By LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press The first one occurred 19 days into the new year when a man used an ax to kill four family members including his infant daughter. Five months later, 12 people were …
Correction: Board to consider new conditions for medical marijuana use
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state Medical Board is accepting new petitions through the end of the year from those seeking to add illnesses as qualifying conditions for physicians to recommend medical ma…
Jack “Chief” Warren Ray
Jack “Chief” Warren Ray, 81, of Lewistown, passed away Dec. 24, 2019, at Tifton Health and Rehabilitation Center, Tifton, Ga. Jack was born Dec. 3, 1938, in Mt. Victory, a son of the late George and B…
Ohio mayor reflects on turbulent year of shooting, tornadoes
By DAN SEWELL Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — As she considers all that has happened to her Ohio city in 2019, Dayton’s mayor sees a cautionary tale for the rest of the country. “I think ab…
At each end of Pacific, skepticism over China farm purchases
By JOSH FUNK, PAUL WISEMAN and JOE McDONALD AP Business Writers OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Donald Trump likes to joke that America’s farmers have a nice problem on their hands: They’re g…
Dayton shooting, doctor probe among top 2019 stories in Ohio
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A mass shooting that left nine dead in Dayton, an investigation into a Columbus doctor accused of ordering excessive painkillers for dozens of hospi…
Rust Belt region banks on becoming hub for electric vehicles
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press The day Youngstown’s steel mills began shutting down 40 years ago remains fresh in the minds of those who live in the blue-collar corner of Ohio. Community leader…
Dismissal of Ohio lawsuit against pipeline company is upheld
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio appeals court this week upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the state against the builders of a natural gas pipeline over spills of d…
Mom of boy missing since ’94 doubts claim man is her son
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Eds: MAJOR UPDATE: This story has been updated following an AP phone interview with the boy’s mother, who is unsure if the man is her son. A byline and contrib…
Ohio wins appeal rehearing on Down syndrome abortion ban
CINCINNATI (AP) — A full federal appeals court has agreed to rehear a case about an Ohio law that would prohibit doctors from performing abortions based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. A federa…