Census figures show that a near-record level of U.S. counties are "dying" -- that is, they are experiencing more deaths than births in their communities.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich says former Attorney General Betty Montgomery will advise a new, multi-agency task force tackling the issue of prescription drug abuse.

The debate over a Republican-backed Ohio bill that would strip public employees of collective bargaining rights is reaching outside the state capital, with hundreds of people rallying against the measure in Dayton.

West Virginia would elect a Lieutenant Governor under a proposed constitutional amendment heading to the state legislature.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says a deputy federal marshal killed in the line of duty last week left the world too soon, but left it a better place.

West Virginia's freshman U.S. Senator is finding signs of progress in Afghanistan, along with instability and staggering poverty.

Some retired West Virginia public employees could get a modest bonus this summer from the legislature.

The driver of an Ohio school bus has been found guilty of two misdemeanors in a crash that killed a 6-year-old boy.

The Ohio Supreme Court has refused to delay the April execution of a man sentenced to die for a fatal jail beating.

The funeral for a slain federal marshal is set for Monday at simpson Creek Baptist Church in Bridgeport.

The State Parkways Authority has delayed a meeting to discuss the future of U.S. Route 35.

Federal court jurors have convicted an Ohio man in the arson deaths of eight children and a woman at a birthday sleepover.

West Virginia's leading universities could get two more years to raise matching funds for a state research endowment.

The West Virginia Supreme Court says properly executed warrants to search vehicles can also cover information stored on cell phones.

Some candidates for West Virginia Governor may have jumped the gun by raising funds early.

A prosecutor has charged a former Ohio State quarterback whose NFL career was derailed by a gambling addiction with stealing more than $1 million from a Columbus area woman.

A national report shows the number of West Virginia students taking college-level advanced placement exams has more than doubled in the past decade.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has tapped one of the state's most influential politicians to work on the issue of prescription drug abuse.

Supporters of extending insurance coverage to autism in West Virginia hope to avoid some potential legal obstacles.

The House of Delegates is proposing a gradual approach to evaluating West Virginia's public school teachers.

Secretary of State Natalie Tennant is officially in the running for West Virginia Governor.

The West Virginia Senate wants parents to know when their teenage children are hitting the tanning salon.

Ohio lawmakers are moving to give back to snowbound school districts two calamity days they lost under former Gov. Ted Strickland.

Frontier Communications has signed an agreement with Better Foods Inc. to provide telephone service to the company's restaurants.

The new state administration is slashing a three-year, $150 million commitment to Ohio transit agencies made last year by former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland.