Ohio Marine killed in Nevada training exercise
Written by MITCH STACY,Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Marine Lance Cpl. Josh Taylor, who was killed this week in a training exercise in Nevada, fulfilled a nearly lifelong dream when he joined the military right after graduating from a southeastern Ohio high school in 2010, his grandfather said Wednesday.
Acting Labor secretary in Ohio to discuss wages
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI (AP) — The acting U.S. secretary of labor will hear from low-wage workers in southwest Ohio about the proposal from President Barack Obama's administration to raise the minimum wage.
Ohio AG announces help for sexual assault victims
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's attorney general is announcing new efforts to help victims of sexual assault, saying services for victims are lacking in the state.
Jury must weigh death sentence for Craigslist killer
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Jurors who convicted a self-styled Ohio preacher for killing three men lured with Craigslist job offers must return to consider his sentence.
Ohio proposal to boost speed limit poised for vote
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposal to increase Ohio's speed limit to 70 mph on rural interstate highways is poised for a state Senate vote Wednesday.
Freed inmates sue Ohio crime lab worker
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEVELAND (AP) — Two men who spent 13 years in prison on wrongful convictions are suing a disgraced Ohio crime lab worker who helped put them there.
Defiant teen gets life sentences in Ohio shooting
Written by THOMAS J. SHEERAN,Associated Press
CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — Wearing a T-shirt with "killer" scrawled across it, a teenager cursed and gestured obscenely as he was given three life sentences Tuesday for shooting to death three students in an Ohio high school cafeteria.
House leader blasts state auditor over JobsOhio
Written by JULIE CARR SMYTH,Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican leader of the Ohio House says the law makes clear the state's auditor cannot audit the private funds of a state nonprofit, and he calls the GOP auditor "confused" and "erratic."