Ohioan finds, returns box of $50K in gold, silver
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say a northeast Ohio scrap metal collector who found a small box containing nearly $50,000 in gold and silver won't face charges because he returned it all.
Prosecutors limited in Ohio septic tank body case
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LOGAN, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors won't be allowed to make oral arguments in the appeal of an Ohio man convicted of murdering his estranged wife, who was found strangled in a septic tank.
Owner: SUV in Ohio crash that killed 6 was stolen
Written by JESSE WASHINGTON,AP National Writer
WARREN, Ohio (AP) — Investigators on Monday tried to piece together what eight teenagers crammed into a stolen SUV were up to before the vehicle flipped over into a pond, killing six of them.
Highway patrol: 2 survivors swam out of Ohio crash
Written by THOMAS J. SHEERAN,Associated Press
WARREN, Ohio (AP) — Two teens who escaped a crash that killed six friends in a swampy pond wriggled out of the wreckage by smashing a rear window and swimming away from the SUV, a state trooper said Monday.
Search for new Ohio schools chief to end near home
Written by JULIE CARR SMYTH,AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tens of thousands of dollars spent on a national search have gotten Ohio's state school board little farther than a city block in its search for the state's next schools chief.
Proposal would boost Ohio's speed limit to 70 mph
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio Senate panel is considering changes that would increase the state's maximum speed limit from 65 mph to 70 mph on interstate highways outside of urban areas.
Democrat presses Development official on JobsOhio
Written by JULIE CARR SMYTH,AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A powerful legislative panel has rebuffed a Democratic state representative's effort to put a temporary halt to some state development spending amid a dispute involving Gov. John Kasich's (KAY'-siks) private job-creation entity, JobsOhio.
Dem FitzGerald readies 2014 run for Ohio governor
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A top Democratic government official in northeastern Ohio says he's forming an exploratory committee to consider a bid for governor in 2014.