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Cuyahoga County Gun Court Seeks New Ways To Stop Gun Violence
CLEVELAND, Ohio (ideastream) — Officially, the new docket in Administrative Judge Brendan Sheehan’s Cuyahoga County courtroom is called the violence intervention program. Unofficially, it’s the gun docket. Sheehan got into… Read More
US Opioid Lawsuits On Verge Of Settlements With 4 Companies
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The yearslong effort by state and local governments in the U.S. to force the pharmaceutical industry to help pay to fix a nationwide opioid addiction and… Read More
Nelsonville City Council Member Sues Fellow Council Members Over Removal Votes
NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) — A Nelsonville City Council member is suing his fellow council members in federal court over efforts to remove him from office. Greg Smith alleges in a… Read More
Trump’s CFO Turns Himself In Ahead Of Expected Criminal Charges
The charges by the Manhattan district attorney’s office are expected to come Thursday after a three-year investigation into the business dealings of the Trump Organization, NPR has confirmed.
Mother Accused Of Covering Up Family Sexual Abuse Pleads Not Guilty
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — An Athens woman accused of trying to hinder investigations into alleged sexual abuse of her children pleaded not guilty to several felony charges Wednesday. Deborah Bellar,… Read More
Another Effort To Reform Ohio’s Cash Bail System Launched
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers launched another effort to overhaul the state’s bail system, which has been talked about for years and is backed… Read More
‘Monster’: 7 Life Sentences For Ex-VA Hospital Worker In Deaths
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former nursing assistant has been sentenced to seven consecutive terms of life in prison for injecting seven elderly veterans with fatal doses of insulin. Reta… Read More
Sentencing Set In Insulin Injection Deaths Of 7 VA Patients
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sentencing is set this week for a former nursing assistant who admitting to killing seven elderly veterans with fatal doses of insulin at a West Virginia… Read More
Lawsuit: Justice Family Company Owes $166,000 In Deductibles
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An insurance company is alleging in a federal lawsuit that a company run by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his adult children owes it $166,000…. Read More
Witness Testimony Continues In Landmark W.Va. Opioid Trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Witness testimony has begun in a landmark opioid trial in which local governments in West Virginia have sued three large drug distributors that have been accused… Read More
Judge Strikes Down Federal Eviction Moratorium, Setting Up High-Stakes Appeal
A federal judge has ruled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority by issuing a nationwide moratorium on evictions. The fate of millions of renters rests on appeal.
Trial Against Opioid Distributors Set To Begin In W.Va.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A trial is set to start in a lawsuit filed in West Virginia accusing three drug distributors of fueling a local opioid epidemic with excessively large… Read More
8 Indicted In Alcohol-Related Death After Fraternity Party
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors say eight people have been indicted in the alcohol-related death of an Ohio college student found unconscious after a fraternity party. Six of those indicted… Read More
Supreme Court To Take Up First Major Gun Rights Case In More Than A Decade
At issue is how much the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to carry concealed weapons outside their home for self-defense. The case will likely be argued in the fall.
Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal Shootings Of Rhoden Family
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man pleaded guilty in the murders of his child’s mother and seven other members of her family on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of when the shootings… Read More
Derek Chauvin Found Guilty Of George Floyd’s Murder
George Floyd’s death sparked sustained protests in Minneapolis, across the United States and around the world. It also set off a national reckoning on police violence and systemic racism.
Kentucky Judge Blocks Follow-up Attempt To Limit Beshear COVID Orders
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge has temporarily blocked another attempt by Republican lawmakers to restrict Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Franklin Circuit Judge… Read More
Third Person Sentenced In Death Of Woman Struck By Log
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A third person has been sentenced in the death of a woman killed when she was struck by a log that two teenage boys had pushed… Read More
New Abortion Law Won’t Be Enforced For Now
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A law that requires burial or cremation of fetal tissue from an abortion will not go into effect Tuesday as planned. An Ohio judge granted… Read More
Man Gets 30 Years To Life In Deaths At Medical Center
LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to killing two people by driving a pickup truck into the lobby of an Ohio medical center a year and a… Read More
Ruling Lets Lawsuit Over Transgender Pronoun Dispute Proceed
CINCINNATI (AP) — A new federal appeals court ruling allows a professor to continue with his lawsuit against an Ohio school that rebuked him for not addressing a transgender student… Read More
States Sue To Undo Biden Pause On US Oil & Gas Lease Sales
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana and a dozen other states are suing the Biden administration to end a suspension of oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters. Louisiana’s… Read More
Fired West Virginia Teacher Loses Suit Over Bigoted Posts
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a West Virginia teacher who was fired for her social media posts. Former Huntington High School teacher Mary… Read More
Federal Judge Dismisses Ohio’s Lawsuit To Force Release Of Census Data
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A federal judge has dismissed Republican Attorney General Dave Yost’s lawsuit against the Biden administration to force the results of last year’s Census to be… Read More
Former Pike County Sheriff Gets 3 Years Prison For Theft
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A former Pike County sheriff who rose to prominence for the investigation of the execution-style slayings of eight family members was sentenced to three years in… Read More
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