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Parents unhappy with budget cuts impacting Ohio schools

WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) — One by one, the parents of Lakota Schools came down the auditorium steps to stand before the microphone. Some were dressed in business attire; shirt-and-tie,…

Kasich not injured in accident

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich was involved a minor vehicle accident on Tuesday just outside downtown Columbus, but was uninjured, a spokesman said. Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols…

16 Amish plead not guilty in hair attacks

CLEVELAND (AP) — Sixteen men and women pleaded not guilty Thursday in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in Ohio. The 10 men and six women and their attorneys…

Sixteen defendants due in court in Ohio Amish attacks

CLEVELAND (AP) — Sixteen Amish men and women face arraignment Thursday in federal court on charges involved in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in Ohio. An updated indictment…

Ohio leaders stick to new evaluation for schools

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s administration isn’t backing down from a plan to implement a tougher school evaluation system, despite pressure from teachers and education groups that…

Boy brings BB gun to fend off bullies

ELMWOOD PLACE, Ohio (AP) — Police say a 10-year-old Ohio boy told them he brought a BB gun to school to intimidate students who bullied him because he wears ankle…

Ohio House Dems want to use budget surplus to offset cuts to schools, police

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio House Democrats said Monday they will introduce an amendment to the governor’s sweeping mid-biennium review that will use surplus taxpayer money to offset budget cuts…

Casino to hire 600 dealers

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — One of the state’s voter-approved casinos in Columbus says it’s prepared to hire more than 600 full- and part-time dealers. The general manager of Hollywood Casino…

Kasich won’t spare condemned killer

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday refused to spare a condemned inmate scheduled to die next week for killing a teenager during a 1985 farmhouse robbery,…

Owners group takes aim at Ohio exotics animal regulations bill

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Months before Ohio authorities were forced to kill dozens of dangerous wild creatures let loose from their cages last fall, an animal owners group had been…