By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Annie Glenn, the wife of the late astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, is turning 100 Monday and is doing fine, a spokesman said. But she is e…
Trump’s story about veteran’s comeback was not quite true
By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Rankins, a formerly homeless, drug-addicted Army veteran, got a standing ovation at the State of the Union after President Donald Trump describe…
Asian carp roundup in Kentucky opens new front in battle
By TRAVIS LOLLER and JOHN FLESHER Associated Press GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — Like a slow-motion, underwater cattle drive, wildlife officials in a half-dozen aluminum boats used pulses of electricity and…
Local governments in Ohio seeking unity in opioid litigation
By JULIE CARR SMYTH and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dozens of Ohio local government leaders gathered privately in Columbus Tuesday to discuss how to divide millions of dolla…
Obama-backed documentary on Ohio factory wins Academy Award
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Oscar for best feature-length documentary has gone to “American Factory,” the first documentary released by Barack and Michelle …
Art program aims to build connection between young and old
By KEN GORDON The Columbus Dispatch DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — As Doug Lyon bent over his art project, applying blue painter’s tape to paper, he kept asking Hannah Bachmann her opinion. “Nice,” she replied. …
Akron Zoo home to a budding art colony of critters
By CRAIG WEBB Akron Beacon Journal AKRON, Ohio (AP) — They say there’s an inner artist hidden inside of everyone. The Akron Zoo is proving there’s an inner artist inside of everything. Whether it hiss…
30 years after Tyson fight, Buster Douglas is ‘feeling good’
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thirty years after his startling victory against boxing titan Mike Tyson, Buster Douglas is feeling healthy and basking in the glory he says …
High water wreaks havoc on Great Lakes, swamping communities
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer MANISTEE, Mich. (AP) — Rita Alton has an unusual morning routine these days: Wake up. Get dressed. Go outside to see if her house is closer to tumbling down an …
Factory farms provide abundant food, but environment suffers
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer AKRON, Iowa (AP) — In recent years, Fred Zenk built two barns housing about 2,400 hogs between them — long, white, concrete-and-metal structures that are ubiqui…