Ohio parole board denies inmate's clemency request Oct 24, 2008
clemency decision is available in the Ohio folder at ftp://ftp ... COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Parole Board has denied a clemency request by a death row inmate scheduled to be executed next month for stabbing a storeowner to death ... Bryant-Bey would be the second Ohio inmate put to death this year following last week's execution of double-murderer Richard Cooey. (WKRC.com, OH)
Consumer Purchase Behavior of Political Products a Mirror of USA's Election Pulse Oct 18, 2008
HUDSON, Ohio, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- From the heart of battleground state of Ohio where presidential fortunes are made, a thoroughly unscientific poll based upon the purchase of political products shows consumers are leaning toward Obama. National catalogs and e-commerce companies have seen strong consumer purchasing behavior for the Democratic candidate this election season. (PR Newswire)
Ohio Investment Funds Take Hit Oct 11, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's much-maligned insurance fund for injured workers has withstood Wall Street's downturn better than most of the state's large public funds ... The performance of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation's investment fund is notable because of its place at the center of a scandal that broke out in 2005 ... The fund that pays unemployment benefits to Ohio workers has plunged 24 percent since the start of the year, with a rescue plan in the works to appear on the ballot... (Cincinnati Nation)
Movie Contests: Are You A Winner? Oct 4, 2008
Sex and the City' Contest Jane Sturgeon, Dayton, Ohio ... John Knight, Wellsville, Ohio ... Dianah Smith, Sidney, Ohio. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Artisans recreate early American furniture Oct 3, 2008
the Shaker Historical Society m in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and a dozen other Shaker sites elsewhere in Ohio, Maine, New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Some of these places sell Shaker-style crafts like oval wooden boxes, trays and brooms. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Fair Association event deemed a success Sep 25, 2008
We even had vendors that did not have a booth this year come from as far away as Ohio to see. what the show was all about and asked if they could sign up for next year. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Remembering the events of 9/11 Sep 12, 2008
Hey, I even watched Super Bowl I and distinctly remember the Ohio State/USC Rose Bowl with OJ at running back for the Trojans. Guess I MUST be old. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Ralph Kovel; wrote antique price guides Sep 7, 2008
He lived in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with Terry Horvitz Kovel, his wife of 58 years and coauthor of his books ... He attended Ohio State University and served in the Coast Guard on Lake Erie during World War II.. (Boston Globe)
Hot-button political issues Sep 5, 2008
Republicans nominated Warren G. Harding, an Ohio newspaper editor and U.S. senator, to run for president with Calvin Coolidge, governor of Massachusetts, as his running mate. Democrats nominated another newspaper editor from Ohio, Gov. James M. Cox, as their standard bearer ... Arseneau has McKinley's signature from when he was Ohio governor. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Borough bracing for busy Saturday Sep 4, 2008
Meanwhile, Bike Night, sponsored by the Blue Comet Motorcycle Club, expects to attract bikers from as far as Ohio and North Carolina, according to club President Russ Smith. "Picture wall-to-wall people on Main Street from Valley Forge to Broad," Miller said. (Springfield Sun, PA)
Store fans sports passions Sep 4, 2008
"I have a lot of fun with it." Rieck's enterprise first originated as a 16-year-old baseball card collector in Ohio. His parents, Bob and Nancy, took him to his first baseball-card show and he was hooked. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Antique Trail set for Sept. 12-14 Sep 3, 2008
The trail, initiated by the Eutaw Area Chamber of Commerce in 2006, was inspired by the worlds longest yard sale that stretches about 654 miles on U.S. Highway 127 from Gadsden to West Unity, Ohio. Alabamas trail offers a nearly 200-mile-long string of vendors from the Alabama-Georgia state line to the Alabama-Mississippi line. (Wetumpka Herald, AL)
Minnesotans Turn On the Midwestern Charm Sep 1, 2008
St. Paul trails behind at No. 66, and the Twin Cities are outranked by a handful of regional neighbors including Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and Columbus, Ohio. Lifelong Minnesotan Jeremy Hanson, the communications director for Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, has spent the last several months prepping for the influx of 45,000 convention-goers, the hoards of media teams and the newfound attention for an otherwise quiet city. (Roll Call)
Gavel falls as Worthpoint buys GoAntiques Aug 26, 2008
Seippel said technical, telemarketing and customer service will be run from Central Ohio, while sales, marketing and media operations will be in Atlanta. 614-220-5462 | deaton@bizjournals. (Columbus Business First, OH)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Aug 21, 2008
CREMAINS-FOUND (Reindl, Toledo Blade) -- An Ohio funeral director who's selling his business has discovered the unclaimed cremated remains of more than 15 people who need a final resting place. 450. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Hudson Keynotes Aug 21, 2008
Madison, Ohio; Crown Point, Indiana; Billings, Montana and Great Falls, South Dakota. Bissonnette estimates that the trip burned 675 gallons of gas. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Buy Matthew McConaughey's Motorcycle on eBay! - ET Aug 20, 2008
