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  • Switzerland of Ohio schools making staff cuts implementing pay to play

    Some parents with children in the Switzerland of Ohio School District will have to pay hundreds of dollars if they want their kids to play sports this fall. The fee is just one part of major changes school officials made when taxpayers voted down a levy to help fund the district. Officials said $2.5 million has been cut from the district's budget, forcing some very tough decisions. Over the ...

  • $1 Million Yacht Stuck On I-270 Blocks East Side Traffic

    A large yacht stopped traffic on Interstate 270 north on the east side Wednesday evening after it was unable to pass under the overpasses.Columbus police said they were shutting down I-270 north, south of Main Street on the east side, at about 5 p.m.They said they would have to divert the yacht the wrong way down I-270 to remove it from the highway.It was unknown how long the road would be ...

  • Ashland Woman Held Captive With Child Identified

    The woman who authorities said was held captive and forced to work for two years was charged with child endangering earlier this year. The identity of the woman was released on Wednesday. Authorities say Shannon Eckley and her 5-year-old daughter were held captive and forced into labor at a home in Ashland for the past two years. An attorney says slavery charges against the three people ...

  • Ohio woman allegedly enslaved spent time in jail

    A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit ...

  • Cat with litter now nursing pit bull puppy in Ohio

    Sharon Harvey of the Cleveland Animal Protective League said Wednesday that the nursing mother cat, named Lurleen, welcomed Noland the puppy to her "unusual little family." The puppy was dropped off at the animal shelter last week when he was a day ...

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A Prairie Home Companion [DVD]

A Prairie Home Companion [DVD]

With his hangdog mug and mellifluous voice, Garrison Keillor has been a mainstay of public radio since the mid-1970s when he came up with the idea of producing a musical-comedy variety show with fictional commercials that would recall the 1930s heyday of radio, when ... ...

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  • Ex-chief of Cleveland VA Medical Center indicted

    CLEVELAND (AP) -- A former director of the Veterans Affairs medical center in Cleveland is accused of accepting bribes and has been indicted on federal charges in a long-running county corruption ...

  • Worker hurt on East Ohio Street bridge

    Co-workers discovered the man pinned between the basket of a lift and the underside bridge girder, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Co-workers lowered the man. An ambulance took him to Allegheny General Hospital for ...

  • Ohio extremist wants buyers for his assault weapons to keep pro-life personhood project alive

    Patrick Johnston in his Intolerant shirt. The back of the shirt reads: Homosexuality is a sin, Islam is a lie, abortion is murder. Dr. Patrick Johnston, a forced-birther who is founder of Personhood Ohio, wants to keep ...

  • August Trial Date Set For Man Accused Of Kidnapping Holding Cleveland Woman For 10 Years

    A judge is aiming for a late summer proceeding to meet the speedy trial rights of an Ohio man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his home for about a decade. Judge Michael Russo in Cleveland says he's aiming for an Aug. 4 trial for 52-year-old Ariel Castro, who was arrested May 6. The 90-day speedy trial requirement could be waived to allow more preparation time. As in ...

  • Federal judge dismisses suit over OH ballot issue

    The group Fair Elections Ohio had sought to have voters decide last November whether certain election rules in the state should be rejected. The group's issue qualified for the ballot, but state lawmakers later repealed the underlying ...

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