Sales tax holiday returns
If you enjoyed the three-day break from the state’s sales tax last August, you will be happy to know it will return. For a limited run.
Columbus Dispatch
Pike Co. slayings: Authorities find evidence of drugs, cockfighting
The county prosecutor made it clear on Monday that the marijuana operations uncovered at the scene of the Pike County killings were not simply a few random plants in a field somewhere.
Parents behind bars
Millions of American children suffer the consequences of their parents’ sentences and the nation’s tough-on-crime practices, according to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Poisoning from detergent packs on rise
Rick Spiller can tell you exactly when laundry detergent packets hit the market. Most people who work in poison control probably could.
Woody Hayes: Registered trademark
After trademarking the name of current Buckeyes football coach Urban Meyer, Ohio State has done the same with his legendary predecessor Woody Hayes.
$6.5M grant to be used to improve nursing education
Ohio State University’s College of Nursing hopes to use a $6.5 million private grant to help steer the profession away from conventional wisdom and toward care that’s based on the latest research and evidence.
Wink, wink: OSU researchers find brain’s facial expression center
Researchers at Ohio State University think they’ve located the part of the brain that recognizes these subtle facial changes.
Columbus to ban NC travel
Columbus City Council plans to enact a ban on unnecessary travel to North Carolina in protest of that state’s recently enacted law mandating which public restrooms transgender people are allowed to use.
More crashes, fewer tickets since speed limit hike
A newspaper analysis has found that an increase in the speed limit along stretches of rural Ohio interstates has resulted in more accidents and fewer tickets.
House curbs Brice fines
The Ohio House has approved legislation aimed at stopping a tiny village from collecting extraordinarily large fines for traffic-related violations.