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Medical marijuana issue clears Ohio ballot board |
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Written by Associated Press
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Friday, 24 May 2013 06:01 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana and certain uses of hemp has cleared Ohio's ballot board.
The panel's approval Thursday sends the issue into its signature-gathering phase, with a 2014 vote most likely. The deadline for this fall's ballot is July 6.
Proponents of the Ohio Cannibis Rights Amendment must first collect roughly 385,000 signatures in 44 of Ohio's 88 counties to get the issue before voters. Three previous marijuana-related issues have been cleared by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine since 2011 but stalled.
The most recently cleared measure would establish a commission to regulate the use of medical marijuana and permit Ohioans to grow hemp for uses including paper, clothing, food and as a building material.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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Company pleads guilty in Ohio fish deaths case |
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Written by Associated Press
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Friday, 24 May 2013 06:01 |
CLEVELAND (AP) — A Strongsville company and the owner's wife have pleaded guilty for their roles in the dumping of liquid cyanide into a storm drain, resulting in the death of almost 31,000 fish in an Ohio river last year.
U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach in Cleveland said Thursday Kennedy Mint Inc. pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act. The owner's 74-year-old wife pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.
Storm water from the business's parking lot flows into the East Branch of the Rocky River that runs through Cleveland's western suburbs.
Dettelbach says Kennedy Mint will pay restitution of $30,893 -- one dollar for every fish killed. The money will be used to restock the river.
Kennedy Mint also will make a payment to the Cleveland Metroparks, at an amount determined later.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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Ohio family gets $4 million in mom's death by tree |
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Written by AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press
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Thursday, 23 May 2013 16:54 |
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CINCINNATI (AP) — A court has ordered Ohio's Transportation Department to pay $4 million to the family of a woman killed the day after Christmas 2008 when a tree fell on her car while she was driving on a state highway with her 5-year-old son, who was critically injured.
The Ohio Court of Claims previously found that the Department of Transportation was negligent and liable for the death of 40-year-old Traci Reed of New Concord in eastern Ohio. The court ordered Tuesday that the department pay $4 million to Reed's husband of 14 years, her two children and other family for their loss and their anguish.
"The court is convinced that Traci was a very loving daughter, sister, wife and mother and that her death caused much mental suffering," the court wrote earlier this year.
The night of Reed's death, she and her family had celebrated Christmas with husband Michael Reed's parents and siblings and were returning to their home, where they were planning more celebrations.
Traci Reed was driving her car with her 5-year-old son in the back seat, while her husband and 11-year-old daughter were driving in his truck just ahead of her on State Route 83.
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SW Ohio roadway to be dedicated to slain soldier |
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Written by Associated Press
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Friday, 24 May 2013 05:59 |
MONROE, Ohio (AP) — A stretch of state highway in southwest Ohio is being dedicated to a soldier killed in Afghanistan three years ago.
State Route 63 from the city of Monroe to Route 4 will be named Friday the "Sergeant James C. Robinson Memorial Highway." A ceremony is planned Friday afternoon at the small city's Veterans Memorial near Interstate 75.
The 27-year-old Robinson was fatally wounded by insurgents during fighting in Patika province.
Such roadway reminders of Ohio's fallen troops are spreading as memorial tributes. Nearly 150 have been approved by legislators in the last five years. Legislators say they are important ways to recognize and remember the sacrifices Ohioans have made.
Robinson's parents, wife Kate and several legislators including state Sen. Bill Coley, R-Liberty Township, plan to attend.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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18 charged in alleged Ohio heroin trafficking case |
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Written by Associated Press
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Thursday, 23 May 2013 16:49 |
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities have broken up an alleged heroin trafficking scheme involving 18 people, who are accused of delivering the drug from Dayton to Portsmouth in southern Ohio.
A 29-count indictment unsealed in Cincinnati federal court on Thursday says the suspects conspired to deliver heroin over a two-year period, in which they distributed the drug out of seven Portsmouth locations. Law enforcement officials said two of those places were motels.
Nine of those facing charges are from Portsmouth, while eight are from Dayton. Another defendant is from Lancaster.
All are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin, a crime punishable by at least 10 years and up to life in prison.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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