“Blue” Jackets
The Blue Jackets return home to Nationwide Arena trailing the Pittsburgh Penguins two games to none in their best-of-seven first-round Stanley Cup playoff series.
WSNY
Study: “Kindergarten the new first grade”
Researchers at Ohio State say children are leaving kindergarten with many of the reading skills of first-graders and the gap between high- and low-achievers is narrowing in at least some areas.
Game 2: Fleury in net again
Marc-Andre Fleury will remain in net for the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 of their playoff series against Columbus Friday while Matt Murray deals with a lower-body injury.
Kasich, lawmakers look for budget cuts
As the long-in-the-tooth economic expansion sputters and Ohio’s anticipated tax take dwindles, its small-growth state budget is being downsized to no growth.
1 year later: Rhoden slayings still unsolved
Investigators are offering little new information about the unsolved massacre of eight family members in Ohio as the anniversary of their deaths approaches, but the state attorney general says “significant progress” has been made.
Spring Game
A regimen of 15 practice sessions culminate Saturday in the annual Ohio State spring football game, a chance for Buckeye fans to get an early look at the 2017 team.
Man dies in East Side fire
Fire officials say there were no smoke detectors in an East Side home where a man died in an overnight fire.
Mercury closes school for a day
Spring break began day early for students at an East Side middle school which closed after 40 students and a teacher were exposed to mercury when a thermometer broke inside a science classroom.
Brewers cool off Reds
Ryan Braun and Eric Thames homered, Jimmy Nelson turned in his second straight strong start and the Milwaukee Brewers snapped Cincinnati’s four-game winning streak, knocking off the Reds 5-1 Thursday night.
White Sox 10, Indians 4
Tim Anderson homered on the game’s first pitch, Matt Davidson added a three-run shot in a five-run first inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the slumping Indians 10-4 Thursday night.