By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist Who knew a tennis ball could be so dangerous? Certainly not Novak Djokovic, whose incredibly misguided decision to flout the coronavirus pandemic with a series of t…
No charges in NASCAR noose incident involving Black driver
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer The noose found hanging in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway had been there since at least last October, federal authorities said Tuesd…
Cavs’ Drummond picking up $28 million option for next season
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers center Andre Drummond plans to exercise his $28.7 million player option for the 2020-21 season and stay with Cleveland. Drummond, who was acq…
U of Cincinnati removing Marge Schott’s name from stadium
By JOE KAY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — The University of Cincinnati is removing Marge Schott’s name from its baseball stadium and a library archive in light of her racist comments while o…
DeWine tested for virus as daily cases see slight decrease
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press Ohio reported a slight decrease in daily coronavirus cases, with 590, following a series of higher-than-average day-to-day increases. Gov. Mike De…
Michigan asks judge to shut Enbridge pipeline in Great Lakes
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general on Monday asked a judge to shut down a pipeline in the Great Lakes after an energy company discovered that an anchor support had shifted d…
‘Dead zone’ task force states getting $840,000 from EPA
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government is giving $840,000 to 12 states in a task force seeking ways to reduce the size of the low-oxygen “dead zone” that forms every year off Louisiana’s coas…
Betty Irene (Allford) Williams
Betty Irene (Allford) Williams, 84, of Kenton passed away at Kenton Nursing and Rehab on Saturday, June 20, 2020. She was born on June 26, 1935 to the late Clifford and Bertha Russell. She is survive…
Surging US virus cases raise fear that progress is slipping
By TAMARA LUSH, NATHAN ELLGREN and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Alarming surges in coronavirus cases across the U.S. South and West raised fears Monday that the outbreak i…
Mail voting: Pence, aides embrace practice panned by Trump
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and a half-dozen other senior advisers to President Donald Trump have repeatedly voted by mail, according to election rec…