By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press Kaitlyn Kong thought she had been punched hard in the abdomen as she stood among thousands of people in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, as the new year arrived a y…
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Legal marijuana sales may spark Midwest interstate tension
By KATHLEEN FOODY and DAVID EGGERT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states w…
Ex-deputy ensures road projects leave room for responders
By MARC KOVAC The Columbus Dispatch COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — On Tuesday mornings, Franklin County Engineer Cornell Robertson and members of his staff typically can be found presenting the county commissi…
How a beer club saved a park and honored a neighborhood hero
By KEITH BIERYGOLICK The Cincinnati Enquirer CINCINNATI (AP) — The tears started almost as soon as his name was mentioned. It was barely 9 a.m. at a coffee shop in College Hill. A few blocks down the …
Over 100,000 in Ohio lose power as high winds roll through
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More than 100,000 customers around Ohio were left without electricity as high winds blew through the state, utilities said. It brought gusts of up to 60 mph overnight, taking out…
US mass killings hit new high in 2019, most were shootings
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 …
USDA OKs hemp plans for Louisiana, Ohio, New Jersey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved industrial hemp licensing plans for Louisiana,Ohio and New Jersey, the department announced Friday. The states are the first to get such approval, thoug…
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…