Cleveland area boosts efforts to find the missing
Written by KANTELE FRANKO,Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The county that includes Cleveland said Thursday it will strengthen efforts to locate missing people following the discovery of three women who said they were held captive in a home there for about a decade.
Portman skeptical of Obama in IRS targeting
Written by DAN SEWELL,Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio's Republican U.S. senator questioned Thursday the suggestion by President Barack Obama that he didn't know until recently that the IRS had been targeting conservative groups.
Dead Ottawa teens remembered in funeral service
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OTTAWA, Ohio (AP) — More than 600 people turned out at a northwest Ohio church to mourn two teenage brothers who were found dead last week.
Heavy rain heightens Lake Erie algae worries
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State officials are concerned that the wet Ohio spring will bring toxic algae problems back to Lake Erie.
Ohio governor to sign bill creating state artifact
Written by AP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich is ready to sign legislation establishing an official state artifact.
Council rejects Ohio deer-hunting changes
Written by AP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State wildlife officials have shot down the latest proposed changes to the deer-hunting season in Ohio.
Ohio lawmakers: disarm domestic violence suspects
Written by AP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group of Democratic lawmakers in Ohio say domestic-violence deaths can be prevented by taking guns away from people served with restraining orders.
Ohio girl burned after falling into trash can
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old girl in southwest Ohio has severe burns on both arms after falling into a trash can full of scalding water.