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OhioStandard.com Sunday 5th February 2012 Issue 051/2012
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Giants fuel up on Ohio doughnuts before Super Bowl
CANFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- A northeast Ohio farm market saw its doughnut business more than double this week after word spread that some of the New York Giants would be chowing down on blueberry...


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Schreckengost design museum in Cleveland on hold
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Plans have stalled for a Cleveland museum dedicated to the prolific design work of the late Viktor Schreckengost, who brought a lively artistic touch to everyday items ranging from...
Ohio girl, 17, dies after car plunges into pond
OTTOVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- The State Highway Patrol says a 17-year-old girl from northwest Ohio died after she swerved off a county road toward a pond and her vehicle became...
NASCAR auction benefits slain Ohio deputy's family
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- A western Ohio sheriff has put his skills as an auctioneer to good use at an event benefiting the children of a deputy who was fatally shot on New Year's Day...
Ohio group: Bug eradication may hurt healthy trees
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A proposal to eradicate a tree-killing beetle in southwest Ohio by cutting down thousands of trees, including those that may not be infested, has concerned property owners fighting...
Cleveland bridge project is month behind schedule
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Officials say wet weather that delayed work is part of the reason that a massive bridge project in Cleveland is more than a month behind...
Ohio prison wardens get raises amid reorganization
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Prisons Director Gary Mohr says most Ohio wardens received raises this year as they take on more responsibility under a reorganization...
Ohio colleges brace for start of semester schedule
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Several Ohio colleges changing their scheduling system from quarters to semesters this year say they're not seeing an expected increase in students taking on heavier...
Ohio family battles over access to Civil War items
http://bit.ly/xL8MOM ) reports the great-grandson of a Union soldier is suing a cousin, alleging she won't give other relatives access to the pair of Civil War-era medals and a key to a...
Memorial service held for US man shot in Haiti
MIAMI (AP) -- A memorial service will be held in Miami for an Ohio man who died from gunshot wounds he suffered during a robbery in Haiti where he was working on an...
Prosecutors: Ind. woman left decomposing in chair
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (AP) -- A southeastern Indiana woman has been charged after prosecutors say she left her morbidly obese sister alive and decomposing in a chair for three...
Woman, 40, dies in Butler County fire
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) -- A sheriff in southwest Ohio says a fire has left a woman dead, and investigators are eyeing an "alternate heat source" as the possible...
Ohio to cut, burn trees with hemlock-killing bug
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- State officials say southern Ohio hemlock trees infested with a deadly bug with be cut down and burned this month to help keep the insects from...
Lawyer to Ohio justice: Skip death penalty cases
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A prosecutor in Cincinnati is calling on an Ohio Supreme Court justice who recently criticized the state's death penalty law to sit out decisions on all cases involving...
Ohio GOP changes policy amid leadership struggle
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The central committee of the Ohio Republican Party has narrowly voted for a policy change that could help the chairman keep his position in the party that leads the state...
Planned Air Force cuts would affect Ohio sites
MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- Newly detailed Air Force plans to cut personnel and aircraft as part of a larger downsizing are expected to affect several Ohio...