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LIMA, Ohio (AP) — The city of Lima is about to swear in its first female and first Black mayor. Democrat Sharetta Smith will take her oath of office Monday at the city’s Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center. She defeated Republican Elizabeth Hardesty on Nov. 2 after the two topped a four-way primary in […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Buckeye candies and Michigan-made cherry products are among the sweet treats up for grabs in a friendly wager between the governors of Ohio and Michigan, whose flagship universities face off in their historic rivalry Saturday. Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is wagering an assortment of Ohio-made sweets on the “Big Game” […]

MARION, Ohio (AP) — A radio station serving U.S. President Warren G. Harding’s hometown in Ohio says a reward offered by one of its listeners is providing new hope of finding a long lost dog collar stolen from his historic home. Scott Spears, host of a morning radio show on WWGH-FM in Marion, near the […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio county is seeking to settle a federal lawsuit over photographs taken of intimate tattoos of up to 682 female detainees for $2.5 million. Franklin County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to the settlement, which must be approved by a federal judge. The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2013 on behalf […]

FREMONT, Ohio (AP) — A Wisconsin man is now pleading not guilty by reason of insanity in a stabbing attack that left one man dead and another injured at a service plaza on the Ohio Turnpike. Thomas Conner, 51, of Beloit, Wisconsin, earlier this month pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated murder, attempted murder […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Over the next six months, Ohio will join a growing number of states whose highway troopers are equipped with body cameras, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced Tuesday. DeWine joined Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendent Richard Fambro at the patrol training academy in north Columbus to kick off the rollout of the […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A state panel has approved paying a more than $1.8 million to an Ohio man who was acquitted of murder charges after spending 18 years in prison. The state Controlling Board on Monday approved the settlement with Anthony Lemons, of Cleveland. He was convicted in 1995 of killing Eric Sims mainly […]

NEWBURY, Ohio (AP) — A crash involving a tractor-trailer and a van left five people dead and three hospitalized in Ohio Monday, authorities said. According to the highway patrol, the crash occured on Route 44 iwhen the truck hit the van, which had six passengers. Both vehicles had front-end damage. The driver and four passengers […]

NEWBURY, Ohio (AP) — A crash involving a tractor-trailer and a van left five people dead and two hospitalized in Ohio Monday, authorities said. According to the highway patrol, the crash occured on Route 44 iwhen the truck hit the van, which had six passengers. Both vehicles had front-end damage. The driver and four passengers […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman has successfully challenged her abusive ex-husband’s right to possess a gun, under a crime victims’ rights law amended into the state Constitution in 2017. The state Supreme Court ruling on Thursday agreed with a lower court’s decision against a judge’s order that had granted the ex-husband relief from […]