Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands
Written by PHILLIP LUCAS,Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.
Ohio AG certifies medical marijuana petition
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio has cleared an initial step to get before voters.
Log: Cleveland suspect passes time pacing, staring
Written by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS,AP Legal Affairs Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of imprisoning three women in his Cleveland home for a decade spends most of his time in jail resting or asleep, with breaks for pacing, showers and cell cleaning.
Ohio governor to alert families to execution mercy
Written by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS,AP Legal Affairs Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In the future Ohio Gov. John Kasich will call family members of murder victims when he decides to spare the lives of death row inmates, the governor's office said Friday.
Guilty plea for Ohio man for Obama Twitter threat
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Columbus man has pleaded guilty to threatening President Barack Obama on Twitter and now faces up to five years in prison.
NYC mayor addressing grads at Kenyon College in OH
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GAMBIER, Ohio (AP) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was selected to speak to graduating seniors Saturday morning at Kenyon College in Gambier in central Ohio.
Ohio police: Cousin takes baby, stabs it to death
Written by AP
SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — A 19-year-old man wrestled an 11-week-old baby away from relatives and stabbed her to death with a kitchen knife, police said.
17-year-old charged in deaths of Ohio brothers
Written by JOHN SEEWER,Associated Press
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A 17-year-old who told authorities last week where they could find the bodies of two teenage brothers has been charged in their deaths, and prosecutors want to try him as an adult.