Entertainment Tonight - :: Cincinnati news story :: LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV in Cincinnati. Entertainment Tonight Headlines. (WKRC.com, OH)
Obituaries for Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Aug 19, 2008
She was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio Wesleyan College and married C. Ranous Stewart in 1939 ... She is also survived by three sisters, Anne Burkhardt of Vermont, Ellen Wright of Ohio and Marian (Dr. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
A last hurrah Aug 18, 2008
He was taken with the shapes and "crazy color," which reminded him of amusement parks from his Ohio childhood. Zivkov, who advises students not to get hung up on needing fancy photography equipment, doesn't like to talk about which brands of digital cameras and paraphernalia he uses. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
From cow horn chairs to pie safes, Bouckville antiques show has it all Aug 17, 2008
One such item was a chair built out of linked cow horns originating during the slaughterhouse era of the 1890s in Columbus, Ohio, Orwig said. People living in cities near slaughterhouses didn t have a lot of money, so they used horns to. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Canton, Texas upset with Stephen Colbert Aug 16, 2008
Cantons in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Ohio have so far escaped Colberts ire. Slide show. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Pokemon prowess (32) Aug 15, 2008
Jonathan He s parents weren t sure about traveling to Columbus, Ohio, this summer just so their 10-year-old could play in a Pokemon card game. But he s pretty good, they figured. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Elvis Presley Memorabilia And Colle... Aug 12, 2008
An original $2 ticket to the Elvis Presley Show in Troy, Ohio on November 24, 1956 won a final bid of $2,128. 80. (Suite101.com)
Illegal immigrants take water, too Aug 12, 2008
And it continued through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and then followed us into Pennsylvania. To be sure, listening to heavy rain while you are curled up in your bed at night is peaceful. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Singer Robert Pollard's collages put a fresh spin on the past Aug 10, 2008
Earlier this year, Pollard's art was exhibited at former "Sopranos" actor Michael Imperioli's Studio Dante gallery in New York City, and his work has been featured at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in his native Ohio. We recently caught up with Pollard to talk to him about his burgeoning second career, his new band Boston Spaceships (which comes to the Paradise Rock Club on Sept. 30), and why cutting pictures out of magazines and pasting them together isn't as easy as it might look. (Boston Globe)
Mom: Cops shot son in the back Aug 8, 2008
The family moved back to Ohio after the shooting. "I don't want my son to be made out like he's a thug," she said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Man who shot, killed parents is deemed fit for trial Aug 6, 2008
Another sister, Melissa, 29, who lives in Ohio, has not. According to his sisters, Olszowy suffers from social anxiety, paranoia and manic depression. (The News-Herald)
Goldmine Pickers perform July 31 Jul 31, 2008
The band has charmed audiences during tours through Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Vermont and in Washington D.C., Boston, New York City and Philadelphia. Enthusiastically received as the opening band for a sold-out concert by the Del McCoury Band at northern Indiana's increasingly prestigious Performing Arts Series, the Goldmine Pickers has also performed alongside such greats as Hot Buttered Rum String Band, Angela Desveaux, Pierce Pettis, The... (Dowagiac News, MI)
More of this story Jul 26, 2008
My collection of vintage matte white and green Ohio pottery and the 1920s Maxfield Parrish prints we got for a housewarming gift. Dave and I are both from Ohio so the pottery makes me think of growing up in the Midwest. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Ambling along Route 20: Author Mac Nelson's 20 West: The Great Road across America follows the highway from coast to coast Jul 22, 2008
And he's pleased that quirky religious communities still come to his Great Road--noisy now, but, "once in a while I do hear a very old, rural sound: clopclopclopclop, an Amish horse and buggy going briskly by as though it were 1850. My Amish neighbors are fairly recent immigrants to the county. ... In the last fifty years, pressed by their large families and populations in Pennsylvania and Ohio, they have bought farms and created a community of several dozen families here. ... I see their kids... (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Rise Seen in Medical Efforts to Treat the Very Old Jul 18, 2008
Dr. Robert E. Michler, chairman of cardiothoracic surgery at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, said that several years ago, while at Ohio State University Medical Center, he performed what is known as off-pump heart surgery (performed without using a heart and lung bypass machine) on a 94-year-old woman who had been turned down for the operation at another hospital. Here in New York, Dr. Michler has replaced an aortic valve in a 97-year-old man (who three weeks before had married a... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Talk of the Town: Green Valley artist brings garden to life Jul 6, 2008
Lee, who hails from Ohio originally, misses the green plants and flowers from her home state. I just love chickens, but you aren t allowed to have real live ones in Green Valley, of course, she said. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Hula and surf for a happier world Jun 29, 2008
