Ohio college leaders begin budget collaboration
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. John Kasich has named the higher education leaders who will lead collaboration on which construction projects Ohio's public colleges and universities will include in next year's capital budget.
More Ohio students taking, passing placement tests
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State officials say more Ohio students are taking and passing advanced placement tests than in previous years and Ohio shows more growth than the nation as a whole.
Judge rejects subpoenas for DeWine, Boehner
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has rejected requests that U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and the state attorney general be forced to testify in a $100 million multi-state fraud trial.
Owners of exotic animals can soon get permits
Written by ANN SANNER, Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Keeping bears, tigers, jaguars or other exotic animals in Ohio will soon require a new state-issued permit.
2 stores to close over synthetic drug sales
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A judge has ordered two eastern Ohio stores to shut down for a year over the sale of synthetic drugs.
ACLU warns Defiance against chalk message ban
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DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is warning a northwest Ohio city against cracking down on sidewalk messages written in chalk ahead of the city's annual Halloween parade.
Ohio livestock prices
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The Eastern Cornbelt Daily Direct Summary from Thursday as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Marketing Service:
Botkins middle-schooler arrested after bomb threat
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a 13-year-old student was arrested after a bomb threat was written on the wall of a school in western Ohio.