All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 14 2020 // Soaking rains caused part of a hillside to collapse in southern West Virginia and prompted a flood warning along the Ohio River.Highways officials said high water forced road closings in multiple counties Thursday. Near...
Feb 14 2020 // The Ohio House has once again approved a measure covering post-traumatic stress disorder for emergency responders who haven’t suffered a physical injury.Police and firefighters have been pushing for the coverage...
Feb 13 2020 // Fairview Park, Ohio-based The McGowan Companies has entered into a joint venture with Allied Specialty Insurance Inc., a subsidiary of AXA’s property/casualty and specialty risk division, AXA XL, forming McGowan...
Feb 11 2020 // Robert J. Klonk has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer of the Cleveland, Ohio-based independent risk management and insurance brokerage firm, Oswald Companies.Klonk has served as CEO since January 2013 and...
Feb 4 2020 // A church bus and an SUV crashed on Feb. 2 in Ohio, and the bus driver died, the State Highway Patrol said.The patrol’s Lebanon post reported the crash occurred around 9:30 a.m. on Dixie Highway in Warren...
Feb 3 2020 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has promoted Carol Sipe to senior vice president within its Property/Casualty Group.Since 2009, Sipe has served as president of Summit, a provider of workers’...
Jan 29 2020 // An Ohio state lawmaker has introduced legislation requiring all major and minor league baseball teams in the state to install protective netting from foul pole to foul pole.State Rep. John Patterson introduced his bill in...
Jan 23 2020 // An Ohio judge has decided to move forward with a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a 16-year-old student who died after being trapped by a fold-up vehicle seat, despite making two 911 calls.Hamilton County...
Jan 22 2020 // The investigation and related lawsuits about alleged sexual abuse decades ago by an Ohio State University team doctor have cost nearly $10 million so far, according to the school.The total was about $9.8 million as of...
Jan 21 2020 // Dayton, Ohio-based property/casualty program administrator and wholesale brokerage, Norman-Spencer, has added Michele Blanco as senior account director on its real estate team. Blanco brings over 20 years of experience as...
Jan 21 2020 // A federal agency fined an Ohio-based grain handling company over alleged safety violations that led to the deaths of two employees last year.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined The Andersons Inc. nearly...
Jan 17 2020 // LEBANON, Ohio — Something wasn’t right with the Rhino.Reports started trickling in to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2005 of people being killed or injured in the Yamaha Motor Co. off-road...
Jan 14 2020 // Self-driving shuttles will do a circuit through a residential neighborhood in Ohio’s capital city as part of a year-long pilot program starting in late January.Three, 12-passenger, disabled-accessible electric...
Jan 13 2020 // The Columbus, Ohio-based insurance company, Nationwide, will invest $160 million in its workforce over the next five years, the company has reported.The money will go toward attracting, developing and retaining talent, and...
Jan 10 2020 // A federal judge declined for now to compel a Michigan-based health system to advance legal costs for a doctor’s defense against murder charges in the deaths of 25 Ohio hospital patients.U.S. District Judge George...
Jan 9 2020 // Doctors and other healthcare practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists who are obliged to fill those prescriptions, a series of...
Dec 31 2019 // Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market...
Dec 30 2019 // An Ohio doctor accused of ordering drug overdoses in the deaths of 25 hospital patients has sued his former employer for defamation, arguing that he did nothing wrong and did not deviate from hospital policy on end-of-life...
Dec 24 2019 // Ohio Insurance Agents Association (OIA) has presented Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Ron Berg with its Industry Citation Award.Berg has served as executive director of the Big “I”...
Dec 23 2019 // Distracted driving should be reason enough to pull someone over in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine said as he promised a legislative proposal soon to upgrade the offense.DeWine also said it’s time for a cultural recognition...