Back to school: Health & safety
Bus stops and classrooms are filling up in central Ohio as the new school year begins, accompanied by reminders about vaccinations and traffic safety.
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DUI crackdown underway
As the summer travel season draws to a close with one of the biggest holiday weekends of the year, Ohio law enforcement agencies are mounting a two-week crackdown on impaired driving.
Cleveland’s Gay Games get good reviews
People who came from out of town and out of the country for the weeklong Gay Games in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, say they’re heartened by the warm welcome they received.
Ohio unemployment up in July
Ohio’s unemployment rate for July ticked up slightly last month while the employment outlook was bright in central Ohio for the three months that ended in June.
Marching band director requests reinstatement
The fired director of Ohio State’s marching band is formally requesting his job back, citing alleged flaws in a university investigation and a positive performance review issued weeks before he was terminated.
Plugging water problems
The Kasich administration and northern Ohio lawmakers are turning their taps on full-blast in an effort to prevent another water crisis like the one that left Toledo residents without water for nearly three full days earlier this month.
Hoyer will start again
Browns coach Mike Pettine will start quarterback Brian Hoyer ahead of rookie Johnny Manziel in Cleveland’s second exhibition game.
Bucks add Oregon St., UNLV in 2017-18
Ohio State has added home football games with UNLV of the Mountain West in 2017 and the Pac 12’s Oregon State in 2018.
Clippers 7, IronPigs 4
The Clippers hit three home runs on their way to a 7-4 win over Lehigh Valley at Huntington Park Thursday night.
Rockies 7, Reds 3
Charlie Culberson hit his first homer in more than a month — a three-run shot in the fifth — and Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven effective innings to lift the Colorado Rockies over the Reds 7-3 on Thursday night.