Olentangy Names Fifth High School Hyatts, Honoring a 1914 Schoolhouse
LEWIS CENTER, Ohio — Olentangy Local Schools’ fifth high school now has a name: Hyatts High School. The school board approved the name at its Oct. 8 meeting after reviewing…
Athens Mayor Unveils Flood Recovery Plan After Three Storms This Year
ATHENS, Ohio — Athens Mayor Steve Patterson told City Council this week the city is rolling out a package of flood-recovery and prevention measures after three major rainstorms — in…
Vance Votes Early in Cincinnati, Urges Ohio GOP Turnout in Lima Rally
CINCINNATI — Vice President JD Vance came home to Ohio on Friday, casting an early ballot for the Nov. 3 midterm election at the Hamilton County Board of Elections in…
Labrador Named Tater Elected First-Ever Dog Mayor at Central Ohio Park
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio — A central Ohio dog park has elected its first-ever dog mayor, and his name is Tater. The Labrador retriever beat 79 nominees and five finalists in…
Akron Moves City Series Football Games to Saturday Mornings After Fights
AKRON, Ohio — Akron Public Schools is moving all remaining City Series football games from Friday nights to Saturday mornings for the final three weeks of the season, after spectator…
Port Clinton Pays $1.7M to Settle Firefighter’s Harassment Case Against Ex-Chief
PORT CLINTON, Ohio — The City of Port Clinton, through its insurer, has paid $1.7 million to settle the federal civil-rights lawsuit brought by firefighter and EMT Rebekah Huskey-Archacki against…
Columbus Man Gets 26 to 31½ Years for Fatal Franklinton Bus Stop Shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Joshua Bays, 46, pleaded guilty Oct. 7 and was sentenced to 26 to 31½ years in prison for the fatal shooting of Thomas Smith, 56, at a…
Oklo, Executives Gift OSU $3M to Launch Nuclear Engineering Major
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Oklo Inc., the California-based nuclear technology company building a 1.2-gigawatt power campus in Piketon, is giving Ohio State University $3 million to launch an undergraduate nuclear engineering…
Dayton Clergy Push 11-Member Board to Steer Public Hospital Plan
DAYTON, Ohio — Members of the Clergy Community Coalition are urging Mayor Shenise Turner-Sloss to create an 11-member board to guide plans for a public hospital, one year after Dayton…
Ohio House Supermajority on the Line in Key Central Ohio Races
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For the first time in more than a decade, the Republican supermajority in the Ohio House of Representatives is at risk in the Nov. 3 midterm election,…