Family seeks answers in woman’s death
Dorothy Mann would have turned 75 Tuesday. Instead, her children spent the day planning her funeral.
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State sued over student debt collection tactics
Bill collectors and law firms working for the Ohio Attorney General’s office are tacking unreasonably high charges onto the amounts they try to collect from people with long-overdue student loans, according to lawsuits filed by the Legal Aid Society of Columbus.
Water polo team crash victims improve
The conditions of two members of a high school water polo team injured in a fatal northwest Ohio crash that also injured two other team members and their mother and killed the woman’s 19-year-old daughter have been upgraded.
Crypto advisory cautions swimmers
Public-health officials are imploring area residents to obey a simple but crucial rule: If you’re sick, stay out of the pool.
Rulings are buzzkill for potential pot businesses
A federal agency and a state advisory panel threw up separate challenges Thursday to entrepreneurs hoping to take advantage of Ohio’s medical marijuana law.
Dispatch sues for Rhoden autopsy records
A newspaper is suing a coroner for autopsy records in the slayings of eight people from an Ohio family.
Early mornings take toll on students
It’s back-to-school time and students must put behind their relaxed summer routines for busy school nights and early morning alarms, a transition that can be tough on both their mental and physical health.
Elephant tranquilizer adds to overdose concerns
As law enforcement agencies nationwide continue to try to stem a tide of powerful street drugs, which now include a potentially deadly elephant sedative Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning Ohio authorities to reconsider testing street drugs on the scene because the potency of popular drugs could harm officers who inhale or touch them.
Something for everyone at the fair
Elephant ears, Ferris wheels, games of “skill,” beard contests and gator-on-a-stick. It must be Ohio State Fair time.
Ride inspections hot work
Amusement ride safety inspectors from the Ohio Department of Agriculture labored through Monday’s 90-degree temperatures to help ensure the fairgoers’ safety through each twist, turn, dip and dive at this year’s Ohio State Fair.