A Mendon man has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking more than $1.5 million from the Parkway school district, its school board and a former golf coach for the traffic death of his daughter two years ago. [More]

Attorneys for the Parkway Local Schools board of education and Mercer and Van Wert counties replied recently to the civil suit filed against them by James Shaffer of Mendon on behalf of his daughter, Brittany, who was killed in a car accident Oct. 5, 2004.

VERSAILLES - Helen Gard, hotel manager at the Inn at Versailles, often senses a presence in one of the guest rooms.

The smell of men's cologne wafts through the air of the freshly cleaned room, replacing the expected scents of sanitizing cleaner.

Any one of the over 700,000 Ohioans currently earning the state's minimum $5.15 per hour - even if they are working full-time - is not taking home an

Wet weather has put Ohio's harvest behind schedule, and it's threatening to make the corn and soybean crop smaller this year.

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By Matt Crenson
AP National Writer

AUSTIN Texas - David M. Walker sure talks like he's running for office. "This is about the future of our cou [More]