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Ohio 2nd-best state to drive in

When you’re stuck in a traffic backup or inching through a construction zone or frustrated over the price of gas, you might think there’s no place worse than Ohio in which to drive. But, you would be mistaken. In fact, almost every place else is worse.

Board discusses graduation requirement worries

Ohio’s school board is set to discuss graduation rules as school administrators warn that new requirements are putting a large number of current high school juniors at risk of not graduating on time.

Friends help staff of burned-out park lodge

While investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that destroyed a dining lodge at Hocking Hills State Park and state officials work on their plans to rebuild, the people who worked at the Hocking Hills Dining Lodge in southeastern Ohio are unemployed at Christmas.

No second execution attempt for Ohio inmate

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a condemned Ohio killer who says the state should not get a second chance to put him to death after he survived a botched execution in 2009.

Research: Ban on cell phone use while driving works

If one way to reduce distracted driving by young motorists is to reduce their cell phone use, new research suggests the best method is a seemingly obvious one: A total ban on using handheld devices while driving.

Report: Obamacare repeal impacts 960,000 Ohioans

Congress is considering repealing parts of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement, but a new report suggests the lawmakers’ plan would double the number of uninsured people in Ohio and other states.