Ohio politics from the Associated Press
Feds: Prison for Ohio woman who buried mom in yard
Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison. Federal authorities say 66-year-old Marietta resident Patricia Hodges also was sentenced Wednesday in Columbus to six months of home ...
Navy holds hearing in Va on deaths of divers in Md
The Navy has identified the two men who could face a court martial on involuntary manslaughter and dereliction-of-duty charges in the drowning deaths of two divers at Aberdeen Proving Ground near Baltimore. Senior Chief Petty Officer James Burger and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark Smith were named during an Article ...
Federal judge dismisses suit over OH ballot issue
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Ohio's elections chief over a sidelined 2012 ballot issue. The group Fair Elections Ohio had sought to have voters decide last November whether to reject certain election rules. State lawmakers repealed the underlying law, and Secretary of State Jon Husted (HYOO'-sted) then ...
Ex-chief of Cleveland VA Medical Center indicted
A former director of the Veterans Affairs medical center in Cleveland is accused of accepting bribes and has been indicted on federal charges in a long-running county corruption investigation. Federal authorities allege William Montague took bribes in exchange for influencing VA decisions and development projects. Montague pleaded not guilty Wednesday ...
Critic of Ohio governor's school plan steps down
A critic of Gov. John Kasich's school funding plan is resigning as superintendent of a southwest Ohio school district. Franklin City Schools leader Arnol Elam told The Middletown Journal (http://bit.ly/17pVWyF ) he wants to spend time traveling with his wife, watching their grandson play sports, and doing other activities. The ...
Ohio lawmakers discuss, question new abortion bill
A measure that would force women seeking an abortion to submit to an ultrasound faced strong scrutiny from lawmakers Wednesday as it was presented before a legislative committee that vets health regulations in Ohio. Members of the House Health and Aging Committee raised several questions about the GOP-backed bill, which ...
Picturesque Ohio village on endangered places list
A national group on Wednesday named a picturesque Ohio village as one of the nation's most endangered historic places and is calling on state authorities to scrap a transportation plan that village leaders and preservationists say could permanently scar the area. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named the Village ...
BC-USDA-Eastern Cornbelt Hog Report
LM—HG209 Des Moines, Iowa Wed, Jun 19, 2013 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT MORNING HOG REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (As of 9:30 AM) CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE BARROWS & GILTS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Estimated Actual ...
Fed: fracking study won't be done until 2016
A comprehensive government study of the effects of shale gas drilling on water quality and the environment won't be completed until 2016, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said this week during an Ohio conference. Jeanne Briskin, coordinator of hydraulic fracturing research at the EPA, said Tuesday during the conference ...
AP-USDA-Midwest Regional Eggs
NW—PY018 Des Moines, IA Wed. Jun 19, 2013 USDA Market News SHELL EGGS: Daily Midwest Regional Eggs Producer prices are 3 cents higher for Large and 2 cents higher for Medium. Midwest delivered prices are steady. The undertone is firm. Retail and food service demand is moderate to fairly good. ...
Ohio appeals court rules against prison tax
A state appeals court says the city of Youngstown can't impose a per-inmate tax on a privately operated federal prison. The Seventh District Court of Appeals this week nullified a $1 a day tax the city has been imposing per prisoner at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, run by the ...
Ohio lawmakers offer 2 bills to change Medicaid
Proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Ohio are unlikely to clear the Legislature before lawmakers break at the end of the month, the Republican leader of the House said Tuesday. Ohio legislators have been trying to find common ground on the federal-state health program for the poor and disabled ...
IRS worker: No political bias against tea party
An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not in Washington, according to a full transcript of his interview by congressional investigators released Tuesday. John Shafer, who oversaw a small group of ...
Budget director: Ohio's unused surplus about $397M
The state should have almost $397 million in uncommitted funds leftover at end of the current budget year, Ohio's budget director said Tuesday before a legislative panel that's working to put the final touches on the next state spending plan. Lawmakers face a June 30 deadline to pass the $61.7 ...
3 more plead guilty in probe of Pilot Flying J
Three more employees of the truck stop chain owned by the Cleveland Browns' owner and Tennessee's governor pleaded guilty Tuesday in what authorities call a scheme to cheat trucking firms out of rebates. Regional sales manager Kevin Clark pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court in Knoxville. Local media ...
Ex-sheriff named liaison for Ohio attorney general
A former central Ohio sheriff labeled the nation's longest-serving sheriff is the state attorney general's new liaison with Ohio's local law enforcement officials. Attorney General Mike DeWine said Tuesday that former Pickaway County Sheriff Dwight Radcliff is now his office's senior law enforcement liaison. Radcliff will travel across Ohio to ...
US audit says Ohio city didn't oversee program
An audit says Toledo officials failed to properly oversee a program that gave out federal taxpayer money for home repairs. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's audit says Toledo should be forced to give back at least $82,000 in grant funding. The findings say officials with the Toledo ...
US Supreme Court suspends OH class-action attorney
The U.S. Supreme Court has suspended prominent Cincinnati class-action attorney Stanley Chesley from practicing law before the court after his Kentucky disbarment. The Supreme Court order Monday said Chesley has 40 days to prove why he shouldn't be disbarred from appearing before the justices. The Kentucky Supreme Court disbarred Chesley ...
AP-USDA-Eastern Cornbelt Hog Report,324
LM—HG209 Des Moines, Iowa Tue, Jun 18, 2013 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT MORNING HOG REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (As of 9:30 AM) CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE BARROWS & GILTS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Estimated Actual ...
November retrial in 9 arson deaths in Cleveland
A November retrial has been set for the man suspected in the 2005 arson deaths of a woman and eight children at a birthday sleepover in Cleveland. Federal Judge Solomon Oliver set the Nov. 1 trial date Tuesday for 29-year-old Antun Lewis. Lewis had asked for a July date to ...
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