Back-to-school tax break
Ohio parents will get a break from sales taxes this weekend as they head to stores and websites in search of back-to-school clothing and supplies.
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Trump denounces Dems, plays down race, at Cincinnati rally
President Donald Trump used a revved-up rally in Cincinnati to tear into the Democrats he has been elevating as his new political foils, attacking four liberal congresswomen of color and their party’s urban leaders, while also directing fire at those he could be facing in 2020.
Buckeyes 5th in preseason poll
The Ohio State Buckeyes begin their fall football practices Friday with at least two big questions looming overhead.
Reds-Pirates fracas leads to 8 suspensions
Major League Baseball issued eight suspensions two days after a bench-clearing donnybrook between the Reds and Pirates at Great American Ball Park.
Astros 7, Indians 1
Gerrit Cole pitched one-run ball over seven innings and extended his winning streak to a career-best nine games as the Houston Astros beat the Indians 7-1.
Bats 8, Clippers 5
The Clippers were swept in a two-game series against Louisville with the Bats’ 8-5 at Huntington Park Thursday night.
Search is on for boy, mom
Authorities have issued an Endangered Missing Child Advisory for a 4-year-old Marion boy taken by his mother Thursday afternoon and who may be in the Delaware area.
London man says he’s not guilty of setting fatal fire
A man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he intentionally set a fire that killed his wife and two children and destroyed their Madison County home in 2008.
Five officers face discipline in Stormy Daniels arrest
The fallout from last year’s arrest of adult film performer Stormy Daniels and two other women at a Columbus strip club continues to impact the Division of Police’s now-disbanded vice squad.
Woman killed in Northeast Side double shooting
One woman was killed and another injured in a shooting in North Linden early Thursday.