Man gets 16 years for driving into house
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A 29-year-old old Ohio man who was driving drunk when he drove into a house and hurt four people has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison.
GM to invest $332 million in 4 US factories
Written by TOM KRISHER,AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors plans to invest $332 million into four factories in three Great Lakes states to build new, more efficient engines and transmissions.
Portman cites individual choice on marriage
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COLUMBUS (AP) — A Republican U.S. senator who last month shook up the gay marriage debate by announcing his support says he has been asked a lot about his shift while back home in Ohio.
Ohio man sentenced to death for Craigslist plot
Written by THOMAS J. SHEERAN,Associated Press
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A self-styled street preacher was sentenced to death Thursday in the killings of three down-and-out men lured by bogus job offers posted on Craigslist.
Report: Ohio courts illegally jailing the poor
Written by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS,AP Legal Affairs Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several courts in Ohio are illegally jailing people because they are too poor to pay their debts and often deny defendants a hearing to determine if they're financially capable of paying what they owe, according to an investigation released Thursday by the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Ohio partners with feds to target food stamp fraud
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The state is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to crack down on fraud in the federal food stamp program.
Teen uses candy machines to help fund college
Written by PHIL TREXLER,Akron Beacon Journal
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — He's saving for college 25 cents at a time.
Appeals court overturns penalties for sex offender
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI (AP) — A judge improperly barred a convicted sex offender from viewing pornography, accessing the Internet and using the telephone for sex services, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.