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Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law

Jun. 08, 2023 12:08 PM EDT

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

Jun. 08, 2023 06:00 AM EDT

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

Jun. 07, 2023 18:08 PM EDT

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

Jun. 07, 2023 18:00 PM EDT

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

Jun. 07, 2023 14:45 PM EDT

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

Jun. 07, 2023 13:18 PM EDT

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

Jun. 06, 2023 17:56 PM EDT

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

Jun. 05, 2023 18:13 PM EDT

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

Jun. 05, 2023 07:12 AM EDT

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

Jun. 03, 2023 20:49 PM EDT

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,...