Columbus -- The state attorney general's office has filed suit against a recycler of steel drums in an effort to temporarily shut it down in response to years of complaints from neighbors.
Newark -- A 39-year-old Newark man will spend 30 days in jail for killing a kitten in front of its four-year-old owner and forcing the girl to help clean up the animal's blood.
Columbus -- Governor Bob Taft says now is the time to hire a veteran. In connection with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Governor Taft declared November as Hire a Veteran Month, encouraging employers to hire US military veterans.
Newark -- A Licking County Municipal Court jury returned the verdict against 74-year-old Barbara Crandell of Thornville Thursday. Judge Thomas Marcelain fined her $250.
Columbus -- If Deborah Pryce is elected to head the House Republican Conference, she will become the highest-ranking Republican woman ever in Congress.
Columbus -- United Way's board agreed in a conference call Wednesday to hire the 49-year-old Jackson to run the agency that serves 69 organizations in the Columbus area and is the 14th-largest United Way in the nation.
