Prison boss accepts some blame for maggots
Ohio’s prisons director says his department and the private vendor that feeds inmates share responsibility for conditions that led to maggots at the women’s prison in Marysville.
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Reds win Battle of Ohio
Homer Bailey ended his losing streak against Cleveland, and Billy Hamilton had an RBI triple and scored a run Thursday night, leading the Reds to a 4-0 victory over their intrastate rivals.
Clippers 7, RailRiders 0
The Clippers turned on the offense in the middle innings to handily beat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 7-0 Thursday.
NFL preseason: Chiefs 41, Bengals 39
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Bengals 41-39 in their preseason openers Thursday night.
Love trade could make Cavs contenders
Two people with knowledge of the deal tell The Associated Press that Minnesota and Cleveland have agreed to a trade that will send All-Star forward Kevin Love to the Cavaliers for Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a future first-round draft pick.
Courting the Democrats
Democratic party-planners are touring Ohio Stadium and meeting with state and local leaders to discuss Columbus’ bid to host the party’s presidential convention in 2016.
Alumni fight for fired director
Despite Ohio State University officials standing by their decision to fire director Jonathan Waters, the band’s alumni association says it will continue to work to get him reinstated to the job.
Few clues to gay marriage future
Two of the federal judge who heard arguments on six separate cases from Ohio and three other states yesterday indicated they came down on different sides of the debate over same-sex marriage, while the third judge has offered fewer hints.
Hoyer will start preseason opener
Brian Hoyer will be the Browns’ starting quarterback when they start the exhibition season in Detroit Saturday night, giving him the first chance to impress before rookie Johnny Manziel takes the field.
Bengals open preseason at KC
Andy Dalton begins the 2014 NFL preseason armed with a new contract that could keep him calling signals for the Bengals through the 2020 season. It may just set the market for Chiefs counterpart Alex Smith.