Prescription Drop-Off
Saturday has been set aside as a day to get rid of expired or unused medications in homes before they get into the wrong hands.
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Zoo levy opposed from left, right
Politics, as the saying goes, makes strange bedfellows. Few would be stranger than the liberal Rev. Al Sharpton and the conservative billionaire Koch brothers
300 mumps, measles cases; vaccinations urged
First mumps, now measles. Both diseases – prevented with the same vaccine – have broken out in central Ohio, infecting nearly 300 people.
Jail officer released, standoff ends
A correction officer taken hostage by three inmates at an Ohio county jail has been released unharmed, and the inmates have been taken to a maximum-security facility.
Gas prices take a big leap
Drivers can be forgiven for doing double-takes at the sight of gas prices this morning.
Teen faces life for jogger’s murder
A 16-year-old boy who was living in a group foster home when he was accused of fatally stabbing a jogger in a Northeast Side park last year will be sentenced to life in prison as part of a plea agreement.
Coach sentenced in Steubenville rape case
A volunteer football coach whose Steubenville house was the scene of a party that preceded the rape of a girl by two high school football players has pleaded no contest to two charges.
State parks to get $88.5M for fixup
State officials are preparing to invest $88.5 million to upgrade and modernize trails, campgrounds and recreational facilities in Ohio’s state parks over the next two years.
Prosecutors slam death penalty reviiew
Prosecutors are criticizing final proposals in a report about Ohio’s capital punishment law, calling them anti-death penalty.
Murder suspect surrenders
Police say a 34-year-old man wanted in the shooting death of a man whose body was found in a wooded area on the East Side in January surrendered to officers on Tuesday.