Ohio News

A Gurnee cab driver is being extradited to Ohio for gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with a skeleton discovered in southwest Ohio two years ago.

Senator Sherrod Brown announced Friday nearly 2,500 Ohioans have unclaimed tax refunds.

Ohio voters cleared the way in Tuesday's election for casinos to be built in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo.

The floor of VFW Post 291 has been scuffed by the shoes and boots of veterans who fought in wars going back nearly a century, to World War I. The setting is a comfort for Willis Cochran, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War.

COLUMBUS -- Gov. Ted Strickland's administration apparently is backing off efforts to apply the prevailing union wage to more construction projects that get state financing, in the wake of an Ohio Supreme Court decision.

Ohio officials are suing a mortgage-service company that they say has failed to help borrowers modify loans and save their homes.

Unofficial results show that 40.31 percent of Ohio's voters cast ballots for this year's general election, nearly 10 percent higher than 2007 and roughly the same as 2005, when the state had its highest odd-year turnout since 1997.

OXFORD -- A 20-year-old man in a Breathalyzer costume found himself blowing into one after southwest Ohio police stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way with no headlights on a one-way street Halloween night.

MTR Gaming says it's bracing for more revenue-sapping competition now that Ohio voters have approved a measure allowing construction of four casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo.

Thousands of registered sex offenders would be subject to less-stringent reporting requirements if defense lawyers succeed in challenging parts of a 2007 state law intended to crack down on sexual criminals.

With House Democrats considering a floor vote Saturday on a sweeping health-care package, the Ohio State Medical Association said yesterday it will oppose the measure unless it is dramatically revised.

Police say a Cincinnati officer was taken to the hospital after his cruiser flipped over onto its roof during a chase on an interstate highway.

Voters said yes to Issues 1, 2, and 3. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO -- Casino gambling could be on the way to the Buckeye State.

Ohio voters have approved the opening of casinos in Toledo and three other cities, leaving officials and gambling interests in neighboring Indiana and Michigan worried that millions of dollars in gambling revenues - and taxes - are at risk.

An unprecedented gathering of Ohio Roman Catholic priests this week will focus on an institution of marriage that the church believes is under attack.

Voters in a number of Ohio communities came to the aid of public libraries that have been cutting hours and staff due to state budget cuts.

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Police say a rapist living in an Ohio home where several bodies have been found has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder.

Arguments for and against casinos bombarded Ohioans via the airwaves, phone lines and news media for weeks.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer , D- Calif ., left, talks to committee member Sen.