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Ohio ranks 22 in U.S. for car/deer crashes

COLUMBUS — On average, one in every 128 Ohio drivers will have an insurance claim for damage caused by a collision with a deer in 2017, That’s according to the annual deer claim study released Monday by State Farm. It ranks states by the potential drivers had of hitting a large animal, including deer, elk and moose over a given …

Neighbors divided over wind turbines

PAYNE, Ohio (AP) — From the ground, the narrow aluminum ladder might as well extend to infinity. Actual height: 290 feet. A videographer straps on a protective harness, hard hat and safety glasses, joined by two employees of the farm’s operator, EDP Renewables. They are about to climb inside one of 55 wind turbines at Timber Road II wind farm …

KHS grad’s death ruled exertional heat stroke

KENT, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio coroner has ruled exertional heat stroke caused the death of a Kent State University football player after an offseason morning workout. The Portage County coroner’s office released the findings of an autopsy of Tyler Heintz on Monday. Heintz died June 13 after being hospitalized following conditioning drills at Dix Stadium. Kent State fired a …

Ohio executions could be back on track

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Court rulings favorable to the state and the outcome of two executions in three months indicate Ohio could be on track to resume putting inmates to death regularly. The state executed child killer Ronald Phillips in July and double killer Gary Otte on Wednesday in the state death chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in …

Ohio killer executed

LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted of killing two people in back-to-back robberies in suburban Cleveland in 1992 was executed Wednesday as family members of his victims looked on. The prison system announced the time of death for Gary Otte as 10:54 a.m. following the administration of three lethal drugs at      the Southern Ohio Correctional Faciltiy in Lucasville. In …

U.S. commemorates 9/11 anniversary

NEW YORK (AP) — Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims’ relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground zero on Monday with a solemn and personal ceremony. About a thousand 9/11 family members, survivors, rescuers and officials were gathered as the ceremony at the World Trade Center began with a moment …

Officials: Akron police chief resigned after using racial slur

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police chief was forced to resign in part because of his use of a racial slur in a private conversation, officials said Thursday. Akron officials had previously announced that former Chief James Nice was accused of potential misconduct involving an investigation into his nephew, having a sexual relationship with a member of the police …

Growers say Ohio’s tight timeline could delay first pot crop

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officials in Ohio say they don’t expect to issue the state’s first medical marijuana cultivator licenses until around November, at least a month later than growers expected. The Ohio Department of Commerce announced the timetable Thursday. It drew immediate concern from the National Cannabis Industry Association of Ohio. The association had anticipated growers having about a …

Manufacturer says corrosion caused ride to break apart

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Excessive corrosion on a support beam caused a “catastrophic failure” of a thrill ride at the Ohio State Fair that killed an 18-year-old man and injured seven others, the ride’s Dutch manufacturer said in a statement posted Sunday on Facebook. The statement said KMG officials traveled to the accident scene in Columbus to review video footage …

Prosecution argues against tossing out Bellefontaine mom’s confession

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors say defense experts’ opinions about the credibility of an Ohio woman accused of suffocating her three sons shouldn’t be allowed as evidence in the murder case. Brittany Pilkington’s attorneys argue her videotaped confession should be tossed out because two psychologists concluded brain damage and mental illness impaired the Bellefontaine woman’s ability to understand a police …

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