COLUMBUS — A proposal to increase Ohio’s speed limit to 70 mph on rural interstate highways has cleared the state Senate. Wednesday’s 27-6 vote comes after a legislative panel worked out differences between House and Senate versions of the transportation bill. Under the measure, Ohio’s transportation department would set the maximum speed limit for interstate [...]

COLUMBUS — Ohio employers are collectively owed $860 million after being overcharged for nearly a decade by the state insurance fund for injured workers, a Cleveland judge ruled Wednesday. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Richard McMonagle’s decision involving the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation affects about 270,000 mostly small-business owners, many unaware they are covered [...]

PITTSFIELD TWP. — Kenneth K. Cole, the man who died Monday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound during a standoff with Lorain County sheriff’s deputies, was high on heroin, his mother said during a 911 call. “My son’s a heroin addict, and he’s wigging out,” an emotional Esther Cole told the 911 dispatcher. “He’s trying [...]

When Medina attorney Jennifer Hensal took her seat on the 9th District Court of Appeals last month, she made history: She became the fifth judge on Ohio’s first all-female appellate court. Hensal achieved the feat in last November’s election by defeating incumbent Judge Clair Dickenson, who had been the lone man on the bench. During [...]