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House OK’s additional snow days

The Ohio House has approved a plan to let schools take up to four additional days off this year because of the winter season’s extreme weather.

19 indicted in Marion drug ring

Federal authorities say 19 people have been indicted in an alleged conspiracy to traffic large amounts of heroin, crack cocaine and prescription pills in Marion.

Panel to consider sheriff’s suspension

Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor has appointed a three-judge panel to consider a request from Attorney General Mike DeWine to suspend Athens County Sheriff Patrick Kelly, who is facing more than two dozen corruption charges.

Despite troubles, Ohioans favor death penalty

Weeks after a condemned inmate gasped and convulsed for several minutes before succumbing to Ohio’s new combination of lethal drugs in the state’s death chamber, a new poll shows residents still favor the death penalty.