COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Department of Health says nearly 200 women died from pregnancy-related causes over a recent eight-year period and many of their deaths were preventable. A report the dep…
Ohio House OKs bill expanding religious freedom in schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican-dominated Ohio House has approved a bill expanding religious freedom in public schools and allow students to engage in religious expression in their school assignm…
Zanesfield Petanque Club players travel to Florida tourney
Four members of the Zanesfield Petanque Club traveled to Amelia Island, Fla., last weekend for the Petanque Amelia Open. The Amelia Open is the nation’s largest petanque tourney with players from nin…
AP Exclusive: FBI eyes how Pennsylvania approved pipeline
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The FBI has begun a corruption investigation into how Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration came to issue permits for construction on a multibillion…
State agency says Ohio suicide deaths rose 45% since 2007
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The number of suicides in Ohio increased 45% from 2007 to 2018 amid a growing national public health crisis, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of He…
Trump impeachment hearing spurs shadow spin war
By AAMER MADHANI and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The online spin began even before Wednesday’s impeachment hearing got underway. Moments before House Intelligence Committee Chairma…
Adult brothers deal with memories from abusive childhood
By STEPHANIE WARSMITH, PAULA SCHLEIS and AMANDA GARRETT Akron Beacon Journal AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Fifteen years in prison isn’t nearly long enough. That’s what the now-grown children who wer…
Ohio ranks high in hazardous dams needing work
By JULIE CARR SMYTH, DAN SEWELL and DOUG CARUSO Associated Press NEW CONCORD, Ohio (AP) — Picturesque, and at times, worrisome. The Muskingum University dam holds back what locals call “College …
New federal grant program allots $10M for dams in 26 states
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Built for irrigation in 1884, Smith Reservoir in Colorado no longer can hold as much water as it once did. To keep the dam from leaking, the water level at the suburb…
Ohio ranks high in hazardous dams needing work
By JULIE CARR SMYTH, DAN SEWELL and DOUG CARUSO Associated Press NEW CONCORD, Ohio (AP) — Picturesque, and at times, worrisome. The Muskingum University dam holds back what locals call “College …