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New figures, just released, show that there’s been a noticeable jump in the number of citations against Ohio nursing homes for conditions that have caused, or are likely to cause serious injury or death to residents.

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will be in Dayton and Springfield today for a pair of campaign events for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Republican U.S. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio will be at a Romney rally in Lancaster today. And President Obama is scheduled to visit Ohio later this week. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports. 

The Ohio auditor’s office will be sampling school districts throughout the state and investigating the state Department of Education as well to find out by this fall how wide-spread the rigging of school enrollment data has been.

Blended Learning is a relatively new idea that was placed into a recently approved legislative package of education changes. The Governor wants to see it in more school districts. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports. 

A survey by a Case Western Reserve University professor shows many home health care agencies are lax in their infection control procedures. Anne Glausser of member station WCPN in Cleveland reports. 

The state is temporarily putting the brakes on its plan to privatize rest areas on state routes, after a deadline for potential developers passed with no one showing any interest. 

Storms rolling through Central Ohio this afternoon have left over 14,000 people in Franklin County without power, according to American Electric Power.

Republicans are hoping to win votes in the presidential race by staging events with small business owners in Ohio and other states this week. Democrats are firing back. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports. 

Ohio health officials are urging families with children to eat better and get more exercise after finding 1 in 3 school kids screened last year was overweight or obese. But there are questions about how to view the Body Mass Index. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports. 

The Ohio State Fair opened on Wednesday. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports.

Regulations of Ohio’s oil and gas industry grabbed most of the headlines in last month’s passage of sweeping new energy legislation. But Governor Kasich didn’t visit a drilling platform for the signing ceremony; he set up his desk in the basement of a small Akron startup. For Ohio Public Radio, WKSU's Jeff St.Clair explores a new type of renewable energy in Ohio.

Even though the school shooting in Chardon is still fresh in many people’s minds, the state attorney general says dozens of schools across Ohio have yet to file school floor plans and safety plans with his office that could help police deal with similar emergencies and hostage situations.

First Lady Michelle Obama was in Columbus and Dayton today... on the same day that some key Republican women launched a campaign to back Mitt Romney.  Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles has details.

U-S Senator Sherrod Brown got an endorsement last week that he hopes will help him defeat Republican challenger Josh Mandel this fall. Ohio Public Radio’s Jo Ingles reports.

Some Republican leaders throughout the country are calling on presidential candidate Mitt Romney to release his tax returns.

A teenager from Forest, Ohio and the daughter of St. Paris Fire Chief Scott Massie were among the dozens of people injured in the shooting at the Colorado movie theater where 12 people were killed this morning. Family members say Gage Hankins and Samanta Yowler are expected to recover. 

A new commander has taken over the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. Jerry Kenney of member station WYSO in Yellow Springs reports on the transition. 

In June, the Washington Post published a lengthy investigation of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's outsourcing of jobs while running the private equity firm Bain Capital. Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden pounced on that during a speech at a union hall in Columbus. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.

The national drought is being called the worst since 1956. So far Ohio has not been hit as hard as neighboring Indiana. But some Western Ohio farmers have already written off much of their crop. Ryan McClure farms four thousand acres in Paulding County. He says recent scattered showers have not provided the amount of water farmers need to salvage their crops. Meanwhile The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation is conducting a survey to assess damage caused by drought conditions.

For the second time in a month, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has revised the official number of internet cafes operating in the state. Ohio Public Radio's Bill Cohen reports.