FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — A federal agency’s plan for reducing repeated river flooding that has caused millions of dollars of damage over the years in northwestern Ohio has upset some area farmers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed spending more than $60 million to reduce flooding along the Blanchard River. The current plan calls for building a nearly …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Ballot Board approved language Tuesday for a fall ballot issue that seeks to legalize marijuana and another aimed at extinguishing that plan, and supporters of the pot proposal threatened a court challenge. ResponsibleOhio, the group that brought the marijuana legalization question before voters, said the ballot wording for its proposal is misleading and biased …
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — More Jeep Wranglers are being sold than ever before and company officials say employees are working weekends to keep up with demand. Employees at the Toledo Assembly Complex are now building Wranglers every Saturday and many Sundays to keep up with demand, The Blade reported. Last year, the plant built nearly 236,000 Wranglers. In the year’s …
SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — A man who entered a restricted area at Ohio’s Cedar Point amusement park to look for a lost cellphone has been struck by a roller coaster and killed. Police say James A. Young had just finished riding the Raptor on Thursday and jumped over a fence to retrieve something he dropped during the 57 mph ride. …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Winning another national championship has made Urban Meyer a butter man. The Ohio State University football coach and Buckeyes mascot Brutus are being honored with butter sculptures at this year’s Ohio State Fair, which opened today in Columbus. The life-size sculptures are joining the traditional butter cow and calf in a 46-degree cooler in the American …
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say 37 people have been indicted in northeast Ohio for their involvement in a drug trafficking organization. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office said in a statement on Tuesday that the 37 are charged in a 261-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Mahoning County. The indictment came after an investigation by a multi-agency drug …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s John Kasich, a blunt governor who embraces conservative ideals but disdains the political sport of bashing Hillary Rodham Clinton, is to become the 16th notable Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race. The second-term governor and former congressman declares his candidacy Tuesday at Ohio State University, where as a freshman political science major in 1970, …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The reputation of Ohio State University’s fired band director was not harmed by the university or anyone acting on its behalf, the school said in a court filing asking a judge to dismiss the director’s $1 million defamation lawsuit. The university denied it escalated negative publicity about former band leader Jonathan Waters through press releases and …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House is expected to soon consider a fast-moving proposal that some say could block an effort to legalize marijuana if both issues are approved by Ohio voters.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio teen couple accused in a three-state, six-day crime spree that authorities say ended because the pair couldn’t swim across the wide Ohio River have been charged in Pennsylvania as adults, authorities said Wednesday.
