Posted: 12:53 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's aging population has brought a surge in the number of handicapped parking tags given out in the state.

Updated: 7:13 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio has a record corn crop in the ground as farmers have recovered from a cold, wet spring that delayed planting.

Posted: 6:36 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - More than 300 uninsured West Virginia children are now eligible for coverage by the state Children's Health Insurance Program.

Updated: 7:13 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A judge in southeast Ohio is the second in the state to issue a decision casting doubt on a portable breath tester used on suspected drunken drivers.

Updated: 7:13 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's landscape is cleaner following two spring cleanups that removed more than 200 tons of litter and debris.

Updated: 7:13 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Supreme Court says nursing homes can't use arbitration to avoid lawsuits over residents' care.

Posted: 6:20 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - State officials say following too close is the most common cause of Fourth of July holiday weekend crashes in Ohio.

Posted: 6:13 PM POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (AP) - Testing your skills as a towboat captain or plying the seas piloting a Coast Guard cutter is now possible with a new interactive simulator at the Point Pleasant River Museum.

Posted: 6:10 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - An old West Virginia agency is getting a new name and a new status. The state Division of Veterans' Affairs becomes the Cabinet-level Department of Veterans' Assistance on Friday. The change is among several from this year's legislative session that take effect July 1.

Posted: 6:06 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia is opening a new welcome center on Interstate 70 in Ohio County near the Pennsylvania line.

Posted: 5:59 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Authorities in Ohio and throughout the region are warning that drunken driving won't be tolerated over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Updated: 6:05 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A sweeping, nearly $56 billion state budget has cleared the Republican-controlled Ohio Legislature and is headed to the governor for his expected signature.

Updated: 6:05 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Thousands of opponents of Ohio's new collective bargaining law have paraded through the streets of Columbus to deliver nearly 1.3 million signatures aimed at getting a repeal question on November's ballot.

Updated: 6:54 PM BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) - Federal investigators say managers pressured coal miners to file fake reports to mislead safety inspectors before a West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men last year.

Updated: 6:04 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The American Red Cross will offer free ice cream next month to blood donors in the Greater Alleghenies Blood Services Region.

Posted: 5:42 PM A fire chief says a house fire that killed two adults and four children in northeast Ohio was likely caused by a charcoal grill still burning well after midnight.

Updated: 7:05 PM In the next few weeks the public will be able to tell legislators how it feels about West Virginia's legislative and congressional districts for the next ten years.

Updated: 10:11 AM West Virginians are being asked to help fight the spread of an invasive plant that is threatening the state's natural wild flowers.

Posted: 6:09 PM A consultant's report says West Virginia's mental health care program for the poor and disabled is unnecessarily restrictive.

Posted: 5:58 PM Marshall University is proposing raising undergraduate tuition and fees by 6.9 percent for the next academic year.

Posted: 5:46 PM Ohio State Fair visitors will be able to sip on wine and beer this summer for the first time since the 1880s.

Posted: 5:44 PM The Brooke County Sheriff's Department says a body has been recovered from the Ohio River south of Beech Bottom.

Posted: 8:44 PM Results of the 2010 U.S. Census show six Ohio villages gained enough residents to qualify as cities, including three in fast-growing parts of Franklin County.

Posted: 5:31 PM West Virginia's counties could have to pay more for deputy pensions to keep the retirement fund solvent.

Updated: 4:50 PM The State Supreme Court has cleared the way for oil and gas drilling in a southern West Virginia state park.