Tag: Ohio

Gov. DeWine Faces More Decisions Regarding Gun Rights in Ohio

With the May 3 primary a month away, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine continues to face more decisions regarding gun rights. On March 14, the Republican governor signed a bill that makes concealed carry permits optional in the state. That decision joined the Stand Your Ground legislation that took effect in 2021, but critics point out…


Ohio Gov. DeWine Faces More Decisions Regarding Gun Rights

With the May 3 primary a month away, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine continues to face more decisions regarding gun rights. On March 14, the Republican governor signed a bill that makes concealed carry permits optional in the state. While that decision joined the Stand Your Ground legislation that took effect in 2021, critics point out…


Black Wednesday Tornado From April 3, 1974, Remembered in Xenia, Ohio

Time stood still on an early spring afternoon 48 years ago, and life was forever impacted in my hometown of Xenia, Ohio. April 3, 1974. Those of us who lived in Xenia and are old enough to remember vividly recall where we were when the clocks stopped around 4:40 p.m. That is when a tornado…


Ohio Court Upholds Family Bakery’s $32 Million Libel Verdict Over False Racism Accusations

An Ohio appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that awarded over $32 million to a family-owned bakery that was almost pushed out of business because of false accusations of racial profiling. A panel of three judges on Ohio’s 9th District Court of Appeals on Friday unanimously ruled in favor of Gibson’s Bakery, which…


Ohio Mom of 3 Dies Days After Crash That Killed Fiance and and Children: Officials

A mother of three has died several days after a car crash that left her children and fiance dead, officials said. Muriel Michael, the mother, died from injuries she suffered after a two-car crash in Ohio over the past weekend, the Ohio State Highway Patrol told The Associated Press. Michael was driving in Fulton County over…


Ohio Officer Killed Trying to Stop Fleeing Car on Highway

BLUFFTON, Ohio—A police officer in Ohio was struck and killed by a fleeing car on Interstate 75 during a high-speed chase through multiple counties Wednesday, authorities said. The officer, Dominic Francis of the Bluffton police department, was struck around 2:30 a.m. while he was setting up stop sticks, which flatten tires, said Sgt. Brice Nihiser…


3 Sentenced to Prison in Slayings of Ohio Man, Teen Girl

CLEVELAND, Ohio—Two men have been sentenced to life in prison and a third to a shorter term in the grisly deaths of an Ohio man and his teenage daughter more than three years ago. The bodies of 39-year-old Paul Bradley and 14-year-old Paris Bradley were found in October 2018 in a burning car in East…


Shutting Down Canadian Pipeline Would Cost US Consumers $23.7 Billion More in Fuel Costs: Report

A recently published analysis by a consumer advocacy nonprofit maintains that shutting down a 4.5-mile section of a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that spans the Great Lakes from Wisconsin to Ontario would impose $23.7 billion in higher fuel costs for families and businesses in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Consumer Energy Alliance’s (CEA) 14-page report estimates…


Shutting Canadian Pipeline Would Cost US Consumers $23.7 Billion More in Fuel Costs: Report

A recently published analysis by a consumer advocacy nonprofit maintains that shutting a 4.5-mile section of a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that spans the Great Lakes from Wisconsin to Ontario would impose $23.7 billion in higher fuel costs on families and businesses in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Consumer Energy Alliance’s (CEA) 14-page report estimates that…


Ohio Preparing to Welcome Ukrainian Refugees Fleeing Putin’s Onslaught

Ohio and its large Ukrainian community near Cleveland are ready to welcome refugees while numerous agencies on all levels of government—local, state, and federal—are preparing to help assimilate them into the American way of life. Wearing a small blue-and-yellow ribbon—the colors of the Ukrainian flag—pinned on his suit jacket, Gov. Mike DeWine led the Ohio Ukrainian…