August unemployment steady at 5.7%
The state’s 5.7-percent unemployment rate for August is unchanged from the previous month.
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Reynoldsburg teachers on strike
Classes went on as scheduled in the Reynoldsburg City Schools Friday with the district’s teachers standing on picket lines.
Cedar Point’s new coaster
Ohio’s Cedar Point says it plans to repurpose its 18-year-old Mantis roller coaster to create a new floorless coaster to open next year.
Broken rail blamed for 2012 fairgrounds derailment
A government agency reports that it was a broken rail that led to a freight train derailment near the Ohio Expo Center in 2012 that caused a series of fiery explosions and forced residents from nearby homes to be evacuated.
Escapee recaptured
Authorities say a man who escaped from a low-level corrections facility near Toledo Wednesday is back in custody.
Limelight Beach cruises to Jug win
Limelight Beach won the Little Brown Jug on Thursday at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, beating Let’s Drink on It by 1 1/4 lengths in the second leg of the pacing Triple Crown.
Indians, 2, Astros 1
Mike Aviles’s sacrifice fly in the 13th inning scored Jose Ramirez and gave the Indians a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday night.
Inmate flees NW Ohio prison
Less than a week after a jailbreak by Chardon High School shooter T.J. Lane, the convicted murder of a central Ohio girl and a third inmate from a state prison in Lima, authorities say they are searching for an inmate who escaped from a prison in Bowling Green.
West Side man missing
Columbus police are asking for help locating a West Side man who has not been seen by friends or co-workers for nearly two weeks.
2 Ohioans killed in Afghanistan
Military officials say a soldier based at Fort Bragg and a civilian worker for the Department of Defense have been killed in Afghanistan.