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High-schoolers get face time with extremists in class

WORTHINGTON, Ohio – Last week’s videotaped encounter at the Lincoln Memorial left many wondering about the state of reasoned political discourse in the country, or if it exists at all in a h...

DATE: Jan 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Education

History, beauty frame a new tourist economy in Appalachia’s coal country

PERRY COUNTY, Ohio – Two-thirds of Appalachia’s coal industry jobs have disappeared since the 1990s. Now the region is hoping tourism will help rebuild its economy by tapping into history an...

DATE: Dec 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Conservatives knew ‘family values’ pol had secret gay life

COLUMBUS, Ohio – As Wes Goodman built a political career around values including “committed natural marriage,” the 33-year-old Republican was secretly engaging in sexual encounters with men ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Americans line up to say goodbye to Glenn

COLUMBUS, Ohio – John Glenn’s home state and the nation began saying goodbye to the beloved astronaut Friday starting with a public viewing of his flag-draped casket inside Ohio’s Statehouse...

DATE: Dec 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

24 treated for overdoses at Ohio rap concert

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two dozen concertgoers in northeast Ohio suffered overdoses Saturday after they ate marijuana-laced candy. No fatalities were reported at the Ohio Dreams sports c...

DATE: Aug 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

States get guidance on handling drilling quakes

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A group of U.S. drilling states, seismologists, academics and industry experts issued guidance Monday in a frank new report on handling human-induced earthquakes caused by h...

DATE: Sep 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Survey: 1 in 4 college women report unwanted sexual contact

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A quarter of undergraduate women surveyed at more than two dozen universities say they experienced unwanted sexual contact sometime during college, according to a report rel...

DATE: Sep 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Music aside, Queen of Soul is pumped for fair food

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Aretha Franklin is jazzed about more than music at the Ohio State Fair: She’s also looking forward to the food. “I love the state fair, and I love the elephant ea...

DATE: Jul 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music