1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (179+ words) Watch your step. The deadliest animal in your state might not be the predator you'd expect. A new report identified the most dangerous animal in every U.S. state, and while sharks, bears and alligators made the list, snakes proved to be…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (675+ words) Buc-ee's has sunk its incisors into the wrong branch with its ridiculous and mean-spirited lawsuit against a mom-and-pop corner store that existed more than two decades before it waddled into Ohio. If it is as great as its legions of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (115+ words) The Columbus Dispatch Pammy Maye escorted out of hearing after outburst, rejects plea deal The July 31 hearing for a woman accused of suffocating a 5-year-old boy in her care lasted less than a minute before being disrupted. Pammy Maye, 50, accompanied…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1169+ words) Investors from Omaha to Chicago last year bought tens of millions of dollars worth of delinquent property tax debts from Ohio county treasurers, setting new records in several counties. This gives those institutional investors the right to collect on liens,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (218+ words) Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs won't debate her Republican challenger, Andy Biggs, during her reelection bid. Nicole DeMont, Hobbs' campaign manager, sent a statement to news media outlets on July 30 about the possibility of a debate: "We respectfully decline debate invitations…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (48+ words) The Columbus Dispatch Ohio political blogger The Rooster wants criminal case dismissed Political blogger D.J. Byrnes, who is accused of harassing a Ohio state senator, says a criminal case against him should be thrown out on constitutional grounds....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (450+ words) With signs reading "Due Process for All" and "A Few Do Not Represent an Entire Community," Somali business owners, advocates and health care professionals gathered to push back against what they say has been months of scrutiny and harassment directed…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (116+ words) The rescue of 16 children in Vinton County is shining a light on Ohio's child welfare system. Here is a guide to the basics. Vinton County case exposes strains on Ohio child welfare system The rescue of 16 Vinton County children highlights…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (66+ words) The Columbus Dispatch Columbus Police used Flock to watch ICE as it arrested hundreds in Ohio Columbus police have faced scrutiny over whether its AI-powered license plate surveillance network has been used to aid in immigration enforcement. Turns out, a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (362+ words) The spread of cyclospora, an intestinal parasite causing massive diarrhea, has sickened many people across the nation. Ohio cases of cyclosporiasis, the illness caused by cyclospora, tripled in the latest update from the Ohio Department of Health. Meanwhile, officials work…...