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Traffic deaths in Ohio fell for the fourth straight year in 2025, a trend state officials say is strong evidence that the state’s tougher distracted-driving law is changing behavior behind…
Anna Staver / Cleveland.com WASHINGTON DC — A federal judge early Tuesday blocked the administration’s effort to terminate Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitians living in the United States,…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine is urging lawmakers to proceed carefully as debate grows over proposals to eliminate Ohio’s property taxes, warning that such measures could jeopardize critical funding…
Marion, Ohio — Groundhog Day brought an unusually united forecast Monday as both of the country’s best-known weather-predicting groundhogs, Buckeye Chuck in Ohio and Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania, failed to…
Karen Kasler / Statehouse News Bureau COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly eight months after taking effect, Ohio’s new higher education law is leaving a visible mark across the state’s public universities,…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus man was arrested Saturday after being accused of producing and sharing sexually explicit material involving a 17-year-old girl who Indiana authorities believe is dead. Court…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Atlanta Falcons head coach and longtime NFL assistant Arthur Smith has been hired as Ohio State’s new offensive coordinator, head coach Ryan Day announced Sunday. Smith,…
A stubborn water leak in Columbus’ German Village has turned part of the historic neighborhood into an “ice trap,” even as Kettering, south of Dayton, works to recover from its…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Activists are planning to gather at the Ohio Statehouse at 3 p.m. Friday as part of a nationwide general strike calling for federal immigration reform and an…
MARYSVILLE, Ohio — Indictments filed in Union County accuse three people of running a commercial sex operation at a Marysville massage parlor, Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. The indictments…