Ohio EPA taking applications for mosquito control grants
COLUMBUS: The state is offering grants to community health departments and related public entities to help control mosquitoes and the viruses they carry.The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency says...
View ArticleOfficers stop speeding car, find mom in labor, help in birth
LOS ANGELES: This wasn’t your typical traffic stop.Two Los Angeles police officers pulled over a speeding car on Mother’s Day to find a woman about to give birth and a frantic man behind the...
View ArticleRoaming alligator tries to ring doorbell of home
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.: Apparently this was one alligator determined to meet the neighbors. An alligator wandered through a subdivision in Moncks Corner near Charleston this week and at one point...
View ArticleWoman charged with stabbing boyfriend during ‘large fight’
An Akron woman has been charged with stabbing her boyfriend during a fight on Sherman Street on Friday.Kimberly Robinson, 56, was charged with felonious assault and was booked into the Summit County...
View ArticleKasich names Asim Haque new PUCO Chair
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has named a current Public Utilities Commission of Ohio member as its new chair. Kasich has appopinted Asim Z. Haque the new chairman. Haque, a PUCO member since 2013 and the...
View ArticleKent's Davey Tree grows again through acquisition
The Davey Tree Expert Co. of Kent has acquired the assets of Jones Bros. Tree & Landscape, a residential tree care company based near Memphis, Tenn. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed....
View ArticleIndiana police say Ohio man fatally shot inside van on highway
CLOVERDALE, IND.: Police say an Ohio man was fatally shot when a fight broke out broke inside a van as it traveled along Interstate 70 in western Indiana.Indiana State police Sgt. Joe Watts says an...
View ArticlePostal carriers to pick up food donations with mail Saturday
Have some donations for a food drive? Let your mail carrier pick them up! This Saturday, postal carriers will participate in a Stamp Out Food Hunger drive. Simply leave non-perishable donations in a...
View ArticleNorth Carolina, U.S. sue each other transgender bathroom law
RALEIGH, N.C.: A potentially epic clash over transgender rights took shape Monday when North Carolina and the federal government sued each other over the state’s new bathroom law.“This is not a North...
View ArticleAkron plans to repeal panhandling law
Akron plans to repeal its panhandling law Monday night — a week after the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed a lawsuit against the city claiming it violated the First Amendment’s free-speech...
View ArticleVeteran charged with brandishing gun after parking spot argument outside high...
A U.S. Army veteran has been charged with brandishing a gun outside Medina High School after arguing with another father over a parking spot, police reported.Mitchell Lambert, 44, faces charges of...
View ArticleThings to Do, May 10: ‘42nd Street’ at E.J. Thomas; coupon lesson at Falls...
Come on along and listen to … You know the story: Diva breaks ankle right before big Broadway show opens. Chorus girl goes on in her place and becomes a star. (It’s not just a fantasy; it actually...
View ArticleGambling revenue rises in April at rebranded JACK ThistleDown racino
JACK ThistleDown Racino’s monthly net profit exceeded $10 million in April, surpassing that mark for the first time since August 2014, according to data released Monday by the Ohio Lottery...
View ArticleFirstEnergy's Davis-Besse plant returns to service
The Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor has returned to service, after a shutdown for refueling and maintenance. The nuclear power plant is owned by FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company,...
View ArticlePolls show Clinton falls in Ohio to Trump, who is less liked than Nickelback
The first Ohio poll since Donald Trump dispatched his Republican rivals following the Indiana primary last week shows the billionaire beating fellow New Yorker Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head...
View ArticleOhio couple pleads guilty to keeping adopted kids captive
JEFFERSON, OHIO: A couple has pleaded guilty to child endangering and felonious assault for physically abusing their adopted children and keeping them virtual prisoners in a Northeast Ohio home.The...
View ArticleStephen Curry is 1st unanimous NBA MVP; LeBron James finishes third in voting
OAKLAND, CALIF.: Stephen Curry is the first unanimous NBA MVP, earning the award for the second straight season.The Golden State Warriors superstar is the 11th player in NBA history to be voted MVP in...
View ArticleMan convicted, woman pleads guilty in mistaken Ohio murder plot
CHARDON, OHIO: The gunman in a murder-for-hire plot that resulted in an innocent man being killed in northeast Ohio has been found guilty of murder and kidnapping charges while a woman accused of...
View ArticleAnother hearing set for former Ohio police officer in traffic stop shooting
CINCINNATI: A former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a motorist during a traffic stop is scheduled for another pretrial hearing.Ray Tensing’s...
View ArticleAfter Ohio slayings of 8, police seek video recorded nearby
PIKETON, OHIO: Authorities investigating the slayings of eight members of one family in southern Ohio are asking nearby residents and businesses to share any video they have that might be relevant to...
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