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Candidate Scott favors ward system

One of the people hoping to be elected mayor of Columbus this year says one of his first priorities will be to try to change the way city leaders are elected.

Law fights Lake Erie algae

Ohio’s governor has put in place new rules that should help cut down on the pollutants feeding the algae in Lake Erie.

Griffin to address grads

Ohio State University says Archie Griffin, the only two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy, will address graduates at commencement next month.

Streak at team’s best: 8 games

Ryan Johansen scored late in regulation to tie it and then added the clinching goal in the shootout Thursday night to lead the Blue Jackets to a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders, extending their streak to eight straight wins.

Cavs 114, Heat 88

The Cavaliers moved closer to clinching second in the NBA’s Eastern Conference, while putting the Miami Heat in danger of missing the playoffs.

Killer of two shot by police

Witnesses said Columbus police officers had no choice but to open fire on a gun-wielding man who had already killed two people in a South Side parking lot Wednesday afternoon.

Kasich favored in Ohio; unknown elsewhere

In two out of three crucial swing states, voters appear to favor their native sons in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, according to a poll released Thursday morning.

Athens is bat country

Bats are the talk of one Ohio college town after an infestation of the winged vermin drove the university president and his wife out of their on-campus home last month.

Voting restriction struck from transportation bill

Governor John Kasich struck out a provision of the new state transportation bill that Democrats and voting rights activists said would have discouraged out-of-state college students from voting in the crucial swing state