Disease outbreaks
In the face of two of the nation’s largest outbreaks of infectious disease, two Ohio lawmakers say they will introduce legislation requiring kids in day care to be vaccinated for preventable ailments such as mumps and measles.
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69% of Ohioans favor executions
Amid a nationwide controversy over lethal injections, Ohio voters overwhelmingly say they favor the death penalty for convicted murderers, but many also favor non-lethal alternatives.
No more kids
An Ohio appeals court has upheld a judge’s order that a deadbeat father can’t have more kids until he pays his back child support.
Homecoming Game start
Ohio State alums can sleep in for homecoming.
Sentence in bone thefts
A former lab assistant has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of human skulls and skeletons from Ohio University’s medical college and selling them online.
Tressel new Youngstown St. president
Former Buckeye football coach Jim Tressel has signed on to be the ninth president of Youngstown State University, where he started his college coaching career.
Mumps in Hilliard
Officials in the Hilliard City Schools confirm they are investigating three possible cases of mumps linked to an outbreak that has sickened more than 240 people in three central Ohio counties.
Tree-cutters face vandalism charge
Prosecutors in Marion County have charged six students with vandalism for allegedly taking a chain saw to two dozen trees outside the school as a senior prank.
Resident kills burglary suspect
Police say they are turning over to prosecutors the case of a Southeast Side homeowner who apparently shot a burglar to death.
Haslam to Manziel: “This is not Hollywood”
If hype and jersey sales were all it took to make a starting quarterback in the NFL then Johnny Manziel would have the job for the Cleveland Browns but they don’t and – for now – he doesn’t.