COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio gas prices have turned around and are moving lower again, after rising along with oil prices earlier in the month.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - Sen. Jay Rockefeller is encouraging West Virginians to properly dispose of unwanted or expired prescription drugs during the third National Drug Take Back Day this coming weekend.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - A jury has been seated, and the trial of the former security chief at the Upper Big Branch mine is set to get under way Monday.

WHEELING, W.V. (AP) - A West Virginia man has been sentenced to up to 705 years in prison for sex crimes involving an 8-year-old boy.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republicans who control the Ohio Legislature say the state's new and disputed map of congressional districts could be revised.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Unemployment is holding steady in Ohio following three straight months of rising joblessness.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - A Kanawha County judge has affirmed most of a $91.5 million damage award against a Charleston nursing home.

WHEELING, W.V. (AP) - A nationwide search for a man facing drug, racketeering and money laundering charges in West Virginia has ended in Oklahoma.

HUNTINGTON, W.V. (AP) - Hundreds of Huntington residents turned out in opposition to a proposed barge-fleeting facility along the Ohio River.

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - A former high school teacher accused of having sex with several male students in southwest Ohio will be tried by a judge instead of a jury.

LOGAN, W.V. (AP) - The Chief Logan State Park Foundation is researching how to restore a statue of the park's namesake that was defaced by vandals.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An anti-abortion group says it will picket a central Ohio fashion show featuring dresses made of condoms.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - West Virginia college officials are heading to China to recruit new students and create study-abroad opportunities for their students.

A new state law going into effect Monday will ban the sale, use and possession of synthetic recreational drugs marketed as bath salts and K2 or spice in Ohio.

A state higher education report concludes that West Virginia State University is faced with serious problems, including leadership failures and financial issues.

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - Federal investigators say an experimental aircraft may have stalled before it crashed into a house in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - The number of counties in West Virginia infested with an invasive beetle is growing.

Mister Bee Resumes Production after a two week halt.

CARROLLTON, Ohio (AP) - An Amish woman whose husband's beard was cut by members of a breakaway Amish group said Thursday her family had been worried about such an attack and were wary when several men came to their door late one night last week.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - West Virginia lawmakers are sticking with the permit fees that drew industry objections as they craft proposed rules for the Marcellus shale natural gas field.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A 78-year-old grandmother who urged a repeal of Ohio's overhaul of collective bargaining rights is suddenly at the center of a high-stakes battle over the future of public labor unions in the state.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - The candidates in last week's gubernatorial election have one more day to ask for a recount.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - State officials plan to upgrade exterior lighting around the Capitol Complex to improve energy efficiency and replace lamps that no longer work.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - A West Virginia higher education official isn't surprised by the state's high rate of college loan defaults.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Small fire departments in Ohio complain that they're losing volunteers who are having trouble keeping up with a 2008 state law.