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Rosy predictions for GOP

Governor John Kasich appears poised to clinch a re-election victory to lead the state for another four years.

22 area teams in playoffs

When the 2014 Ohio High School Athletic Association football playoffs begin Friday, 22 central Ohio schools will be among the 224 schools competing, including one making its first appearance another making its record-setting 34th.

Low turnout predicted for midterms

All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 36 governors’ races, including Ohio’s, and control of the Senate are at stake in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Glitch slows in-person voting

A computer malfunction at the Franklin County Board of Elections delayed in-person voting Monday morning for about an hour, spokesman Ben Piscitelli said.

112 off Ebola watch

State health officials have removed 42 people from the list of Ohioans being monitored for Ebola symptoms.

Accused murderer to be arraigned

A man who police say confessed to beating and strangling his pregnant girlfriend and burying her beside a cornfield will be arraigned on aggravated murder and other charges.

Slight gain in poll

Saturday night’s manhandling of Illinois was enough to give the Buckeyes a slight bump in one of the major college football polls.

Inspirational game

Lauren Hill felt so good after fulfilling her dream that she felt inspired to play another game for Division III Mount St. Joseph’s of Cincinnati.

2 dead in wrong-way crash

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police say a man was headed the wrong way on an interstate near downtown early Sunday morning was killed along with his passenger when his car collided head-on with a tractor-trailer.

The man, whose name was not released, was driving westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-70 near the W. Broad Street exit just before 2:50 a.m. when he drove into the eastbound truck, investigators said.

Kristina Im, 23, was the front seat passenger in the vehicle and was killed, along with the driver, police said.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was identified as Timothy Owens, 55.

The accident remained under investigation Monday morning.