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Ohio's new "Beautiful Ohio" license plates. COLUMBUS a ' Motorists can now show off their state with colorful new "Beautiful Ohio" license plates.

Prices at Ohio gas pumps have jumped 12 cents in the last week, ahead of the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period.

Each time Ohio natives Dominic and Vilma Baragona visit Washington in search of justice for the son they lost in Iraq, Army Lt.

Every fall, Barry Conrad crosses his fingers and hopes that most of the bees in his 50 hives will survive the coming winter.

Ryan Widmer is awaiting a second trial in the death of his wife, Sarah. He was convicted in April of killing her at their home in Hamilton Township in August 2008.

A student at Kent State University who was severely beaten last week has died at an Ohio hospital.

Ohio's most populous county has just two sheriff's deputies to check regularly on 1,416 of the worst sex offenders, an issue highlighted by charges against a serial murder suspect who was living in a house with 11 bodies.

The state's largest teachers union and the Ohio Republican Party have gone to court over a GOP request for the names and addresses of all educators.

The new "Beautiful Ohio" plate will be available for about $12. Beginning tomorrow, a new design for license plates will be available for Ohioans.

Ohio's children are fat and getting fatter. The problem has reached such alarming proportions that a new, powerful coalition of businesses and health-care advocates is pushing for statewide standards designed to make Ohio students healthier.

An Ohio woman attempted to commit suicide immediately after her conviction on charges that she abused her five adopted children, accusations she denied.

Confronted with a public smoking ban, higher sin taxes and more anti-smoking efforts, fewer Ohioans are lighting up.

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport says there have been minor delays for departures.

A federal appeals court is pushing a condemned killer to say why his lawsuit opposing lethal injection in Ohio shouldn't be dismissed.

By AP Economics Writer CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER WASHINGTON – In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.

The arrival of winter is still several weeks away, but already Cedar Point is looking to start hiring for next summer's live shows.

A bill introduced to Ohio legislators Tuesday makes schools the new battlefield in the war on childhood obesity.

WASHINGTON -- Ohio residents deemed most at risk for the H1N1 virus should have been vaccinated by now, and vaccination efforts now are focusing on a larger at-risk population, the state health director said.

COLUMBUS - Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has been named the recipient of two American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Labor Market Information Improvement grants aimed at building a skilled workforce for "green jobs" in Ohio.

This photo file photo taken July 31, 2009, shows Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter during his arraignment in Belmont County Court in St.