Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
$45M Center to Test Self-Driving Vehicles Opens in Ohio
Jul 12 2019 // Officials in Ohio have opened a $45 million testing ground for self-driving vehicles. The Transportation Research Center Inc. unveiled its 540-acre (218.5-hectare) SMARTCenter on Wednesday. The state-of-the-art automated...
Foley Joins Cannasure Insurance in Ohio as Chief Financial Officer
Jul 11 2019 // Cleveland, Ohio-based managing general agent and wholesale insurance broker for the cannabis and hemp industries, Cannasure Insurance Services (Cannasure), has hired Joe Foley as chief financial officer. Foley has more...
Bourbon Spilled from Kentucky Jim Beam Warehouse Heading to Ohio River
Jul 10 2019 // Bourbon that leaked from a fire that destroyed a Jim Beam barrel warehouse in Kentucky is making its way to the Ohio River. State environmental officials say they’re assessing wildlife impacts and doing fish kill...
Research Shows Suburban Population Near Natural Gas Storage in 6 States
Jul 9 2019 // About 65% of active natural gas storage (UGS) wells in the United States are located in suburban residential areas and not in more sparsely populated commercial, industrial, or even rural areas like many new unconventional...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent and Investment Adviser Gets 5 Years for Fraud Scheme
Jun 26 2019 // Former Dayton, Ohio-area insurance agent and investment adviser has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of insurance fraud and conducting a “Ponzi” scheme targeting elderly...
Wagner Kelly Named EVP at Ohio’s Grange Insurance
Jun 21 2019 // Grange Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, has appointed Jill Wagner Kelly executive vice president, chief distribution and affiliate officer. As president of Grange affiliate, Integrity Insurance, headquartered in...
Ohio Farmers: It Will Take Years to Recover Losses After 2019 Deluge
Jun 21 2019 // Farmers who have been unable to plant their soybeans and corn because of this spring’s never-ending rains told Ohio’s governor that it will take years to recover their losses. They also said the impact will be...
Settlements with Ohio Hospital System Reach Nearly $4.5M in Painkiller Deaths Case
Jun 20 2019 // An Ohio hospital system has reached nearly $4.5 million in settlements so far over the deaths of patients who allegedly received excessive painkiller doses ordered by a doctor now charged with murder. At least 29...
Lawsuits Filed Over Legionnaires’ Outbreak at Ohio Hospital
Jun 17 2019 // Two people who say they contracted Legionnaires’ disease at a newly opened Ohio hospital have sued the facility and its health system. Martin and Rebecca Brown, from Orient, sued Mount Carmel Grove City in Franklin...
Ohio College: $44M Jury Award to Business Not ‘Final Outcome’
Jun 17 2019 // An Ohio college ordered to pay $44 million in damages to the owners of a market who said the school ruined their business by branding them as racists said the jury awards are “not the final outcome.” “We...
Agencies Conduct Preliminary Tornado Damage Assessment in 10 Ohio Counties
Jun 17 2019 // Federal and state emergency management teams on June 5 began assessing damage in areas in the 10 Ohio counties impacted by late-May tornadoes. The Ohio Emergency Management Agency (Ohio EMA) joined the Federal Emergency...
16 More Alumni Sue Ohio State Over Abuse by Team Doctor
Jun 14 2019 // Sixteen more Ohio State University alumni have sued the university over how school officials dealt with a team doctor who an investigation recently concluded had sexually abused at least 177 young men between 1979 and...
Ohio Governor Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration, Assistance Due to Storm Damage
Jun 13 2019 // Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting a Presidential Disaster Declaration and federal assistance for 10 counties impacted by tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds,...
Cleveland, Ohio, Shaken by Mag 4 Earthquake
Jun 12 2019 // Federal geologists say an earthquake of an estimated magnitude 4.0 hit Monday morning just northeast of Cleveland in Lake Erie, shaking up residents who flooded dispatch centers with calls. There were no immediate reports...
Federal Crews Begin Assessing Ohio Tornado Damage
Jun 6 2019 // Federal workers are in Ohio and have begun assessing the damage left behind by tornadoes that recently swept through 10 counties. Hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed and many more were damaged during the...
Ohio Doctor Now Faces Murder Charges in Painkiller Overdose Deaths
Jun 6 2019 // A critical care doctor who is already accused of ordering painkiller overdoses for dozens of Ohio hospital patients has been charged with murder in 25 patient deaths, authorities said on June 5. A grand jury indicted...
Lawsuit: Maker of Ohio Amusement Ride Knew of Defect Before Crash
Jun 5 2019 // A lawsuit filed against the maker of an amusement ride that broke apart at the Ohio State Fair says the company knew years before about a defect that caused the deadly crash. The family of an 18-year-old who died at the...
State of Emergency Declared in Ohio; Insurers Asked to Allow Deferred Payments
May 30 2019 // Ohio Insurance Director Jillian Froment has issued a bulletin to all insurance companies and other entities transacting the business of insurance in the state to allow leeway to insurance consumers in counties covered by a...
1 Dead After Tornadoes Leave Trail of Destruction Across Indiana, Ohio
May 29 2019 // A swarm of apparent tornadoes so tightly packed that one crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes and blowing out windows. One person was killed and dozens were injured. The...
Attorneys Say Ohio State Must Reveal Who Knew About Abuse by Team Doctor
May 23 2019 // Administrators at Ohio State University should release the names of all coaches, trainers and personnel who knew of but failed to act on complaints about a now-dead team doctor who sexually abused male students for nearly...
