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Ohio has an estimated 100,000 vacant, decrepit houses, abandoned by owners who couldn't pay their mortgages.

Changes in technology are forcing Blissfield Manufacturing to close one plant and expand another.

An inmate at Toledo Correctional Institution was indicted Wednesday on two counts of aggravated murder and one count of felonious assault.

Instead of enjoying summer fun, they're hitting the books so they can graduate. Around 80 students are enrolled in the STRIVE program this summer, hoping to pass the Ohio Graduation Test.

Royal Cravings opened its newest and biggest location Wednesday. The new location is at 2111 North Reynolds Road, next to Schmucker's Good Food.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives made manifest yesterday how much they dislike President Barack Obama's clean-energy agenda as a House spending panel voted for massive cuts in clean-energy research.

Their red berets are instantly recognizable, especially after the international news stories on the homecomings of Gina, Michelle and Amanda.

House Democrats on the Appropriations Committee on Tuesday blasted their Republican counterparts for cutting Energy Department spending on renewable energy by 50 percent.

Jamison and Jennifer Diehl, with their son John, 11, and dog Trigger, were adopting a Russian boy, 6. Their plans went on hold in December when Russia banned adoptions by U.S. citizens.

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But after five hours on Monroe Charter Township's Dog Lady Island, dozens of blue-collar workers who attended Saturday's second annual event called the Middle Class Survival Rally likely went home with more questions than answers about their future.

Sunday is the 80th anniversary of the signing of the Glass-Steagall Act , which built a protective wall of separation between U.S. commercial and investment banking.

Former Michigan congressman Mark Schauer will address his concerns for the middle-class at a rally in Monroe.

Even in a dysfunctional Washington, it will still come as a surprise that billions of dollars are on the brink of being spent on a weapon no American military commander can imagine using.

An internationally known civil rights activist is heading to our region this weekend.

Portsmouth City Health Commissioner Chris Smith says legislation introduced Monday by U.S. Senator Rob Portman would essentially save Portsmouth taxpayers money, if the funding included in the bill would be utilized locally.

By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER U.S. Rep. Bob Latta said Tuesday he has been doing all he can to speed up federal funding for flood-reduction efforts in the Blanchard River watershed.

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By LOU WILIN STAFF WRITER BOWLING GREEN -- Federal flood reduction money for the Blanchard River watershed has not been forthcoming because U.S. lawmakers from Ohio have not pushed hard enough, Gov. John Kasich said Monday.

Speaker John Boehner and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan will join more than a dozen other lawmakers on Wednesday at a policy seminar that is likely to focus heavily on ObamaCare.