COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A gun safety group seeking a change of state law in Ohio to require background checks on virtually all guns sales said Friday that it now plans a 2021 ballot issue. Ohioans for G…
Police: 2 students arrested for false active shooter reports
NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities arrested two 11-year-old students on suspicion of calling 911 with false reports of active shooters at three nearby schools. Newark police announced two students w…
Man claims to be Detroit boy reported missing since 1994
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A man has told police that he may be a Detroit boy reported missing by his mother at a suburban shopping mall a quarter-century ago. The man, whose name has not been released, to…
Foster care, mental health, guns on DeWine’s 2020 agenda
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will soon propose “rather dramatic changes” to the foster care system and significant additional investment in mental h…
Lifetime Achievement Award presented, providers honored at holiday dinner
The Logan County Board of Developmental Disabilities celebrated 2019 accomplishments, local providers and another year of exceptional services during their annual Holiday Dinner Thursday evening. Nea…
Lobbyist had hand in bill sparking ectopic pregnancy flap
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio lawmaker who proposed legislation extending insurance coverage to a procedure considered medically impossible as a way of fighting abortion worked closely on the bill wit…
Adoptee’s birth certificate reveals he knows birth father
By MICHAEL K. McINTYRE The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Butler always knew he was adopted. His dad, Dennis, would tell him, “Look at all those other kids. They’re so unlucky. Their parents had …
University of Kentucky law school alum, wife give $20M
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A University of Kentucky College of Law alumnus and his wife pledged $20 million to fund an endowment and a nonendowed gift for the school, which will officially be renamed for h…
Logan County hunters enjoy increase in deer-gun harvest
Logan County hunters harvested 85 more deer than last season during this year’s week-long gun season. Hunters in the county finished with 699 deer after taking 614 a year ago. Statewide, hunters broug…
US Catholic priests describe turmoil amid sex abuse crisis
DAVID CRARY AP National Writer CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — More than a century ago, waves of Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Poland and Quebec settled in Chicopee and other western Massachusetts mill tow…