Latest Ohio News

Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At Cleveland's Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as they wait, or help themselves to drug screening tests left out in a box on a table with a somber message: “Your drugs could contain fentanyl. Please take free test strips.” Owner...

NBA mock draft: Wembanyama's French teammate's draft stock on the rise
With two weeks until the NBA draft, Victor Wembanyama keeps showing why the San Antonio Spurs should so badly want him. The expected No. 1 pick has led his team into the French league finals, with a teammate’s strong play alongside him sending his own stock soaring. ...
Ohio: Charity settles false claims to help those impacted by train derailment
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thousands of dollars raised by a charity that falsely claimed it would help residents affected by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border earlier this year will be turned over to a food bank serving the area, Ohio's attorney general announced Wednesday. ...

Titans bringing in 3-time All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins for visit
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have a major need for help at wide receiver, and they will be the first NFL team to bring three-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins in for a free agent visit. They certainly could use his experience in a very young wide receiving...
Ohio Senate moves to criminalize secretly tracking people with Air Tags, similar apps, devices
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tracking someone through apps and devices like the popular Apple AirTag without their consent could soon be deemed a criminal offense in Ohio, after the state's Republican-led Senate advanced the measure Wednesday with a unanimous bipartisan vote. The proposed...

Home to Glenn, Armstrong and Wrights perfect spot for Space Command HQ, Ohio lawmakers tell Biden
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's rich history of aviation innovation makes it an ideally suited location for the Air Force's new U.S. Space Command headquarters or Space Force units, a group of the state's congressional delegates told Democratic President Joe Biden in a letter Wednesday. ...

Ohio senators want additional income tax cuts, universal vouchers in GOP crafted budget plan
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More income tax cuts and a phased-in universal voucher program are among the hundreds of changes in a Republican-crafted proposal announced Tuesday for Ohio's nearly $86 billion state budget. The two-year funding proposal already cleared the GOP-led House in...
Ohio Senate will nix House projects from budget, clears path for new $1 billion fund
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio senators plan to remove earmarks for $1 billion in one-time spending from the state operating budget and place the money into a new fund for community projects to be doled out next spring, a high-level Ohio Senate source told The Associated Press. ...
Editorial Roundup: Ohio
Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 4, 2023. Editorial: The Statehouse con on selling Issue 1 in the Aug. 8 election, exposed There are many, many things wrong with how the GOP supermajority in the Ohio legislature is trying to ram through a hugely consequential...
Saturday's Scores
Girls Softball OHSAA Softball Championships Division I State Final Austintown Fitch 6, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 1 Division II Tallmadge 8, Canfield 0 Division III Wheelersburg 6,...
