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Pets are families top household expense
U.S. households spend more each year on their pets than they do on alcohol, furniture, landline phone service or men and boy’s clothing, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected by the Census Bureau. Pet ownership is at a record high nationwide, and the overwhelming majority of U.S. ...
Two top Ohio list with 20 OVI convictions
Nearly 1 million Ohio drivers have had their licenses suspended for drunken driving and 107 drivers have racked up 20 or more suspensions, a Dayton Daily News analysis of state data shows. Not all suspensions result in convictions, but the Daily News found two Ohioans – Curtis Sears, 54, of ...
Ohio voters may face decision to allow medical uses for marijuana
Ohio voters could decide next year whether the state joins the growing trend of allowing the use of marijuana for medical reasons. The Ohio Rights Group this week kicked off its drive to gather petitions for a constitutional amendment that would ask voters to create a medical marijuana program in ...
Gee told to hire sensitivity coach
Ohio State University has told President E. Gordon Gee to seek professional help with his personal communications, according to a “remediation plan” issued March 11, five weeks after trustees learned of Gee’s latest verbal gaffe. “There have been occasions on which your comments were insensitive and inappropriate and have offended ...
Mason, Sophia: Ohio’s most popular baby names
If you don’t already know somebody named Mason or Sophia, there is a good chance that could change. In 2012, Mason was the most popular baby name for boys in Ohio, and Sophia was the most popular name for girls, according to recently released data from the Social Security Administration. ...
Police: Investigation into UD suicide death complete
Dayton police said Friday that their investigation into the death of University of Dayton freshman Larry D. Cook is complete. “His death is not the result of an accident, a hazing or any criminal act,” said Dayton police Sgt. Rick Blommel. He said police interviewed multiple witnesses and reviewed relevant ...
OSU rebukes Gee for insults
Ohio State University has rebuked President E. Gordon Gee for disparaging Catholics and describing the priests who lead the University of Notre Dame as untrustworthy. In his comments, which were recorded during a Dec. 5 Athletics Council meeting, Gee said Notre Dame was never invited to join the Big Ten ...
State investigator loses job over misuse of car
Douglas Edwards of Springfield resigned as head of the State Medical Board’s investigative unit this month after Ohio’s inspector general found that Edwards misused his state-issued vehicle. The inspector general reports Edwards couldn’t account for more than 3,000 miles on the vehicle from October 2011 through September 2012, and that ...
541 area bridges rated obsolete
There are 541 bridges across southwest Ohio that are rated functionally obsolete by the government, state records show (See the full list and more details on each bridge here). This is the same federal rating given to the Skagit River bridge in Washington state that collapsed Thursday. Across Ohio, there ...
Effort under way to allow Delta Queen to host overnight trips
Ohio’s two senators this week introduced a bill that would allow the Delta Queen to carry passengers on overnight trips on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, introduced a bill that would grant a 15-year exemption to a 1966 Safety at Sea ...
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