COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new poll shows former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich now leads the Republican field in the presidential battleground state of Ohio.

POINT PLEASANT, W.V. (AP) - The West Virginia State Farm Museum is getting all decked out for visitors.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann faces the possibility of losing his law license for six months for alleged violations of legal codes of conduct.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - Fairmont General Hospital officials are likely to appeal a certificate of need granted last week to Highland Hospital for a new psychiatric facility in Clarksburg.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says a new unit at the state crime lab will handle old evidence kits collected from victims of suspected sexual assaults.

GAP MILLS, W.V. (AP) - A Virginia deer hunter is dead after his father's rifle discharged while being unloaded.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) - Police in an Ohio college town have arrested three Occupy protesters after telling them to clear out their tents last week.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A man accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife in front of their children in southwest Ohio and then fleeing to Indiana has been convicted after pleading no contest to murder and felonious assault charges.

ELKINS, W.V. (AP) - A Harrison County man will remain in jail while he awaits trial on a first-degree murder charge in the death of his girlfriend's baby.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - Federal regulators have ordered four West Virginia poultry farms to stop polluting streams and obtain permits under the Clean Water Act.

LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) - Investigators are looking for the missing owner of a central Ohio home destroyed by fire.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A report is criticizing Ohio's use of pepper spray to quell disturbances in state juvenile detention facilities.

MORGANTOWN, W.V. (AP) - West Virginia University will review students' academic performance three times a year instead of once to help guard against the loss of financial aid.

MORGANTOWN, W.V. (AP) - A woman accused of leaving her 7-year-old son in a cold car alone while she drank at a bar will be in court next month.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - Elected officials, legislators, other public servants and private citizens across West Virginia are being invited to attend holiday parties at the Governor's Mansion.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - West Virginia wildlife officials are using trail cameras to track the state's growing elk population.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's governor says he's considering whether the state should be collecting any accidental welfare overpayments, including from within the past decade.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - A West Virginia woman convicted of fatally shooting her estranged husband in his hospital bed has won a new trial.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Redesigned Ohio license plates and driver's licenses will be made available in the next two years.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - West Virginia's Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Fayette County man facing a virtual life prison term for repeatedly raping a young family member.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say there were fewer deaths on Ohio roads over the Thanksgiving holiday, but an increase in drunk driving and drug arrests.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller is asking West Virginians to buy local when they go shopping for holiday gifts.

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) - A sheriff's office in Ohio is investigating the fatal shooting of a man by a township police officer.

SNOWSHOE, W.V. (AP) - Snowshoe Mountain is postponing the opening of ski season because of heavy rainfall.

CHARLESTON, W.V. (AP) - The mayor of Grant Town is accused of embezzling $9,000 from the local volunteer fire company.