Mike Foley

The inmates have served 80 percent of their time. The recommendation, if approved, would be the first use of a 2011 law intended to reduce the inmate population.

Ohio's nonprofit job-creation entity reports raising almost $7 million in donations and and paying top salaries to some staff last year.

This year marks a decade of StoryCorps, which offers people the chance to record, preserve and share stories at sites around the country. The project has collected more than 45,000 interviews from nearly 90,000 participants. 

Safety officials at Ohio State University this evening issued the following public safety alert.

The sponsor of an Ohio measure aimed at curbing the collective bargaining rights of public workers has been named to a panel that oversees the health of the state's public pension funds.

Following a flood of complaints, Ohio State University says it will issue tickets for six guests instead of four to graduates participating in the May commencement ceremony featuring President Obama.

An Ohio school board lawyer says a now-fired public school science teacher waved a Bible at his students, handed out religious pamphlets and espoused creationism in his evolution lessons.

In an effort to reduce the use of antibiotics, new guidelines are out on child ear infections and how physicians should treat them.

Ohio's Department of Insurance says it processed more than 7,000 allegations of agent misconduct and insurance fraud last year.

The latest monitor's report shows that more than 7,000 Ohioans have gotten more than $280 million from last year's national mortgage settlement.

Dozens of defendants have been added to an indictment alleging they helped obtain thousands of prescription painkillers from Florida for illegal sale in Ohio.

Meteorologists from the National Weather Service are again offering free training on spotting dangerous weather patterns.

The state of Ohio wants a federal judge to dismiss a city's lawsuit seeking to tax civilian employees and contractors who work on part of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

A fire has erupted at one of the Midwest's biggest greenhouse operations, spewing heavy black smoke. No injuries have been reported from the fire at Ohio's Green Circle Growers.

Governor John Kasich made his case for passing his state budget proposal, one he says works to fix taxes, help businesses and the poor and educate the state's future workforce.

A call center to start this month in central Ohio will help low-income veterans and active military personnel and their families find free legal assistance.

A second Republican congressman from Ohio has been appointed to the House Ways and Means Committee. Second-term congressman Jim Renacci of northeast Ohio was appointed by committee chair Dave Camp of Michigan.

Ohio's Department of Insurance says its toll-free hotlines, community outreach and counseling helped save Ohioans just over $24 million last year.

The City of Columbus seeks public input into the design and name for the BikeShare system announced in November.

The public library system in Ohio's capital city is asking residents to lend their memories and mementos to be digitized and archived in its new Columbus African-American Historical Collection.