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Son recalls man killed in Coshocton County plane crash

Published on April 19, 2018

A son of the Grafton man who died in a plane crash Monday recalled his father’s passion for flying and his own memories of taking plane rides with him when he was 4 years old. “This accident leaves me confused and believing it’s →

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Two killed in Coshocton County plane crash

Published on April 17, 2018

COSHOCTON — Elyria Airport owner Angelo Gousios said icy conditions might have been a factor in a fatal plane crash Monday morning in Coshocton County. The 1971 Beechcraft Bonanza plane’s two occupants were pilot Edward Zezlina, 67, of →

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Police impersonator is Elyria robbery suspect

Published on April 18, 2018

He had a badge and a hat, but his 23-year-old victim knew he was a robber, not a cop. →

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Ohio Supreme Court upholds death penalty constitutionality

Published on April 18, 2018

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of the state’s three-decades-old death penalty law, rejecting a challenge that argued juries and not judges should impose death sentences. The court ruled →

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Kasich orders Ohio flags lowered in honor of Barbara Bush

Published on April 18, 2018

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s governor has ordered flags at public buildings and grounds in Ohio flown at half-staff in honor of the late first lady Barbara Bush. Republican Gov. John Kasich’s resolution on Wednesday ordered the flags lowered →

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Cleanup begins after western Lake Erie's waves swamps shore

Published on April 17, 2018

TOLEDO — Residents along western Lake Erie’s shoreline in Ohio and Michigan are cleaning up from flooding. High winds over the weekend pushed the lake’s waters into homes and sent waves crashing onto roadways. In Ohio, flooding →

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Convicted Steubenville high school athlete wants off sex offender list

Published on April 16, 2018

A judge is deciding whether a man convicted as a juvenile of raping a 16-year-old girl should be removed from Ohio’s sex offender listings. The judge has scheduled a hearing Thursday in juvenile court in Steubenville in the case of the former high school football player. Ohio law allows juveniles to request removal altogether. The state opposes the request. →

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GateHouse Media buys the Akron Beacon Journal

Published on April 11, 2018

Ohio.com is reporting that GateHouse Media has purchased the Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com from Black Press Group Ltd. The purchase price was not disclosed in an article posted on the website Wednesday. The Akron Beacon Journal, the →

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Records scarce on sexual misconduct at Ohio Statehouse

Published on April 11, 2018

COLUMBUS — Details on sexual misconduct at the Ohio Statehouse are hard to come by. Accessing public records detailing a pair of sexual misconduct cases in the Legislature last year all but required reporters to already know who did what when →

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Ex-Speaker John Boehner joins marijuana firm's advisory board

Published on April 11, 2018

The U.S. marijuana industry has a new spokesman: John Boehner. The Republican former Speaker of the House has joined the advisory board of Acreage Holdings, a company that cultivates, processes and dispenses cannabis in 11 U.S. states. →

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Ohio House speaker Cliff Rosenberger resigns

Published on April 10, 2018 | Updated 11:16 p. m.

COLUMBUS — Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger announced Tuesday night he is resigning from office amid talk of an FBI investigation into his activities. Rosenberger, 36, a term-limited Republican from Clarksville, said that while he →

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Gun law changes embraced by Gov. Kasich introduced in Ohio

Published on April 5, 2018

COLUMBUS — Ohio would get a “red flag” law and other bipartisan gun law changes embraced by Republican Gov. John Kasich under a bill introduced at the Statehouse on Thursday. State Rep. Michael Henne, a Dayton-area Republican, →

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John Kasich unsure about presidential run in 2020

Published on April 4, 2018

HENNIKER, N.H. — Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Tuesday that he doesn’t know if he will run for president again but that in the meantime he’s “trying to be a voice that brings about stability and objectivity in our country. →

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Old, new drugs creating deadly mixtures to raise Ohio tolls

Published on April 2, 2018

CINCINNATI — New surges in use of methamphetamine and cocaine mixed with a powerful synthetic opioid are contributing to rising drug overdose death tolls in already hard-hit Ohio. As county coroners have begun releasing their 2017 tallies, a →

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Son recalls man killed in Coshocton County plane crash

Two killed in Coshocton County plane crash

Police impersonator is Elyria robbery suspect

Ohio Supreme Court upholds death penalty constitutionality

Kasich orders Ohio flags lowered in honor of Barbara Bush

Cleanup begins after western Lake Erie's waves swamps shore

Convicted Steubenville high school athlete wants off sex offender list

GateHouse Media buys the Akron Beacon Journal

Records scarce on sexual misconduct at Ohio Statehouse

Ex-Speaker John Boehner joins marijuana firm's advisory board

Ohio House speaker Cliff Rosenberger resigns

Gun law changes embraced by Gov. Kasich introduced in Ohio

John Kasich unsure about presidential run in 2020

Old, new drugs creating deadly mixtures to raise Ohio tolls

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