Church potluck botulism update
The numbers of confirmed and suspected cases of botulism tied to a central Ohio church potluck have risen as officials try to pinpoint the source of the illnesses.
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Jeni’s recall
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams shut down its scoop shops yesterday and is recalling products because of a possible listeria contamination.
Search for botulism source
Samples of food collected from a dumpster are now at the state’s laboratory in Reynoldsburg in hopes they will reveal the source of a suspected botulism outbreak that followed a church potluck in Lancaster.
Background check system “flawed” and “unreliable”
A joint investigation by a Columbus newspaper and TV station has found that Ohio’s computerized background-check system has been flawed and unreliable for years.
Panel recommends tougher standards for police
It should be more difficult to become a police officer in Ohio and recruits who make the grade should be trained longer and better. So says a panel appointed by the state’s top law enforcement official.
Botulism battle
Health officials in Ohio say the number of people sickened from a suspected botulism outbreak after a church picnic in Lancaster has risen to 23, with one person dead.
Man shot on Northeast Side
Police are looking for clues in the death of a man who was found in a vehicle a few blocks from where he appears to have been shot, investigators said.
Russell one and done
Ohio State point guard and first-team All-America D’Angelo Russell is making himself available for the NBA draft after one season with the Buckeyes.
Ohio unemployment stuck at 5.1%
Though lower than the national rate and nearly a full percentage point better than it was a year ago, Ohio’s unemployment rate has remained unchanged for the third month in a row.
Foreclosures cut in half since recession
Once a painful symptom of the recession and a chief cause of the downturn in the real estate market, foreclosures have declined in Ohio for five years in a row