All-girls HS adds varsity esports
A private school near Cleveland has become the first U.S. all-girls school to launch a varsity esports program.
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Feds announce guilty pleas by alleged central Ohio MS-13 members
The government has announced four guilty pleas by alleged members and associates of the MS-13 gang in central Ohio, including two men who could receive life sentences.
DeWine signs workers comp budget without PTSD coverage
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed into law a two-year budget for Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers after lawmakers missed the initial deadline at the end of June and covered the gap with a temporary budget.
Reds 6, Brewers 5
Eugenio Suarez hit a pair of home runs including a two-run, go-ahead shot in the ninth off Milwaukee reliever Jeremy Jeffress as the Reds rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Brewers.
Indians 7, Blue Jays 3
The surging Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 to improve to 13-3 in July.
Mellowing out pot laws
Columbus City Council is expected to vote Monday night on legislation reducing penalties for possessing marijuana.
Relief from the heat
Heat advisories and a few excessive heat warnings remained in effect Sunday for parts of Ohio but a promised cold front moved into the state late Sunday, bringing relief from a weekend of scorching heat.
Senators want to rename NASA facility after Neil Armstrong
Ohio’s two U.S. senators plan on asking Congress to rename a NASA research facility in northern Ohio after astronaut Neil Armstrong.
ShotSpotter leads police to guns, drugs, cash
Authorities used the new ShotSpotter technology installed in Columbus earlier this year to a cache of guns, drugs and cash at the West Side home of a convicted felon.
Three more indicted in internet cafe robbery-murder
Four men are behind bars but a fifth suspect remains at large in the murder of a husband and wife during a robbery at an East Side internet café in January.