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OH youth sports chief gets prison for sex charges
A former youth softball league commissioner in northeast Ohio has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for possessing child pornography and inappropriately touching a 17-year-old girl. The (Willoughby) News-Herald (http://bit.ly/10hTym1 ) reports that 46-year-old Scott Schinke was sentenced Monday. He's the former commissioner of the Eastlake Youth Softball League ...
Protesters expected at FirstEnergy's W.Va. meeting
Union workers picketed FirstEnergy's annual shareholder meeting in West Virginia on Tuesday, demanding the Ohio-based utility hire enough people to keep the power on without forcing an ever-shrinking labor force to work as many as 1,800 hours of overtime a year. Chuck Cookson, FirstEnergy executive director of labor relations and ...
Ohio teen faces charges after officer hit
The Ohio State Highway Patrol has charged a teen with drunken-driving and failure-to-control after he allegedly hit a police officer during a pursuit last weekend. A burglary call in Mount Vernon, northeast of Columbus, started the incident early Sunday. That led to police chasing a car driven by 18-year-old Joshua ...
Toddler drowns in eastern Ohio river
Authorities say a 2-year-old boy drowned in a river in eastern Ohio after wandering away from his family's cabin. The autistic boy and his family are from Akron and were staying in a cabin near the Muskingum River when Andrew "Drew" Howell went missing Saturday. The family later found him ...
City urges patience during Cleveland filming
City officials in Cleveland are asking residents for patience while the filming of a big-budget movie ties up traffic near downtown for the next several weeks. The production of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" will close portions of city streets through much of June. City officials are urging residents to ...
Ohio project examines premature births
The March of Dimes is spending $10 million in Ohio for collaborative research into the problem of babies being born prematurely. The project will draw on the expertise of world-class hospitals in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati to try to explain why babies come too soon and to find ways to ...
Cleveland will double red-light cameras
State lawmakers may be considering a ban of controversial red-light cameras, but one of Ohio's largest cities is planning to double the number they have in service. Cleveland City Council approved a contract Monday with a vendor that will add the cameras to 26 more intersections in the city. The ...
Ohio woman gets 8 years for drunken-driving death
A woman who was drunk when she hit and killed a 15-year-old boy walking along a rural Ohio road last fall has been sentenced to prison for eight years. Authorities say 49-year-old Cathy Humphries' blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit when she hit Austin Houser ...
Falcon chick ready for banding atop Ohio high-rise
Ohio wildlife officials are ready to band the first peregrine falcon chick in three years to be hatched atop the Rhodes Tower in downtown Columbus. The banding event at 10 a.m. Tuesday will be streamed live from the falcons' camera-equipped nest box. The 3-week-old hatchling named Zoom is the offspring ...
International League Standings
North Division W L Pct. GB Buffalo (Blue Jays) 25 18 .581 — Pawtucket (Red Sox) 26 19 .578 — Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees) 21 22 .488 4 Lehigh Valley (Phillies) 19 25 .432 6½ Rochester (Twins) 18 27 .400 8 Syracuse (Nationals) 17 27 .386 8½ South Division W L Pct. ...
Davis struggles in field and at plate for Mets
Ike Davis was out of place at first base and looked out of sorts in the batter's box. The Mets' slumping slugger was called for obstructing a runner rounding first base in a three-run first inning and went hitless in three at-bats for New York during a 4-3 loss to ...
Ohio universities freeze tuition amid concern over college costs
In response to ballooning student loan debt, which now exceeds $1 trillion nationwide, a new trend is emerging this year: universities voluntarily freezing tuition. The presidents of three of Ohio’s largest universities, Ohio State, the University of Cincinnati and the University of Toledo, say students and their families need relief. ...
Bruce homers to back Cueto in Reds' win over Mets
Things weren't going well for Johnny Cueto in his return from the disabled list, so he had a conversation — with himself. That's all it took. Cueto responded to the pep talk by striking out six of his last seven batters, then Jay Bruce helped make him a winner by ...
Monday's Scores
Boy's Baseball Division I Region 2-Dublin District Semifinal Gahanna Lincoln 7, Cols . Upper Arlington 2 Hilliard Darby 11, Pickerington Cent. 4 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 15, Dresden Tri-Valley 5 Pickerington N. 16, Hilliard Davidson 14 Region 4-Cincinnati Second Round Lebanon 9, W. Carrollton 2 Division II Region 5-Hudson District ...
Reds 4, Mets 3
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Klein, Cheek on McGuff's Ohio State women's staff
New Ohio State women's basketball head coach Kevin McGuff has announced the hiring of Patrick Klein and Joy Cheek as assistant coaches. Klein begins his third year as an assistant after working under the fired Jim Foster. He also served as an assistant at Illinois 2007-09. Cheek comes to Ohio ...
Deadly fall is 3rd recently in Ohio Hocking Hills
The second deadly fall in three days in the Hocking Hills region of southeastern Ohio occurred near a waterfall, officials said Monday. The latest fatal fall occurred Monday afternoon near Cedar Falls waterfall in Hocking Hills State Park, about 45 miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio Department of Natural Resources spokesman ...
Saudi with pressure cooker in baggage seeks bond
A Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after allegedly lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker asked to be released on bond Monday. Hussain Al Khawahir, 33, was arrested May 11 by federal agents at the airport in Romulus, Mich., and charged with giving false statements ...
Warren Buffett gives young entrepreneurs 10 shares
Meeting Warren Buffett was exciting, but 10-year-old Matthew Meyer said winning $5,000 and 10 shares of stock in Buffett's company made Monday the best day of his life. Matthew said he never expected to make the finals in Omaha, much less win the entrepreneurial contest tied to "The Secret Millionaire's ...
Cueto activated from DL, set to start against Mets
Cincinnati Reds ace Johnny Cueto has been activated from the 15-day disabled list, and he is set to make his first start in more than a month on Monday night. The Reds optioned infielder Neftali Soto to Triple-A Louisville on Monday so Cueto can face the New York Mets. The ...
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