Groups oppose oil, gas drilling under Ohio River
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Environmental and citizen groups are urging Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to rethink leasing land under the Ohio River for oil and natural gas drilling.
Ohio Senate aides' time records under review
Written by JULIE CARR SMYTH, AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Columbus are investigating whether two top Ohio Senate aides mishandled time records intended to document that they properly separated their state jobs from their political consulting work.
Autistic boy's parents sue Ohio health department
Written by LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Parents of an another autistic child have sued the state Department of Health and others in federal court, alleging discrimination against Ohio's autistic children by failing to provide what the lawsuit describes as federally mandated treatment.
Work near on Indiana berm to block Asian carp
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Work could start this fall on a nearly 2 mile-long earthen berm through a northeastern Indiana marsh that's considered a possible pathway for Asian carp to reach the Great Lakes.
Inmate escapes from Bowling Green prison
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say they are searching for an inmate who escaped from a northwest Ohio prison.
Official says chief pepper-spraying girl was OK
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Dayton's city manager says the police chief was justified in pepper-spraying a 15-year-old girl during a downtown melee last weekend.
Cleveland port adds 2nd trans-Atlantic freighter
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CLEVELAND (AP) — The Port of Cleveland will soon have a second freighter traversing the Atlantic Ocean.
Man has to sue to fix damage from falling concrete
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CINCINNATI (AP) — A man whose car was damaged by concrete falling from a bridge just blocks away from where Cincinnati Bengals fans were tailgating will have to sue to get any money out of the state of Ohio.