Ohio Republican Senate nominee JD Vance. AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar JD Vance has a one-point lead over Tim Ryan in the Ohio Senate race, according to a new Marist poll. For months, Vance and Ryan have been locked in a tight race in the Republican-trending state. Ryan has so far been adept at consolidating the […]
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Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance is now openly feuding with Jennifer Lawrence
Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance is feuding with Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Amy Sussman/Getty Images Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance is openly feuding with actress Jennifer Lawrence. Last week, Lawrence called Vance a "rich twat" and accused him of faking his "hillbilly" persona. Vance said she "should leave […]
Oberlin College will pay $37 million to a local Ohio bakery after court declines to review appeal to defamation suit ruling
Gibson's Bakery. Dake Kang/AP An Ohio court ruled in favor of Gibson's Bakery in 2019 in a defamation lawsuit filed against Oberlin College. The Gibson family alleged they were defamed by the college following a 2016 shoplifting incident. After two failed appeals, the college will pay the family-owned bakery nearly $ 37 million. After five […]
Ohio will soon be the first state to accept Bitcoin for taxes
Thomson Reuters Ohio is becoming the first US state to accept the Bitcoin cryptocurrency for business tax payments. Ohio politicians have been open about their desire to be on the forefront of blockchain technology adoption. It’s good news for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency among a stream of recent negative news. The state of Ohio will accept […]
Trump Tells GM to Open Ohio Plant and Stop Output in China
General Motors plans to cut up to 14,800 jobs and end production at certain plants, marking the auto maker’s first significant downsizing since bankruptcy as it tries to adjust to lower demand for passenger cars. President Trump said GM should stop making cars in China and make them in the U.S. instead, in an exclusive […]
College basketball fans are roasting the NCAA and its new RPI killer which has Ohio State at No. 1 and Kentucky on the tournament bubble
AP/Eric Gay This season, the NCAA decided to switch its system for sorting and evaluating teams heading into the NCAA tournament from RPI to the NET rankings. According to the NCAA, the new system uses game results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the quality of wins and losses […]
4 members of the same family could face the death penalty in what has become the largest murder case in Ohio state history
AP Photo/John Minchillo An Ohio grand jury charged four members of the Wagner family with the 2016 murders of eight people on a family farm in Pike County. Ohio Attorney General and governor-elect Mike DeWine said in a press conference on Tuesday that the victims were “killed in cold blood.” Prosecutors are seeking the death […]
Ohio hospital put on lockdown over possible active shooter situation
An Ohio hospital was put on lockdown after reports of a potential active shooter situation. An “all clear” was eventually given after police searched the building floor-by-floor. Authorities were deployed to The Cleveland Clinic – Medina Hospital in Medina, Ohio, after receiving reports that a woman was in possession of a firearm and threatening people. […]
VW’s Electrify America to install EV chargers along the Ohio Turnpike
If electric cars are going to become a staple of American roads, they’re going to need chargers near prominent routes. And VW’s Electrify America is about to address that. The company has revealed plans to install the first EV charging stations along the Ohio Turnpike, a 241-mile toll road meant to speed up trips in […]
Bodycam shows Ohio cop telling 11yo shoplifter ‘that’s why black community has no grocery stores’
Police in Cincinnati, Ohio, have released bodycam footage that shows an officer arrest an 11-year-old shoplifter after tasering her, and telling the girl “this is why there aren’t any grocery stores in the black community.” The incident happened last month when officer Kevin Brown was working a security detail at a Kroger’s grocery store in […]