COLUMBUS — Attorney General Dave Yost issued Ohio’s annual report on concealed handgun licensing on Friday. It showed that a total of 90,582 permits were issued in the state in […]
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Toledo couple sentenced for illegal scrap tire operation
TOLEDO — A Lucas County judge sentenced a Toledo couple to three months in jail and six months at a correctional drug treatment facility for illegally transporting and dumping scrap […]
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Former PUCO chairman, FirstEnergy executives indicted
COLUMBUS — A former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives and two entities have been indicted by a Summit County grand jury as […]
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Coshocton County man indicted for gift-card counterfeiting scheme
COLUMBUS — A Chinese man who entered the country illegally four months ago has been indicted by a Coshocton County grand jury on 309 felony charges related to a gift-card […]
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Clinton County homebuilder given 2-year sentence for stealing $50K From elderly couple
COLUMBUS — A Clinton County homebuilder with “a troubling criminal history replete with crimes of dishonesty” will spend two years in prison for accepting a $50,500 down payment from an […]
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BCI: Ohio’s frequency for Use-of-Force probe holds steady in 2023
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) saw a similar volume of requests for investigations of officer-involved critical incidents (OICI) in 2023 compared to last year, according to […]
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NCAA’s transfer rule on hold as judge rules in favor of Yost, others in antitrust case
WHEELING, West Virginia — Division I college athletes who had been sidelined by the NCAA’s Transfer Eligibility Rule are free to compete immediately after a federal judge today granted a […]
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Child ID Kits available for Ohio’s 2nd-grade students
COLUMBUS — Attorney General Dave Yost is bringing the National Child Identification Program to Ohio again. Attorney General Yost, with the support of American Electric Power, is providing every Ohio […]
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Columbus woman indicted in serial killings
COLUMBUS — A 33-year-old Columbus woman who allegedly met men for sex and drugged them so she could rob them has been indicted in four murders, Ohio Attorney General Dave […]
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Ashland County Sheriff’s Office aids in Ohio human trafficking probe
COLUMBUS — Two north central Ohio men were among 160 arrested in a weeklong statewide human trafficking crackdown, Attorney General Dave Yost announced on Monday. Among the various operations, The […]