Friday's major news about the conflict in Syria:

-- "Russia Sends More Advanced Missiles to Aid Assad in Syria."

According to The New York Times, "Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, American officials said Thursday."

The city of Dublin is offering Wall Street giant JPMorgan Chase a 465 thousand dollar tax break to set up shot near the Tuttle Crossing mall, bringing 500 jobs to the city.

Columbus voters will be asked to approve an 800 million dollar bond package this fall.

A Hamilton County jury has found a Cincinnati man guilty of killing another man in 2010.

A Franklin County Juvenile Court Judge has ruled there is probable cause to try a Columbus teenager as an adult for a fatal shooting last January.

Licking County Sheriff's deputies are investigating an explosion last night at a mobile home community in Buckeye Lake.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has narrowly voted down for a third time an attempt at addressing competitive balance issues between public and private schools.

A two-thousand year old pipe from the ancient Adena culture is now the state's official artifact.

(Most recent update: 12:50 p.m. ET.)

Saying that "foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their workload selection," the outgoing head of the Internal Revenue Service told Congress on Friday that he and the agency want to apologize for the targeting of some conservative groups during the 2012 campaign cycle.

Some conservative Ohio lawmakers and faith leaders want to put millions more dollars into preschool programs for at risk children - something Democrats have championed in the past.