Ohio News

CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court on Friday refused to delay Ohio's execution of a man convicted in a multistate killing rampage in the early 1990s.

A man in Ohio has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder 27 years after he fired a gunshot that investigators say caused a former NFL player's kidney-infection death this year.Forty-four-year-old Victor Gomez was arraigned Friday morning in Cleveland in the death of 54-year-old Michael WoodsThe Cleveland-born Woods went to college at Cincinnati ...

The State of Ohio will receive $9.8 million in one-time pandemic preparedness funds for states and communities to use in their continued planning and preparations in the event a more severe form of H1N1 flu develops in the coming months.

COLUMBUS - The sound of toy wagon wheels echoed through the Ohio Capitol on Wednesday as a group of children toting candy knocked on lawmakers' doors, hoping someone might let them inside.

The stimulus package is working according to Vice President Joe Biden who was in Cincinnati on Thursday.

At his inauguration in January, President Obama warned that times would get tougher before they got better.

DAYTON, Ohio - Despite damaging winds, hail and heavy rains in the spring, Ohio wheat farmers and experts said Monday they expect strong overall yields and high quality by the time the crop is completely harvested later this month.

Officials plan to overhaul signs, stationery and Web sites under a new Ohio law dropping the words "mental retardation" from agency names.

COLUMBUS- In an ironic twist, an Ohio Highway Patrol trooper who was busted going 82 mph over the speed limit has been reassigned to traffic enforcement.

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland isn't exactly known for putting the hammer down on his political foes.

Vice President Biden will be in Cincinnati Thursday as part of the Obama Administration's effort to persuade Americans - and key voters in crucial states like Ohio - that the $787 stimulus package and other efforts to spur the economy are on track to create a recovery.

Tempers are flaring in Columbus as Ohio state government continues to function through a temporary budget.

COLUMBUS: A new government report says President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package is helping Ohio keep tuition down at public universities and continue providing health care to targeted populations, including pregnant women.

Growing up poor in a violent Harlem environment, Ann Higdon took her troubles and chip-on-the-shoulder attitude with her to high school, where she was a D student who often skipped class and homework.

Germany's highest court has rejected an attempt by John Demjanjuk to challenge his recent deportation from the United States to Munich for trial on charges of being accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp.

BarBe Q, the shapely mannequin outside KT's Barbecue restaurant outside Cincinnati, can continue wearing her revealing halter top and short shorts.

A new poll finds that President Barack Obama's approval rating has dropped in Ohio to the lowest approval rating he's had in the state since he was inaugurated.

Senate President Bill Harris wants Ohio voters to have a chance to approve his plan to allow seven slot machine parlors with the state cut of the proceeds funneled into education funding.

COLUMBUS: Officials say the number of Ohioans paying state taxes by credit card rose nearly 50 percent in three years.

In answering two certified questions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, the Ohio State Supreme Court on July 1 declared that a state law regulating the use of mifepristone -- which is used in medication abortion -- bars physicians from prescribing it for off-label use, BNA reports.