By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. border wall with Mexico is frequently in the news, but few people have a chance to visit it up close, or to see details of the various sections. Kenneth Madsen, an Ohio State University geography professor and border ...
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A city council in Ohio has ruled residents living in a tent city on private property must leave by Thanksgiving. The Akron Beacon Journal reports Akron City Council voted Monday to reject a zoning request by local businessman Sage Lewis to keep the homeless camp ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state says the latest law enforcement agency to be certified on standards governing the use of deadly force and other policies is a police department serving an Ohio village. An advisory board commissioned by Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) created the ...
GROVE CITY, Ohio (AP) — The Travel Channel says it will air a segment on the Ohio baker who swam from Cuba to Florida at age 65 in 1978 in an attempt at a peace gesture. Walter Poenisch (PAYN'-ish) persuaded Fidel Castro to let him make the 128.8-mile crossing. The Columbus Dispatch reports ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state is announcing plans for a new exhibit showcasing some of Ohio's earliest constitutions. The exhibit to be housed in the Ohio Statehouse Museum will display the original 1802 and 1851 Ohio constitutions. It will also include educational interactives explaining ...
SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio university will soon offer an undergraduate degree in beer and wine making. Lourdes University recently announced it will start the program in Aug. 2019. The degree program will feature courses in fermentation, chemistry, nutrition and accounting. Students will ...
By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — There are spicy beers and even peanut butter beers, made to stand out on crowded shelves. Then there's a murky, green brew that looks a lot like algae. It's making a statement on the one ingredient brewers can't do without — clean ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — A bank where a man killed three people and wounded two before being gunned down by Cincinnati police has reopened the lobby where the shootings occurred and unveiled a wall where people can leave messages for victims and staff. Omar Enrique Santa-Perez entered the lobby of ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Libertarian Party of Ohio says Libertarian and Green Party candidates are being unfairly excluded from gubernatorial debates. In a letter sent Monday, Libertarian Party counsel Mark Brown says upcoming debates are leaving out Libertarian Travis Irvine and Green ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo director will serve as this year's grand marshal of Oktoberfest Zinzinnati. Thane Maynard has a children's book out about the inspirational story of the zoo's successful efforts to save the prematurely born hippo Fiona. He was also in the spotlight for ...