By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — On the picket lines at a General Motors transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio, passing cars honked and striking workers celebrated a tentative contract deal b…
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Lawmakers introduce bill prohibiting LGBTQ discrimination
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill to forbid employment and housing discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community. The latest iteration of the Ohio Fairness Act was in…
Opioid industry presses for settlement as trial looms
By MARK GILLISPIE and GEOFF MULVIHILL undefined CLEVELAND (AP) — With a trial looming, major drug distributors and manufacturers are pressing to settle thousands of claims against them related to the …
Cleveland to commit to 10-year plan to replenish tree canopy
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland’s mayor has announced a commitment of up to $1 million every year for the next 10 years to replenish the city’s tree canopy. Mayor Frank Jackson made his announc…
Court upholds police stop based on mismatched vehicle color
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a police officer’s vehicle stop based on the car’s color not matching vehicle-registration records. The cou…
Asian carp DNA found in Chicago area near Lake Michigan
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say genetic material from Asian carp has been detected near Lake Michigan, but a follow-up search turned up none of the invasive fish.…
National Weather Service confirms 3 tornadoes in Ohio
WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) — The National Weather Service has now confirmed that three tornadoes touched down in Ohio, downing trees and causing some damage to buildings.…
Ohio lieutenant governor to address adoption summit
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s lieutenant governor is set to address an adoption summit hosted by a national nonprofit foundation which helps find adoptive homes for foster children.…
Man convicted of running over, killing man gets 30 years
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A man found guilty of attacking and running over and killing a man at an interstate rest stop in Ohio has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.…
$26 million cleanup starting on contaminated Indiana canal
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says a $26 million cleanup will begin this month of contamination on the Lake George Canal in northwestern Indiana.…