Posted: 8:27 PM When West Virginia's Legislature returns in late May to craft next year's state budget, lawmakers could also revisit some of the topics that proved too thorny for the regular session.
Posted: 8:18 PM A mother and adult son whose bodies were found buried behind their burned-out home in northeast Ohio were killed with blows about the head.
Updated: 8:14 PM The Ohio Ballot Board has cleared the way for supporters of a gambling proposal to begin gathering signatures to place it on the November ballot.
Posted: 5:50 PM Ohio State University wants to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges a former employee was forced to resign over his handling of racist letters mailed to students in 2007.
Updated: 5:46 PM Attorneys for a Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee are asking a judge to seal photos of the victim and her medical records from the public.
Posted: 5:41 PM Authorities say a technician was crushed by an elevator and died while working in a closed hotel near the Ohio State University campus.
Posted: 6:16 AM Charleston, WV (AP) -- Drivers along the West Virginia turnpike may pay higher tolls as early as June.
Posted: 6:06 AM Columbus, Ohio (AP) -- Rising oil prices have helped to push Ohio gas prices up 4 cents in the last week, back above the $2 mark.
Posted: 5:39 PM A member of the jury that convicted a southwest Ohio man of murder in the bathtub drowning of his wife has filed a sworn statement saying jurors conducted their own experiments in the case.
Updated: 5:34 PM The search has been scaled back for a 26-year-old deckhand from Pittsburgh who fell from a coal barge into the Ohio River.
Posted: 5:29 PM A divided house of delegates has approved allowing stores to sell liquor on Sundays.
Posted: 5:25 PM The 2009 legislative session may one day be remembered by three b's: barbie, biscuits and the budget.
Posted: 5:22 PM Legislation that would increase revenues for jobless benefits follows years of warnings about the fiscal health of West Virginia's program.
Posted: 5:19 PM West Virginia is getting $1.7 million to support what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calls clean diesel projects.
Posted: 5:14 PM Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has given a second batch of documents about his school-funding plan to a GOP lawmaker who sued for access to them.
Posted: 5:10 PM Volunteers across Ohio are offering their services to military families who no longer need care packages, but could use some help in the form of time and labor.
Posted: 5:06 PM Just over half of a new $4 billion federal housing program approved late last year will go to purchase and fix up foreclosed homes nationwide.
Posted: 5:02 PM Ohio is getting $7.5 million in federal stimulus money to help uninsured and low-income families pay for vaccinations.
Updated: 9:41 AM An advocacy group says fewer students in low-ranking Ohio public schools qualify for free tuition vouchers to attend private schools next fall.
Posted: 9:07 AM The Mason County Public Service District has completed upgrading two treatment plants to remove a chemical used to produce teflon.
Posted: 6:01 PM The State Senate has passed a version of Gov. Joe Manchin's school innovation zones bill that is significantly different from the measure endorsed by the House of Delegates.
Posted: 5:57 PM A federal bankruptcy judge has approved debtor-in-possession financing and auction procedures for the sale of West Virginia's historic Greenbrier Resort.
Updated: 5:53 PM Division of Natural Resources biologists are predicting slighter higher kills during West Virginia's spring turkey season.
Posted: 5:50 PM Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says the state is in "great danger" of losing two congressional seats after the 2010 Census is completed.
Posted: 5:39 PM About 100,000 people have registered with ohio's next-of-kin database, which allows police to quickly contact family members in case a loved one has an emergency.
