Bobby Witt Jr. capped his highly anticipated big league debut with his first hit, a go-ahead double with two outs in the eighth inning, sending the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 victory over the rechristened franchise.
Kevin Connauton, Owen Tippett and Noah Cates scored in Philadelphia’s three-goal second period and the Flyers beat the Blue Jackets 4-1 for their second straight road win.
The Reds beat Atlanta 6-3 to spoil the Braves’ World Series celebration.
The number of Ohioans claiming unemployment benefits for the first time increased for the second week in a row and for the fourth time out of the last five weeks.
Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a man whose body was found inside a burning Truro Township strip club in December.
Police say they arrested five youngsters, one only 11 years old, who went joyriding in a stolen car in Whitehall Wednesday morning.
Continuing work on a massive project to improve the I-70/I-71 split in downtown Columbus and the first phase of work on the East Side freeway corridor are among the highlights of nearly $800 million in highway construction planned in the central Ohio area this year.
A 30-year-old Newark man faces charges of making and possessing explosives after police found two pipe-bombs in a vehicle following a hit-skip crash Tuesday morning.
A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
The Blue Jackets last won March 19 and let their playoff hopes all but disappear over the last three weeks.
