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Can the ‘Cleveland miracle’ help change lives and laws?
The miraculous rescue of three kidnapped women in Cleveland on Monday has attracted worldwide attention, but it also spotlights a more everyday tragedy — the estimated 1,000 Ohio children entrapped by the sex trade. Sex trafficking is more common than people want to believe, according to Ginger Goubeaux, social work ...
Ohio may ban indoor tanning for kids under 18
Ohio would become the third state to prohibit minors younger than 18 from using indoor tanning salons, if one of two bipartisan bills being considered by state lawmakers passes. Attempts at smiliar legislation failed several times in the past, but state lawmakers feel they have enough support to pass it ...
State lawmakers want more money for preschool programs
State lawmakers want to send more state dollars to pre-kindergarten programs that prepare children for kindergarten.Sen. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering, wants to put $100 million toward pre-kindergarten education for Ohio’s youngest and poorest students. Lehner, who serves on a panel of lawmakers evaluating the House version of the state budget bill, ...
Scars will linger for victims
After spending about a decade in captivity, the three Cleveland women who were freed Monday may struggle for years to overcome the psychological and emotional trauma they suffered. Experts interviewed by the Dayton Daily News said survivors of kidnapping and sexual slavery often develop post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and ...
Commentary: 7 creepy things you didn’t know about accused Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro
The case of Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro continues to shock the world. Several twisted and disturbing allegations have emerged about the former Cleveland Public School Bus driver jailed in lieu of $8 million bond set Thursday on charges he kidnapped three young women and held them in ...
Hospital charges vary widely for same procedures
New government data showing the amounts U.S. hospitals’ charge Medicare for certain procedures confirm what consumer groups have suspected for years: hospitals, even in the same or nearby communities, can charge wildly different amounts for the same procedures. In Ohio, for example, the average charge to implant a permanent pacemaker ...
Violence up at Lebanon prison, report says
A surprise inspection of the state prison in Lebanon shows violence has been escalating over the past two years with more disturbances and assaults. Half of the inmates rate Lebanon Correctional Institution as unsafe or very unsafe and the prison is tied with the prison in Lucasville for the highest ...
Attorney General’s office builds statewide online database of unsolved homicides
The Ohio Attorney General’s office is slowly building a database of unsolved homicides from across the state in the hopes of generating new leads for detectives who might be able to solve cases that went cold long ago. “The idea was to get every unsolved homicide on a statewide database. ...
Ohio’s aging workforce continues to grow
Ohio’s graying manufacturing workforce threatens to saddle some employers with labor shortages and hefty costs associated with training and replacing retiring employees. About one in four manufacturing workers in Ohio is 55 and older, which is up from more than one in seven workers a decade ago, according to a ...
Ohio considering open-container party districts
Ohio lawmakers may allow larger cities to create “ entertainment districts” where open alcohol container laws would not apply — similar to the French Quarter in New Orleans and Fourth Street Live in Louisville. The bill, if passed, would apply to any city of more than 50,000 residents, meaning in ...
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