What $15B can buy in Washington
WASHINGTON: If one believes the back-of-the-envelope estimates by Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump’s border wall is going to cost between $12 billion and $15 billion. That’s a...
View ArticleTrump to launch probe into unproven voter fraud claim
WASHINGTON: A spokesman said President Donald Trump will sign an executive action Thursday to commission an investigation into widespread voter fraud, raising the prospect of a federal government probe...
View ArticleOfficial: Border Patrol chief tells agents he was forced out
WASHINGTON: The Border Patrol chief has been forced out a day after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious plan to build a wall at the Mexican border and hire 5,000 Border Patrol agents, a U.S....
View ArticleAkron area McDonald's gets Big Mac sauce attack; Special Sauce giveaway over...
McDonald’s gave away 10,000 bottles of its Big Mac Special Sauce today, and the nearly 50 bottles available at the McDonald’s on Medina Road in Bath Township were snapped up in two minutes. “I had...
View ArticleConviction upheld for Medina man who poisoned wife with antifreeze
CINCINNATI: A federal appeals court in Ohio has upheld the conviction of a man serving a life sentence for killing his wife by poisoning her with antifreeze in 2009.Cleveland.com reports 66-year-old...
View Article4 teen boys accused in girl’s sexual assault at Northeast Ohio school
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, OHIO: Four teenage boys have been accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in a storage closet at a Northeast Ohio high school.University Heights police say the suspects...
View ArticleSenior diplomat resignations accepted as Trump team enters
WASHINGTON: A number of senior career diplomats are leaving the State Department after the Trump administration accepted their resignations from presidentially appointed positions.The State Department...
View ArticleOfficial: Trump wants to slash EPA workforce, budget
WASHINGTON: The former head of President Donald Trump’s transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency says he expects the new administration to seek significant budget and staff cuts.Myron...
View ArticleOhio highway patrol trooper accidentally shoots self in leg
HEATH, OHIO: Authorities say an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper was hospitalized after he accidentally shot himself inside a police station in Licking County.Lt. Robert Sellers says the unidentified...
View ArticleTrump wants tax to pay for border wall
President Donald Trump wants to pay for his proposed southern border wall by slapping a 20 percent tax on imports from Mexico.White House spokesman Sean Spicer says Trump has discussed the idea with...
View ArticleBob Evans Restaurants says tweets are "alternative facts;" restaurants are...
Bob Evans Restaurants wants you to know that its more than 500 restaurants are open for business and rumors to the contrary are "alternative facts." The New Albany, Ohio, chain issued a cheeky news...
View ArticleSumma CEO Thomas Malone resigns
Dr. Thomas Malone, following weeks of tumult at Summa Health, today resigned.The board of directors today notified Summa staff in a memo, thanking Malone “for the tremendous growth and success that...
View ArticleAkron Finance Director Diane Miller-Dawson appointed to Summit County...
AKRON: Diane Miller-Dawson has been appointed to a four-year term on the Summit County Children Services board of trustees.She is the finance director for the city of Akron. Miller-Dawson, of Akron,...
View ArticleEx-college professor in Ohio gets 4 years for possessing child porn
CINCINNATI: A once well-respected former professor at the University of Cincinnati will serve four years in federal prison for his “addiction” to collecting child pornography.The Cincinnati Enquirer...
View ArticleTrump expected to sign directive halting refugee flows to U.S.
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday intended to sign an executive action Friday temporarily halting the flow of refugees into the United Sates and stopping all entries from some...
View ArticleVeteran scout Ron Hill and Browns part ways
Veteran scout Ron Hill and the Browns had a mutual parting of ways, a person familiar with the move confirmed Friday. Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com first reported it. Former Browns General Manager...
View ArticleThe Latest: Trump has long phone chat with Mexico president, British PM...
Associated PressWASHINGTON:The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):President Donald Trump and the president of Mexico have spent one hour talking on the phone amid rising tensions over...
View ArticleMan found guilty of killing woman found in Ohio wishing well
COLUMBUS: A man charged in the 2008 slaying of an 81-year-old woman who was strangled and whose body was found in a wishing well behind a home she owned has been found guilty of murder and other...
View ArticleTrio of teenagers robs group of phones, wallets in Kent
A group of teenagers was arrested early Friday morning on charges of robbing people of their cell phones and wallets in Kent.Caleb Williams, 18, faces charges of robbery, felonious assault, marijuana...
View ArticleOhio teen’s fatal stabbing leads to charges against 2 others
FOSTORIA, OHIO: One teenager accused of fatally stabbing another at a complex of townhouses in northwest Ohio is being held in juvenile detention.The Review Times in Fostoria reports a third teenager...
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