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Ohio's top elections official suggests eliminating ballot drop boxes
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s top elections official has asked Republican legislative leaders to consider banning the use of drop boxes altogether for returning absentee ballots after a federal court blocked a law limiting who may assist the disabled in voting. Secretary of State Frank LaRose also wants to require proof of U.S. citizenship on state-issued voter registration forms and require registered voters to cast provisional ballots when information in the Bureau of Motor Vehicles doesn’t match that on the registration rolls. READ MR. LAROSE’S LETTER TO SENATE PRESIDENT, HOUSE SPEAKER Current law allows for a single drop box for returning absentee ballots outside county boards of election. Mr. LaRose suggested getting rid of that box is one answer to a July judge’s ruling in a case brought by the League of Women Voters of Ohio and a disabled voter.
Ohio death row inmate found too incompetent to be executed
Thursday, a hearing was held before Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas Judge Sean O'Brien regarding the murder conviction and death sentence of Sean Carter. During that hearing, evidence was submitted that three doctors who evaluated Carter found that his mental condition deteriorated while in custody, according to a news release from the Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office.
Ohio used car dealership allegedly sells family with sick daughter $11,000 faulty van
TALLMADGE, Ohio (WKRC) - An Ohio used car dealership allegedly sold a family, whose daughter has stage 4 renal failure, a $11,000 2010 Chrysler Town & Country that reportedly broke down before they got home. According to CBS News, a family from Butler County, Pennsylvania reached out to KDKA after...
Ohioans can now have same-day abortions: The Wake Up for Friday, Aug. 30, 2024
Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Since 1991, Ohio has required a 24-hour waiting period to schedule an abortion. In 1998, the law was updated to require an in-person visit before the period began. If you purchase a...
Health officials warn of toxic algal bloom found in Devils Lake
MANITOU BEACH, Mich. (WTVG) - The presence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) was confirmed at Devils Lake in Manitou Beach, MI on Friday, according to a statement from the Lenawee County Health Department (LCHD). The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy detected the presence of Planktothrix in the...
Vote now for Lenawee County Athlete of the Week for Aug. 26-30
The 2024-25 fall season is in full swing now as football kicked off and girls swimming got in the pool as well. So who had the best debut or who followed up last week's performance strong? Vote now for Lenawee County Athlete of the Week for Aug. 26-30. Here are the nominees: ...
Why is Michigan buying up farmland? New project could fight Lake Erie algae blooms
LENAWEE COUNTY, MI - The trek up the hill through the head-high grass illustrates what brought Kali Rush to the rural slice of Michigan farm country, a few miles from the Ohio border. “This,” she says, gesturing down toward a marsh, covered in verdant green algae and filled with a...
Young boxers gather in Toledo, fight to support nonviolence
Gloved-up contenders from across the region met on Saturday on North 12th Street in Toledo, where a boxing ring was installed in the middle of the street. Kids ages 8 and up fought from noon to 9 p.m. in exhibition bouts during the third annual Ohio’s Best Boxers event. Organized by a collaboration between Soul City Gym and the True Church of God-Apostolic, 2146 N. 12th St., the event focuses on anti-violence and community involvement. “It gives them a way to release stress,” said Roshawn Jones, a co-founder and coach at Soul City Gym. Initially 65 people signed up to fight in the event, but Mr. Jones blamed a low turnout on expected bad weather for the day.
Large tree falls on west Toledo 62+ apartment building
TOLEDO, Ohio — A large tree has fallen on one of the buildings at Hope Manor Apartments in west Toledo on Saturday afternoon displacing residents. At least one of the residents at the senior living apartment complex was trapped in her unit after the tree fell on the building but has since been extricated from the apartment by Toledo Fire and Rescue who had to cut a hole in the wall.
Armed robber steals purse from woman: TPD
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Police are looking for the person who robbed a woman at gunpoint and took her purse Friday night, according to officials. The thief pulled a gun on a woman and demanded her purse just before 11 p.m. on Friday, Toledo police said. The suspect then ran...
Findlay manufacturing plant closing, laying off over 200 employees
FINDLAY, Ohio — The Findlay plant of a German technology manufacturer is permanently closing and laying off approximately 235 employees, according to a notice on Friday. The notice, filed per the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, does not say why the ZF Active Safety US Inc plant on Production Drive in Findlay is closing.
Ohio High School Becomes First in U.S. to Offer EV Training Program
Toledo, OH, is leading the way in public high school electric vehicle (EV) education, as it welcomes this fall the first students to its new EV Lab -- the first of its kind in the U.S. Located on the campus of the Toledo Technology Academy of Engineering (TTA), a public...
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