COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. John Kasich signed legislation Sunday to strip government money from Planned Parenthood in Ohio. The action came despite calls for a veto by some legislative Democrats and several newspaper editorials. The governor did not sign the bill in public. His office made the announcement in a statement. Kasich had made it clear before the weekend …

ADA, Ohio (AP) — Every time Peyton Manning throws a pass or Cam Newton takes off to run in Sunday’s Super Bowl, they’ll be gripping a football made in a quaint Ohio village 2,000 miles away. Ada, Ohio, is home to the Wilson Sporting Goods factory that makes footballs used by the NFL, many of the nation’s top college teams, …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy SEAL who helped rescue an American hostage in Afghanistan will be the nation’s next Medal of Honor recipient, the White House announced on Tuesday. Edward Byers, a senior chief in the Navy, will be the 11th living service member to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan. The ceremony will take place …

TROY, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a car was traveling more than 100 mph when it hit a school bus in western Ohio last week, killing the car’s driver and hurting nine children. Chief Deputy Dave Duchak of the Miami County Sheriff’s Office says a computer shows 21-year-old Taylor Dickey was accelerating during the Thursday morning crash. Duchak says the …

CINCINNATI (AP) — Officials in North Korea and the U.S. released little information Friday about a university student from Ohio who was detained for what the authoritarian nation called a “hostile act.” Otto Warmbier is the second person from southwest Ohio to be detained in North Korea in less than two years. A Dayton-area man, Jeffrey Fowle, was held for …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A woman whose ex-boyfriend is in custody suspected of killing a police officer called 9-1-1 before the officer’s death to warn police in an Ohio village that they were in danger, according to the dispatch call. The body of Danville Officer Thomas Cottrell was found behind the village’s municipal building late Sunday night, about 20 minutes …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (AP) — A police officer was found dead behind the municipal building in Danville, Ohio, and a suspect is in custody, authorities said Monday. Danville Officer Thomas Cottrell was found dead on the ground behind the Danville Municipal Building just before midnight and his service weapon had been taken and his cruiser was missing, Knox County Sheriff …

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Part of a recently adopted ordinance in northwest Ohio that abolished jail terms and fines for possessing small amounts of marijuana is already in effect despite a pending legal challenge. Toledo residents in September approved an initiative that wrote a new ordinance into the city’s municipal code aimed at decriminalizing marijuana and hashish possession, The Blade …

COLUMBUS — Two state lawmakers want to name a portion of U.S. 30 in Hancock County after late Congressman Mike Oxley. Rep. Robert Sprague and Sen. Cliff Hite, both Findlay Republicans, held a press conference Friday afternoon announcing the introduction of House Bill 430 which will designate a section of U.S. 30 as the “Congressman Michael G. Oxley Memorial Highway.” …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio House leaders announced plans Thursday for a comprehensive review of medical marijuana, while disclosing that backers of an effort to purge old pot-related convictions are withdrawing their proposal from legislative consideration. State lawmakers have been weighing how to address medical marijuana after Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot initiative in November that sought to legalize …