Cincinnati casino helps transform neighborhood
Written by AMANDA LEE MYERS,Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — With three weeks still to go before the last of four Ohio casinos opens in Cincinnati, the $400 million facility already has helped transform the surrounding neighborhood and contributed to a decrease in crime.
Ohio school will recognize anniversary of shooting
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A concert, memorial walk and service activities are planned to commemorate the anniversary of the shooting at a northeast Ohio high school that killed three students last year.
Wright-Patt furloughs would be $111 million hit
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A newspaper reports that furloughs for civilian employees at Ohio's largest military base would cost the economy more than $111 million through September.
Ohio auditor: 4 more schools manipulated data
Written by ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS,AP Legal Affairs Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Four more Ohio districts removed poor-performing students from their rolls, state Auditor David Yost said Monday in the final step of his investigation into a practice by schools to improve performance ratings.
Ohio expands use of anti-narcotic treatment
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Changes in the way doctors can bill Medicaid for an expensive painkiller addiction treatment have boosted use of the drug in Ohio.
Ohio teen suspect in school shootings facing tests
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — Attorneys for both sides want psychiatric testing for an 18-year-old charged with shooting three students to death at a northeast Ohio high school.
Ohio school to decide Jesus portrait suit response
Written by DAN SEWELL,Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — A southern Ohio school board plans to decide Tuesday evening how to respond to a federal lawsuit seeking removal of a portrait of Jesus that has hung in its middle school for decades after being donated by a student group.
Proposed bill would restore tax-exemption measure dropped after Noe scandal in Ohio
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS — Even as Gov. John Kasich seeks to greatly expand the state sales tax base, some lawmakers want to restore an exemption for rare coins that once was considered politically toxic.