Buckeyes pummel flightless Penguins
Columbus- Time to find out how Mike Conley's quickness, Daequan Cook's hops and David Lighty's defense handle some real competition. In a final tune-up Friday night before traveling to North Carolina on Wednesday for the ACC / Big Ten Challenge, Ohio State sprinted past Youngstown State, 91-57.
Central Ohio a buyer's market
A year ago, the central Ohio real-estate industry was buzzing about record inventories creating a buyers market for single-family homes. That buzz was nothing more than a prelude.
Nintendo Wii proves a hit
Nintendo Co.'s Wii game console sold out in some U.S. stores as shoppers snapped up limited supplies. Mary Beth Fanning, a homemaker from Medina, Ohio, left a GameStop store empty-handed after arriving an hour before the 7 a.m. opening. A dozen or so people were ahead of her, she said.
Ohio lawmaker rises in NATO assembly
Rep. Paul Gillmors Republican Party is on the outs in Washington, but the northwestern Ohio lawmaker is moving up on the international scene.
WOLVERINES WAIT: With BCS fate on line, USC-Irish draws their focus
The Michigan football players are apart for the first time in months. Despite their distance, all will be sharing this evening, burning up cell phones and two-way pagers as they watch Southern Cal play Notre Dame. They understand that a USC loss is almost vital to their chances for a second crack at top-ranked Ohio State.
Schmidt Hangs On in Ohio 2, Leaving Three Races Undecided
Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt was declared by The Associated Press as the winner of the very close Nov. 7 House contest in southern Ohios 2nd District, as the nearly completed canvass by election officials continues to show her holding a narrow lead over Democratic challenger Victoria Wulsin.
Blind woman travels to Ohio's train town to listen to locomotives
FOSTORIA, Ohio (AP) -- A train enthusiast from Maryland traveled eight hours to get to Fostoria, Ohio, where almost 200 trains pass through each day.
Roadkill poachings on the increase
Deer are out in force and so are "roadkill poachers." People who spot deer as roadside traffic casualties are illegally sawing off the carcasses' hooves, forelegs and antlers and sometimes the whole head, Ohio and Kentucky officials said. Earlier this month in Warren County, Ohio someone chopped the head off a deer that had been hit and killed on southbound Interstate 71 near Kings Mills,
Ohio State pulls away from Penguins
COLUMBUS For the games first seven minutes, Youngstown State could say it played toe-to-toe with one of the nations best teams. Then, the No. 4-ranked Ohio State put a quick end to the upset-minded Penguins as the Buckeyes rolled to a 91-57 victory Friday at Nationwide Arena.
Ohio districts experiment with single-gender public schools
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) In a move that seeks to help struggling students catch up, the city school district has separated middle school girls from boys in one of Youngstowns poorest neighborhoods.
