By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally taking responsibility for its part in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds o…
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Ohio governor: State’s first vaccine batch coming by Dec. 15
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio could see its first batch of up to 30,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine by Dec. 15, with fresh supplies arriving every few days, Go…
Enbridge sues Michigan over oil pipeline shutdown order
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Enbridge filed a legal challenge Tuesday to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recent demand that the company shut down its oil …
Ohio court rules video of judge’s shooting is public record
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Surveillance video showing an Ohio judge being shot and wounded at a courthouse before the assailant was himself shot and killed is a public record that should be released, the O…
Ohio man sentenced for shooting threat in Illinois
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced an Ohio man who was charged with making an online threat to carry out a mass shooting in Illinois to six months in prison. Ryan Gagnet, 22, of Maumee,…
Former Cincinnati council member sentenced
CINCINNATI (AP) — A former Cincinnati city council member has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to a federal charge resulting from corruption investigations that have left tw…
No one injured in freight train derailment in southwest Ohio
WAYNE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — No one was injured when some cars on a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed Tuesday in southwestern Ohio. The derailment took place around 4:15 a,m. near the intersectio…
US agency ascertains Biden as winner, Portman called for release of money, staffing for transition
By MATTHEW DALY, ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The General Services Administration ascertained Monday that President-elect Joe Biden is the “apparent winner” o…
Ohio governor warns of rising COVID-19 hospitalizations
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The number of people hospitalized in Ohio because of the coronavirus is growing rapidly and raising the possibility that elective procedu…
Ohio governor sees growing criticism from fellow Republicans
By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For months, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine steered cleared of second-guessing President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, despite…