A white University of Cincinnati police officer’s murder indictment Wednesday for suddenly drawing his gun and shooting an unarmed black man in the head during a minor traffic stop has started a debate about the role of campus police.
Backers of a proposed marijuana legalization amendment filed 95,572 additional signatures with the state on Thursday, probably enough to qualify the issue for the Nov. 3 ballot.
Despite a request from the Pentagon to stand down, citizens with guns have continued to stand guard outside military recruiting stations in central Ohio following the fatal shootings of four marines and a sailor in Chattanooga, Tenn.
A smog alert has been issued for today across central Ohio, the second such warning this year.
An optimist would find hope in new numbers that show fewer Ohio babies are dying before they see their first birthday, said Dr. Arthur James, a national expert on infant mortality and an ob-gyn with Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center.
