LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — The most recent state inspection reports show a central Ohio county jail system that often holds twice its maximum number of inmates doesn’t meet minimum standards. The Columbus Dispatch reports overcrowding is the primary reason the Fairfield County jail hasn’t passed a state inspection in 25 years. The newspaper says the [...]
By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK (AP) — Archie’s old Riverdale gang is headed to the big screen. Warner Bros. will produce a live-action film based on the comic’s characters, including Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead, Archie Comics announced Thursday. It will be the first feature film for the 72-year-old comic. Directing will be Jason Moore, [...]
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 MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO (AP) — Workers at a crippled Japanese nuclear plant are investigating why highly radioactive water leaked from a new storage tank, amid concerns that the problem could further hamper cleanup efforts. The Fukushima Dai-ichi plant suffered multiple meltdowns after a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 knocked out power. It [...]
By MATT APUZZO WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has been secretly collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon (NYSE:VZ) under a top secret court order, according to the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The Obama administration defended the National Security Agency’s need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, but [...]
By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a $45 billion measure boosting the Department of Homeland Security’s budget by about 2 percent above spending levels imposed by an ongoing round of automatic budgets cuts. The 245-182 vote sends the measure to the Senate, which is likely to unveil a modestly more generous [...]
OXFORD (AP) — Some residents of a rural southwestern Ohio farming community say they are spooked after a number of farm animals were hurt or have turned up dead under suspicious circumstances. It’s happening in Butler County, northwest of Cincinnati, amid rolling farm fields of sprouting corn and soybean plants. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that [...]
PATASKALA, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a man likely killed his wife days before he killed himself at the family’s rural central Ohio home earlier this week. The Licking County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims of Monday’s incident in Pataskala as 45-year-old Mark Stokes and 38-year-old Kendra Stokes. The sheriff’s office said they went to [...]
