clipart.com

Kasich shows strong vs. Clinton

Governor John Kasich performs better in his home state than the other possible 2016 Republican presidential candidates against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a poll released Thursday morning.

FitzGerald pre-K guarantee

Democratic candidate Ed FitzGerald says he’ll work to guarantee that all Ohio four-year-olds have access to public preschool by 2018 if he’s elected governor.

Bill closes school sex loophole

he Ohio House has moved to close a loophole that allowed some school and university employees to have sex with high school students without being charged with a crime.

Armed Forces Day Golf

The Military Veterans Resource Center will celebrate Armed Forces Day Saturday with a free round of golf for Ohio vets.

Kasich’s poll lead now 15%

Hitting the airwaves early may be paying off for Gov. John Kasich, who has tripled his lead over his Democratic challenger in the latest poll from Quinnipiac University.

Disease outbreaks

In the face of two of the nation’s largest outbreaks of infectious disease, two Ohio lawmakers say they will introduce legislation requiring kids in day care to be vaccinated for preventable ailments such as mumps and measles.

69% of Ohioans favor executions

Amid a nationwide controversy over lethal injections, Ohio voters overwhelmingly say they favor the death penalty for convicted murderers, but many also favor non-lethal alternatives.

Sentence in bone thefts

A former lab assistant has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of human skulls and skeletons from Ohio University’s medical college and selling them online.

Mumps in Hilliard

Officials in the Hilliard City Schools confirm they are investigating three possible cases of mumps linked to an outbreak that has sickened more than 240 people in three central Ohio counties.

Tree-cutters face vandalism charge

Prosecutors in Marion County have charged six students with vandalism for allegedly taking a chain saw to two dozen trees outside the school as a senior prank.