer because of a faulty license plate and because of loose siding on part of the

Columbus struggles with food truck regulations

Associated Press — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:20:49 EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Unhappiness by food truck owners over proposed rules may thwart efforts by Columbus to regulate the fast-growing industry.

3 slain Ohio students remembered at graduation

Associated Press — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 03:58:55 EST

CHARDON, Ohio - Gov. John Kasich was among those remembering three 2013 class members killed in a teenage gunman's rampage on the day the slain would have graduated from high school in northeast Ohio.