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AG: Be hopeful for Ohio's 690 missing children
Attorney General Mike DeWine joined students Friday to release balloons honoring Ohio's 690 missing children and urged the public not to give up hope that those who disappeared might be found. DeWine pointed to the high-profile case of three women — two of whom disappeared as teenagers — who were ...
Ohio injection well operator fights state action
A northeast Ohio injection-well operator whose former senior officer faces federal charges of violating the Clean Water Act told a state regulatory panel Wednesday that the company can't be blamed for the acts of "a bad person." Youngstown-based D&L Energy attorney Michael Cyphert was speaking of Ben Lupo, a sometime ...
Ohio lawmakers advance Internet cafe crackdown
Ohio state lawmakers moved boldly Tuesday against storefront sweepstakes parlors they have come to view as illegal gambling operations, advancing separate bills effectively banning the operations statewide and blocking startups until the ban takes hold. The Senate State Government Oversight committee overwhelmingly approved the ban over the objections of a ...
Ohio governor to alert families to execution mercy
In the future Ohio Gov. John Kasich will call family members of murder victims when he decides to spare the lives of death row inmates, the governor's office said Friday. Kasich's decision followed a meeting earlier this week with relatives of a homicide victim upset by the governor's decision to ...
Ohio gov to address grads at school shooting site
Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) plans to deliver the commencement address at a northeast Ohio high school where three students were killed and three others injured in a 2012 shooting spree. A spokesman said Tuesday the speech at Chardon High School will be June 1. Kasich honored Chardon's faculty and staff ...
Anti-fracking amendment rejected in NE Ohio city
Voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to ban hydraulic fracturing in a northeast Ohio city where disposal of wastewater from the drilling method led to earthquakes and alleged groundwater contamination. The Community Bill of Rights on Youngstown's ballot would have prohibited the controversial high-pressure oil and gas drilling technique, also ...
Ohio executes man who killed, raped 6-month-old
One family wept loudly and another family cheered Wednesday as a man was executed for killing a 6-month-old as he raped her. Steve Smith, 46, was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in Lucasville in southern Ohio for the 1998 killing of his live-in girlfriend's daughter, Autumn Carter, ...
Man who killed, raped 6-month-old executed in US
A man convicted of killing a 6-month-old as he raped her was executed Wednesday despite his arguments that he never meant to hurt her. Steve Smith, 46, was executed by lethal injection for the September 1998 killing of his live-in girlfriend's daughter, Autumn Carter, in Mansfield in northern Ohio. Smith ...
Local setbacks vex GOP governors eyeing 2016 race
Republican governors are often seen as innovative policymakers and potential presidential candidates, but a few are struggling with political or ethical problems that might crimp their ambitions. Two governors eyeing possible White House bids — Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana — suddenly find themselves fending off ...
Ohio addictions chief addresses overdose deaths
Continued bad news about drug overdose deaths in Ohio is focusing attention on calls to expand Medicaid coverage for more state residents. The head of the state's addictions agency said Tuesday that data showing a record high number of deaths from prescription painkillers and other drugs in 2011 is one ...
Ohio man to be executed in baby's death amid rape
When Ohio executes Steve Smith by lethal injection on Wednesday, six women plan to be in the room. Three are Smith's relatives and, despite his admission of guilt, don't believe he killed 6-month-old Autumn Carter while he raped her in Mansfield in northern Ohio in 1998. The other three are ...
Message From Ohio
Voters in Ohio sent a pair of messages on Tuesday that reinforce the chaotic nature of the American electorate at this time, voting to both repeal a law that limited collective bargaining for public workers and to in effect block parts of the Obama health law. The much larger issue ...
Election Day 2011
For most Americans, this Election Day is dominated by local issues like school levies, but political experts will be combing through results in some key states to see if they can get a better fix on what might happen in 2012. That is especially true in Ohio, where labor unions ...
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