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A closer look at some of Ohio’s aspiring marijuana growers

CLEVELAND (AP) — Long-time natives and carpetbaggers. Construction magnates, toy tycoons, an Olympian and an heir to the Jim Bean whiskey fortune. These are some of investors vying to win approval to grow medical marijuana in Ohio. The state accepted 185 applications in June and now has to decide who gets the 24 cultivator licenses available. Ohio’s medical marijuana law, …

Three protesters file suit against Columbus police

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three people protesting against President Donald Trump’s travel ban in downtown Columbus earlier this year said city police officers intentionally hit them in face with pepper spray, allegations that can be proven with comments recorded by the officers’ body cameras, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday alleged. The lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of …

Police shoot bank robbery suspect

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio police shot a bank robbery suspect and took him into custody after he held three people hostage at a Taco Bell. Police say the 18-year-old was armed with a gun and wore a vest imitating an explosive device when he robbed a PNC Bank in Columbus Tuesday. The Columbus Dispatch reports the suspect tossed money …

1 killed, 8 wounded at pregnant woman’s gender reveal party

CINCINNATI (AP) — Two gunmen opened fire at a woman’s gender reveal party near Cincinnati, wounding the expectant mother, who said she lost the baby. Colerain Township Police Chief Mark Denney said 22-year-old Autum Garrett, of Huntington, Indiana, was killed, and eight people including the pregnant woman and three young children, ages 8, 6 and 2, were injured in the …

Man killed in attack on trooper

VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper fatally shot a knife-wielding man “covered in blood” who had rammed his car into the rear of his patrol vehicle early Tuesday, and authorities subsequently identified the man as a suspect in the stabbing death of a woman near Cincinnati a little more than an hour earlier. Patrol Lt. Robert …

Kasich vetoes tax hike that would’ve sent money to counties

Gov. John Kasich’s vetoes in Ohio’s new two-year budget included nixing a proposal to increase taxes on health insurers that would have sent money to counties and regional bus services. State lawmakers proposed the idea to make up for lost revenue from a sales tax that is being discontinued by the federal government on Medicaid managed care organizations. But the …

Family investigated in 8 killings say they’re being harassed

WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A family who Ohio authorities have called the “special focus” of an investigation into the slayings of eight members of a different family say they are being harassed by the state attorney general’s office despite their cooperation. The family’s attorney, John Kearson Clark, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that the four Wagner family members provided laptops, phones …

Judge permits insanity plea in school shooting

URBANA, Ohio (AP) — A judge will permit a teenager charged in an Ohio school shooting that wounded two students to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. The judge in Champaign County Common Pleas Court has accepted paperwork allowing the plea by 17-year-old Ely Serna that was filed last week in motions by Serna’s attorney. The judge also granted …

DeWine takes campaign for governor on the road

 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Mike DeWine is embarking on a statewide campaign tour a day after announcing a bid for Ohio governor. The 70-year-old state attorney general and former U.S senator is one of Ohio’s longest-serving and best-known politicians, but he faces a competitive and widening GOP field. Secretary of State Jon Husted and U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci, of …

Family: Freed student who died has ‘completed his journey’

CINCINNATI (AP) — The family of an American college student who died days after being released from North Korea in a coma says the 22-year-old “has completed his journey home.” Otto Warmbier died Monday, relatives said in a statement. They did not cite a specific cause of death. “Unfortunately, the awful, torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of …

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