Mount named for Ohio president renamed
President Barack Obama says he’s changing the name of the tallest mountain in North America from Mount McKinley to Denali.
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Buckeye road game = longer weekend + crowded roads
Low gas prices and a Buckeye season opener on the road add up to busy roadways and a long holiday weekend for more than a million Ohioans who are expected to travel for Labor Day.
Tigers’ tiger is at the game
A northeast Ohio high school football team that’s had a live tiger cub at games for decades has kicked off the season with its traditional mascot, even though the boosters haven’t proved they’d meet stricter state rules for keeping exotic animals.
No “ragweed-a-thon”
Ragweed pollen is tainting our air, just like it does every year about this time, but so far the data from the nearest air monitoring station in Dayton show a typical year.
Ex-deputy state treasurer extradited from Pakistan
Federal prosecutors say a former Ohio deputy treasurer has been extradited from Pakistan to serve a 15-year prison sentence for a kickback scheme at the state treasurer’s office.
Women’s Equality Day
A number of groups are using the occasion of Women’s Equality Day to illustrate just how unequal the world still is in many ways when it comes to the genders.
Gas flowing again, prices drop
BP says it has restarted a portion of a large Indiana oil refinery whose unplanned shutdown for repairs caused gasoline prices in Ohio and several other states in the Great Lakes region to spike earlier this month.
Ex-Buckeye, wife sentenced in sports drink scam
A former Ohio State football player and his wife have been sentenced to jail and ordered to repay millions of dollars for their roles in a sports drink fraud scheme.
Kasich gets high approval rating; Portman closes gap
Governor and presidential hopeful John Kasich’s approval rating with Ohio voters is as high as ever, while incumbent U.S. Sen. Rob Portman is narrowing the gap between himself and his Democratic challenger, according to a new poll.
Immigrant youth treated like slaves
A Guatemalan man has pleaded guilty to charges related to an operation that took immigrant teenage boys from U.S. custody and put them to work as virtual slaves on Ohio egg farms.