CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say it’s not clear if the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy inside a Cincinnati apartment building was accidental or intentional. City police found Chance Gilbert&…
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Governor vows action if establishments don’t restrain crowds
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said officials will do “whatever we have to do” to enforce social distancing and other protective measures if bars and restaurants fail to restrain crowds a…
Ohio prison system resumes accepting county jail inmates
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio prison system plans to resume accepting inmates from county jails to begin their prison sentences, a practice suspended during t…
Police: Homicide unit probing shooting death of child, 8
CINCINNATI (AP) — Police in Cincinnati are investigating the shooting death of an 8-year-old child. District 5 Capt. Craig Gregoire said the shooting was reported Sunday in the Mount Airy neighborhood…
Marbled crayfish added to Michigan’s prohibited species list
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A crayfish that reproduces by cloning has been added to Michigan’s prohibited species list. All known specimens of marbled crayfish are genetically identical females that can pro…
Kroger announces new bonuses after cutting hazard pay
CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — Just days after announcing it would end hazard “hero” pay to front-line workers, Kroger says it will give them extra “thank you” bonuses, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. The m…
Pickup towing boat/trailer his freight train, killing 1
LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a pickup truck towing a boat/trailer in Ohio struck a freight train, killing a passenger in the pickup. The Ohio department of public safety said the westbound t…
Court: Law school grads can begin careers without bar exam
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Recent law school graduates will have the ability to temporarily practice law in Ohio under the supervision of an experienced attorney while they wait to take the bar exam, the s…
Curtis Sittenfeld’s `Rodham’ imagines a different `Hillary’
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Over the past few years, author Curtis Sittenfeld has gotten to know Hillary Clinton in a way uniquely suited for a novelist — by writing a work of …
Patrons, many masked, return to reopened patios, barbershops
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Life has changed significantly since Laura Simmons and her wife, Leah, last patronized the Old Bag of Nails in Worthington, the Columbus subu…