Boards strikes down “5 of 8” rule
The Ohio Board of Education voted Monday to eliminate school-staffing requirements that critics argue will allow districts to get rid of music and art teachers, librarians, counselors and other staff.
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Urban renewal: 6-year, $6.5 million contract extension
Winning college football’s national championship has earned Buckeye coach Urban Meyer greater job security and a heftier paycheck.
Lauren Hill memorial
Lauren Hill has been memorialized with her own music and words in the basketball arena where she had one of her greatest moments.
Cavs 109, Pistons 97
LeBron James returned from a day off to record a triple-double as the Cavaliers tuned up for the playoffs with a 109-97 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night.
Cubs 7, Reds 6 (10)
Jorge Soler homered twice and Arismendy Alcantara had a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 7-6 victory over the Reds on Monday night.
Four dead in overnight crashes
Four people died in separate accident on central Ohio roadways overnight.
Buckeyes, students: Mutual appreciation
Ohio State’s football team and members of the university’s student body held a mutual admiration session Saturday as the Buckeyes held their fourth Student Appreciation Practice at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
3-year-old accidentally kills one-year-old with gun
Police in Cleveland say charges likely will be brought against the person who took a gun to the house where a three-year-old boy shot his one-year-old brother in the head and killed him.
Teen, woman slain Sunday
Police in Columbus are looking for a suspect in a shooting at a North Side apartment complex early Sunday morning that left a 16-year-old boy dead.
Mom drops toddler into zoo’s cheetah pit
Zoo officials in Cleveland say a woman was dangling her two-year-old son over a railing when he fell about 10 feet into a cheetah exhibit.