By THOMAS J. SHEERAN CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hundreds of charges, including rape and kidnapping. Ariel Castro is charged with kidnapping the three women and keeping them — sometimes restrained in chains — along with [...]
By AMANDA LEE MYERS CINCINNATI (AP) — Two of Ohio’s four casinos bounced back from significant revenue decreases in April and posted gains last month, while the other two continued to see drops in profits, according to a report released Friday by the Ohio Casino Control Commission. Revenues at the state’s newest casino in downtown [...]
By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor Expect to see choice words from the Board of Education (BOE) at the next Madison-Plains BOE meeting. Don Swonger expressed the need for a resolution supporting public funding toward public education earlier this month during May’s BOE meeting. “If we look at charter schools, we can see they’re not [...]
By JOE KAY CINCINNATI (AP) — With their bullpen struggling again, the Cleveland Indians got swept right out of town. Xavier Paul singled home a pair of runs in the first inning, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a two-game home sweep with an 8-2 victory on Tuesday night that was free of any up-and-in acrimony. [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer A Cleveland-area man was sentenced on Friday to nine months in prison for possessing 4 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop last year on Interstate 70. Ernie L. Terrell, 32, 195 Gould Ave., Bedford, tested positive for marijuana just prior to Friday’s sentencing in Madison County Common Pleas [...]
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Fewer gamblers bought Ohio lottery scratch-off tickets during the past year, and competition from the state’s new casinos and racinos may be having an impact. Instant tickets are the lottery’s most popular game with more than $1.4 billion worth sold every year. But sales have fallen 4 percent — [...]
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland man was arraigned Thursday on charges of rape and kidnapping after three women missing for about a decade and one of their young daughters were found alive at his home earlier in the week. Ariel Castro looked down at the ground for almost the entire court [...]
By JOHN SEEWER Operators of a nuclear reactor near Cleveland want to know how two goldfish got into an underground steam tunnel at the plant. The goldfish were found earlier this week swimming in a juice pitcher placed in the tunnel. A spokeswoman for plant owner FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) says it’s almost [...]
