ODOT worker ran personal business on state time
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An investigation conducted by Ohio's government watchdog has found an employee of the state's department of transportation ran a personal business as a notary public while she was on the clock at the agency.
Steubenville rape case charge dates to night of assault
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school employee tampered with evidence beginning on the night of an alcohol-fueled party last year after which two high school football players raped a 16-year-old girl, according to an indictment released Tuesday.
Death penalty pursued over burned woman's death
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor plans to seek the death penalty for a man on trial in the gruesome death of a badly burned woman found wailing in agony along a rural, eastern Ohio road.
2 Circleville HS football players charged after sex video
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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio high school football players are due in court later this month on charges related to the discovery of a sex video they allegedly made with a 14-year-old girl.
Superman license plates available for Ohio drivers
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio fans of the Man of Steel now officially can have the Superman logo on their wheels.
Wright-Patt recalls workers; museum stays closed
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A southwest Ohio base has recalled nearly all of its 8,700 furloughed civilian workers but will again close the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force because of the partial shutdown of the federal government.
Ohio Honor Flight to head for DC despite shutdown
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A program that takes military veterans to Washington to view war memorials plans to go ahead with a Wednesday trip from northwest Ohio even though monuments and parks in the nation's capital are closed because of the government shutdown.
Steubenville rape case grand jury issues charges
Written by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP Legal Affairs Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An employee in the same district where two Ohio high school football players were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl was charged Monday with interfering with a criminal matter, the first charges brought by a grand jury investigating whether other laws we broken in connection with the rape case.