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Akron police seize "ghost gun" from teen; most Americans want Roe v Wade to remain; baby formula shortage getting worse; Biden announces free internet for low-income households.

Second Ohio State student dies of apparent overdose; Biden talks manufacturing plan in Hamilton; users of TurboTax may be entitled to a refund; Columbus Zoo increasing ticket prices for some.

Arrest in the shooting death of a Toledo infant; central Ohio school bus driver charged with assault on a student; political mapmakers meet again ahead of Friday deadline; rock hall inductee list released.

Nan Whaley makes history in Ohio's primary election; Ohio GOP candidates benefit from Trump endorsements; tornado touchdown confirmed near Findlay; Yellow Springs resident Dave Chappelle attacked on stage.

Primary election day in Ohio; police are warning of mail thefts near Cleveland; housing costs are skyrocketing; voting on whether Ohio's high school athletes could make money off their name, image, and likeness.

Body found near a Columbus elementary school; Ohio senators fighting for Chillicothe's VA hospital; an Ohio city has the highest home foreclosure rate in the country; the Cincinnati Reds start their season with a record they don't want.

No new legislative maps before Tuesday's primary; Cincinnati-area school board member in trouble for posting porn on Facebook; the state's latest Covid numbers; Dolly could be in the rock hall after all.

Controversial comments about sexual assault from an Ohio lawmaker; Governor DeWine announces aid for areas hit by ice storms earlier this year; lawsuit against two popular Ohio amusements parks moves forward; a popular household item is about to disappear forever.

Ohio redistricting lawsuit; law enforcement grants; air fryer recall; Ohio farmers dealing with inflation

COVID cases are rising in Ohio, but hospitalizations remain low; Toledo tries a new strategy to lower homicides; Put-In-Bay is preparing for the busy tourist season; a businessman from Dayton has returned from the International Space Station.

Police in Cleveland are investigating two hit-and-run incidents that killed two young children; Columbus reported eight shootings over the weekend that left five people dead; troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol are reminding motorists that motorcycles are back on the roads with the warmer weather; a study shows Ohioans tend to be heavy on the gas pedal.

Jury finds former Mt. Carmel physician William Husel not guilty of the murder of 14 patients, but Husel still faces civil lawsuits from the patients' families; federal court gives Ohio Redistricting Commission until May 28 to produce a set of legislative maps that comply with Ohio Constitution; Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost warns that a new, more-potent class of opioids called nitazines are repl...

Ohio Supreme Court again rejects maps presented by Ohio Redistricting Commission, leaving fate of a second Ohio primary still uncertain; Gov. Mike Dewine tests positive for COVID-19, but is experiencing only minor symptoms; escaped inmates returned to Muskingum County Jail in east-central Ohio after assaulting officer, using keys to flee.

Ohio State reaches two new settlements with victims of abuse by former athletics department physician Richard Strauss; Ohio's unemployment rate remains at historic low, but is still higher than the national rate; Gov. Mike Dewine does not endorse bill that would limit teaching on gender, sex, race, but says parents should decide when and how those subjects are taught.

Ohio Supreme Court rules against gerrymandered maps presented by Ohio Redistricting Commission for a fourth time; Columbus man charged in connection with January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol argues that President Donald Trump ordered the failed insurrection and should take some of the blame; suspect in New York subway shooting reportedly purchased the gun used at a Columbus pawn shop.

Buckeye Nation mourns the tragic death of former QB Dwayne Haskins, who was fatally struck by a truck in Florida on Sunday; Gov. Mike Dewine announces that law enforcement agencies have donated body armor to Ukraine's civilian defense force as the Russian invasion continues; Pres. Joe Biden nominates Steve Dettelbach, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, as the new head of the A...

Sen. Sherrod Brown votes 'yes,' Sen. Rob Portman votes 'no' on historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court; Ohio Chamber of Commerce speaks out against Ohio bill similar to Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law; Ohio Poultry Association says members are being impacted by bird flu that's ravaging poultry populations, nationwide.

Ohio Republicans introduce a bill similar to Florida's controversial new "Don't Say Gay" law; community leaders say new Ohio bills aimed at limiting discussions on race, gender can worsen a public health crisis; Gov. Mike Dewine says he fears holding multiple primaries could prevent some people from voting.

Ohio Supreme Court weighing whether or not to hold Ohio Redistricting Commission in contempt for repeated failures to present constitutional legislative maps; early voting begins in Ohio for May 3 primary, many races missing from the ballot; Newark neighborhood evacuated after a pipe bomb was discovered in a crashed car.

Deadline for voter registration is Monday, despite many primary races still being up-in-the-air, due to a lack of legislative district maps; three suspects in custody in connection with high-speed chase that left a northwest Ohio police officer dead; sorority at Bowling Green State University suspended over hazing violations.

Bluffton Police officer killed in hit-and-run crash during high-speed chase with suspects, this morning; Ohio Supreme Court asks Republican members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission for a second time why they shouldn't be held in contempt of court; Ohio House and Senate primaries still up-in-the-air, but will not be part of May primary.

Republican members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission submitted already-rejected map to Ohio Supreme Court as they miss deadline to submit a constitutional legislative map; during debates, Republican candidates for U.S. Senate embrace disproven "Big Steal" narrative of 2020 election; Democratic candidates for Ohio governor to debate on Tuesday night, GOP candidates will not hold debate.

National Weather Service confirms EF-0 tornado touched down in Clarksville in southwest Ohio on Wednesday; Ohio Supreme Court denies motion to move May 3 primary, leaving the decision in the hands of the Ohio House and Senate; students at Ohio University hold a protest to demand that school administrators acknowledge that several recent incidents are race-related; South African woman arrested on c...

Gov. Mike Dewine highlights prosperity and progress in Ohio during State of the State address; Democratic response says Dewine ignored the redistricting debacle and other key issues that Ohio is facing; Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Beatty offers full-throated endorsement of Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Ohio Redistricting Commission selects two legislative map-drawing experts and a mediator to draw state's legislative and congressional maps after members fail to draw constitutional maps for third time; Ohio's primary is likely to be split into two dates, but boards of elections say that could cause chaos; family of fallen southeastern Ohio Marine remember him for impacting countless lives.