Ohio News
Taxpayers footing bill in "Joe the Plumber" case
November 16, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio taxpayers are paying the bill for the legal defense of three former state employees sued by "Joe the Plumber," who claims they illegally accessed his personal information... » Full Story
Fostoria soldier returns home for first time
November 16, 2009
FOSTORIA, Ohio (AP) — Despite being left a double amputee with a traumatic brain injury, Fostoria native Shane Parsons says he still would have gone into the Army if he knew then what he knows now. » Full Story
United Way changing approach for donations
November 16, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The United Way of Central Ohio is part of a national trend in which the organization is encouraging its donors to help tackle specific social problems, instead of primarily... » Full Story
Swim Club Accused Of Bias to File Bankruptcy
November 14, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A suburban swim club accused of discrimination last summer after revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children plans to declare bankruptcy, a newspaper reported... » Full Story
Suspect in Ohio killings was arrested last yea
November 14, 2009
CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman told authorities in December that a man now accused of killing 11 women had beaten her and tried to rape her, and police and prosecutors are giving conflicting explanations... » Full Story
AK Steel faces fine over burned worker
November 14, 2009
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — AK Steel Corp. faces a fine of more than $7,000 and two citations after a worker was burned when he fell into hot water at the company's Middletown Works coke plant. » Full Story
Fed prosecutor in Ohio: more crimes need attention
November 14, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Eight years after the 9/11 attacks, the time has come to shift crime-fighting resources to other areas while keeping terrorism as a top priority, a new Ohio federal prosecutor... » Full Story
Ohio plans execution method untried on prisoners
November 14, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio waded into uncharted territory Friday when it announced plans to switch from the usual three-drug cocktail used to execute inmates to a one-drug method that death penalty... » Full Story
Cleveland's handling of missing people challenged
November 13, 2009
CLEVELAND (AP) — The discovery of 11 victims of an alleged serial killer, most of them poor, drug-addicted black women, has prompted calls for Cleveland police to respond faster and devote more... » Full Story
Politics enter Ohio technology jobs program debate
November 13, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The future of a bipartisan, billion dollar program that spurs technology jobs is in limbo because of a dispute between Republicans and Democrats over when lawmakers should go t... » Full Story