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Ohio Fire Marshall Larry Flowers says the use of candles, heating sources and makeshift cooking methods when winter storms interrupt electric service can significantly increase fire risks.

Ohio ranked tenth among all states in producing Peace Corps volunteers this year with a total of 291 volunteers.

Ohio State's 2013 spring game will be played on the road. Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati will host the April 13 scrimmage because of renovations at Ohio Stadium.

Ohio is moving to make sure health insurance plans will cover treatment and services for children with autism.

A federal appeals court panel has ruled that a northeastern Ohio nursing home was liable for the death of one of its residents after giving her diabetes medication she didn't need.

A judge has handed down a 15-year prison term to a former Ohio high school basketball coach who pleaded guilty to videotaping boys showering in the locker room over an eight-year period.

Ohio's attorney general and the state's top public schools official are outlining the progress of school safety initiatives.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is announcing expanded efforts to train Ohio's law enforcement officers in firearms and car-chase safety.

Ohio's governor has ordered flags lowered at state buildings and grounds in honor of the lives lost in a school shooting in Connecticut.

The City of Columbus hopes to pressure owners to clean up blighted properties by publicly identifying them. 

Federal investigators are asking for the public's help in finding a suspect possibly tied to a string of central Ohio bank robberies.

The U.S. Small Business Administration will be offering counseling help to small businesses in Columbus and 22 other cities affected by the National Hockey League lockout.

An animal owner has told a federal judge that Ohio's new regulations on exotic animals would wipe out most of her business.

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected using revenue raised from the state's new business tax for anything but highway upkeep.

Central Ohio influenza cases are significantly higher for this time of year as are flu-related hospitalizations. That's the word from Columbus Public Health officials.

Legislation requiring workers to divulge all asbestos claims filed by or for them or face perjury charges cleared a Senate committee yesterday, sending it to an expected floor vote today.

Ohioans with Medicare coverage have until the end of this week to shop for a new prescription drug insurance plan.

The Cleveland Browns are sending condolences to the family of a grounds crew worker who killed himself at the team's practice center in Berea on Saturday.

The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended for a year the law license of an attorney whose emails to Ohio State University's former football coach triggered an ongoing scandal and NCAA investigation that cost the coach his job.

Three people have pleaded not guilty to hundreds of animal cruelty charges involving a dog-breeding business where 241 dogs were seized during a raid in western Ohio.