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A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted Ohio's request to resume scheduled executions next month when the state will use a new, untested one-drug method of lethal injection.

Surrounded by family and with a continuous stream of well-wishers stopping by his parents' Hamilton Street home, Willie Knighten spent his first few hours as a free man making up for lost time.

State Rep. Todd Book- the Scioto County lawmaker who is a favorite of Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Ohio Democratic Party leaders - is dropping out of the Democratic primary in Ohio's Second Congressional District.

CINCINNATI: Former All-Star shortstop Leo Cardenas is among Ohio convicts just granted a pardon by the governor.

Twenty cents a day: That's all that fueled last week's cheap theatrics by Ohio Senate Republicans, who are rapidly losing whatever respect anyone is still dumb enough to give them.

Gov. Ted Strickland on Tuesday, Nov. 23, granted pardons to 68 Ohioans and commuted the sentences for 10 others, including a Lucas County man who has served 12 years for a murder that the governor and the trial judge believe he likely did not commit.

"Here's home," Lori Hopkins said, gesturing toward a dilapidated camper parked along a gravel road in the hills of southeastern Ohio.

No reason to sugarcoat the obvious: Senate Republicans look foolish in their handling of the state budget crisis.

The dire warnings began long before Gov. Ted Strickland and state lawmakers ended their impasse over a new $50.5 billion, two-year budget on July 17.

Ohio's professional accountants are urging state leaders to look for efficiencies and cost savings beyond the two-year state budget, while saying that, regardless of the savings, future tax increases remain likely.

Lou Gentile has been a fixture in Ohio Politics for quite some time. Thursday night at the Froelick's Classic Corner in Steubenville, Ohio Gov.

In response to a newspaper's investigation, Ohio's governor is calling for a major review of the way the state deals with domestic violence.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A few moderate Ohio senators trying to craft a compromise to fix Ohio's budget gap are being thwarted by two opposing forces: the majority of Republican senators who adamantly oppose any portion of Gov.

November 11, 2009 Governor Ted Strickland accompanied by U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, among others were given an office tour and presentation on Modular Security Systems and the patented Modular Access Control Portal.

COLUMBUS - Gov. Ted Strickland, whose popularity has declined with the economy, will soon pick his running mate and begin his 2010 re-election campaign in earnest.

Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams says today neither the governor nor anyone on his behalf has approached him to run next year for lieutenant governor.

Governor Ted Strickland, whose popularity has declined with the economy, will soon pick his running mate and begin his 2010 re-election campaign in earnest.

Ohio Tax Commissioner Richard A. Levin and Gov. Ted Strickland discuss tax options in September.

3 portend little for the governor's race in Ohio next year, Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern harrumphed in his post-election news conference.

When her father went to prison nearly 10 years ago, Amberley Tapp was a precocious girl of 7 with hair of golden ringlets and a sunny disposition living in a nice home in Delaware, Ohio.