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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top lawyer has launched an online tool for searching whether businesses or individuals have been sued for violating consumer protection laws. Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says the Consumer Protection Lawsuit Search will allow Ohio consumers to gauge the reputations of people and businesses. The searchable database houses civil […]

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A man already sentenced to death for killing three women in suburban Cleveland won’t face trial as scheduled this week over the shooting deaths of an Ohio couple. The Repository in Canton reports the Stark County trial for 47-year-old George Brinkman, of Plain Township, has been delayed until Sept. 30 to […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Republican who is Ohio’s elections chief says the state can handle having its presidential primary on St. Patrick’s Day next year if lawmakers make that change in the still-unsettled state budget. The proposed move from March 10 to March 17 drew objections from some Democratic lawmakers, particularly from the Cleveland […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Police say a man was shot several times while he was inside a vehicle in Cleveland and has died. Cleveland police say the man died early Sunday after he was shot around 4 a.m. on the city’s East Side. The Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the Cleveland man as 30-year-old […]

WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) — New statues of astronaut Neil Armstrong have been unveiled and an education center has been dedicated in his name as his Ohio hometown continues celebrating its native son’s history-making moon mission 50 years ago this month. The Dayton Daily News reports Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and other officials gathered at the […]

WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) — New statues of astronaut Neil Armstrong have been unveiled and an education center has been dedicated in his name as his Ohio hometown continues celebrating its native son’s history-making moon mission 50 years ago this month. The Dayton Daily News reports Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and other officials gathered at the […]

CHRISTIANSBURG, Ohio (AP) — The State Highway Patrol says a 15-year-old boy riding a bicycle has been struck by a car on an Ohio highway and has died. The patrol reports that Lucas Whitt, of Urbana, was riding the bicycle westbound in the eastbound lane of State Route 55 near Christiansburg in western Ohio’s Champaign […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio couple who sued a hospital that runs a fertility clinic where more than 4,000 eggs and embryos were destroyed have settled their lawsuit. The Plain Dealer in Cleveland reports attorneys for Rick and Wendy Penniman filed documents in Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County Common Pleas Court this month dismissing the matter. The […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Pablo Picasso’s artwork will be displayed on a large scale at the Cleveland Museum of Art for the first time in nearly two decades. The museum will host the international traveling exhibition, “Picasso and Paper” from May 24 to Aug. 23, 2020. Museum officials say the exhibition will be organized in partnership […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State transportation officials are seeking the Ohio public’s help in developing their first policy plan for walking and biking. The Ohio Department of Transportation says an online survey and upcoming public meetings will be crucial to ensuring that the Walk.Bike.Ohio plan meets people’s needs. The plan will guide bike and pedestrian […]