CLEVELAND — Nearly two-thirds of Ohioans support a proposed ballot issue that aims to fix Ohio’s unconstitutional school funding system, according to a survey. A survey by Baldwin-Wallace College’s Public Interest Research Center, conducted March 26 to April 12, found that 48 percent of Ohio adults supported the measure, and 16 percent strongly supported it. [...]

CLEVELAND — A city councilman fears that violence is glorified by sidewalk memorials to street criminals who are killed. Councilman Kevin Conwell said street corner shrines, which sometimes include candles, balloons and stuffed animals, often glorify criminals and stigmatize neighborhoods. He plans to introduce legislation in the fall to ban or limit the memorials. “It’s [...]

CINCINNATI — Some people convicted in Internet sex stings get little or no jail time, reflecting a legal debate about what to do with online predators who are caught soliciting police posing as teens, a newspaper reported Sunday. Critics say the stings produce victimless crimes because police end up nabbing online predators who act on [...]

ELYRIA — Behind the closed doors of a jury room in the county Justice Center, where the fates of accused thieves and killers are decided, another kind of discussion is taking place. Gathered around the jury table are two judges, a few staff attorneys, some secretaries and court reporters discussing Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man.” “It’s [...]

Footwear keeps younger set gliding along, but there are concerns about its safety ELYRIA — Certainly, you’ve seen this around town. One moment, a kid is walking, then — with the blink of an eye — he’s gliding. It’s just the latest craze called “heeling.” The trendy wheeled sneakers that allow such a transition are [...]

Charles Hanley The Associated Press MAHMOUDIYA, Iraq — With a thunderous rumble and cloud of dust and smoke, an apparent suicide vehicle bomb brought down a section of highway bridge south of Baghdad on Sunday, wounding several U.S. soldiers guarding the crossing and blocking traffic on Iraq’s main north-south artery. There was no immediate U.S. [...]

VERMILION — A North Royalton man distraught over his divorce died after setting himself on fire Saturday night. Vermilion police responded to the 3300 block of Cooper Foster Road in Vermilion to assist a man who was apparently trapped inside a burning vehicle at 8:45 p.m. When they arrived, they found the badly burned body [...]