Local Search Site Search. Boston Visitors' Guide. (Boston Globe)
Tea Bowls and tea bowls Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony Bowls by Peter Callas, Joe Campbell, Kristin Muller, Takao Okazaki, and Shane Sellers Jun 16, 2008
Joe Campbell Joe Campbell holds an MFA in Ceramics from The Ohio University, Athens OH. Professional experience includes an Artist Residency at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in New Castle ME. In 2005, he authored the article Salt and Soda a Contemporary Look in Clay Times magazine. Kristin Muller An MFA Candidate at Hood College in Frederick MD, Kristin Muller has participated in a multitude of workshops with artists including Peter Voulkos, Peter Callas, Takao Okazaki and... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Turtle Creek Flea Market To Open, Despite Fire Jun 14, 2008
The blaze caused $3 million worth of damage to the Turtle Creek Flea Market at Ohio 63 and I-75 in Monroe. The fire started in the wall of an aquarium shop. (WKRC.com, OH)
Wall collapses on Ohio antiques store Jun 13, 2008
DELTA, Ohio (AP) An antiques store in northwest Ohio has been torn down on orders of the local fire chief, after one of the building's walls collapsed 40 minutes after closing time ... MORE CLEVELAND + OHIO. (Cleveland.com -- News)
Griffey collectible to benefit Make-A-Wish Jun 13, 2008
50 of each purchase being given to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana ... "We're very honored to be a small part of this historic achievement, and at the same time very pleased that we'll be able to continue to raise even more funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana so that some smiles can be put on the faces of many deserving youngsters.". (MLB.com -- Cincinnati Reds)
Woodbury Planners Public Hearing Is Continued on Open Space Subdivision Jun 11, 2008
He shared an anecdote on Waynesville, Ohio, population 2,558 as of the 2000 Census, dubbed the Antiques Capital of the Midwest. He said townspeople wanted to get the word out on their proclaimed status, so they decided to organize a Sauerkraut Festival. (Voices, CT)
Plane crash in Ohio kills 6, including former lawmaker Jun 9, 2008
FREMONT, Ohio - Six people, including a former state lawmaker, were killed when a single-engine plane crashed in Ohio. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the Cessna crashed in a residential neighborhood yesterday afternoon but no buildings were hit. (Boston Herald)
Restaurant Row: N.Y. chef adds his flavor to E. 4th eatery Jun 5, 2008
"The essence of gourmet food is taking the best of everything," says Troyer, third generation in the Heini's cheese-making empire in Sugarcreek, Ohio ... A hand-mix "cheeseballing" station (with lots of sample combinations) sits at one corner, near a tasting bar for Ohio wines ... A cluster of racks in the center features all Ohio food products. (Cleveland.com)
Ron Paul's followers believe in 'revolution' Jun 1, 2008
A year ago, Leon Lim, a 35-year-old doctoral student in Sanskrit from Dayton, Ohio, decided with his wife, Ranjani Powers, a yoga instructor, to head off to Bali, or India, or anywhere, really, just "somewhere very far away" - from the Iraq war, the Patriot Act and the tanking dollar, Lim said. "We were just so disillusioned with the way everything was going," explained the shaven-headed Lim, who wore a gold hoop earring in each ear. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Investing in art can have big risks, big rewards May 25, 2008
" For smaller investors who don't have millions to spare for artwork, Mr. Crawford said serious artwork can be acquired for as little as $1,500 with a good chance of appreciating over time. Any local artist who is getting recognition beyond the town he or she lives in -- especially if that recognition is in New York, London or Los Angeles -- could be a good investment because that artist is probably on his or her way and because of the local connection, it might be easier for an investor to... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
99th birthday! (4) May 18, 2008
She has six grandchildren, Jeff and Cheryl Brown of Hudson, Joanna Brown of Waterloo, Todd and Penny Brown of Ankeny, Ben and Kris Brown of Ohio, Gretchen Brown, also of Waterloo, and Steven and Shari Rushton. She has 11 great-grandchildren. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Glad You Asked: We need your help May 11, 2008
In addition to Wisconsin, Racine s are found in Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and West Virginia. We ve since heard from readers who claim there s a Racine in both Georgia and Arizona. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Hawken School Hosts 23rd Annual White House Antiques Show May 3, 2008
GATES MILLS, Ohio, May 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hawken School will host its 23rd Annual White House Antiques Show on Memorial Day - Monday, May 26, 2008 - at the Upper School Campus, 12465 County Line Road in Gates Mills, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a Preview Breakfast starting at 8:30 a.m. The event will feature well-respected dealers from all across the country ... The 23 room White House and the 325-acre property once comprised one of the most extensive dairy farms in Ohio. (PR Newswire)
Big names owe big-time on taxes Apr 15, 2008
The state claimed she owed $225,253 in income taxes for the years 2000 to 2004, when she lived in Ohio ... On April 4, she went unannounced to the local tax collection office, armed with her old Ohio tax returns. (USA Today -- Money)
Nurses nurse injuries after nurse attack Apr 14, 2008
DeMoro said the attack was likely sparked after CNA/NOC criticism led to the breakdown of a proposed deal between the SEIU and a hospital chain in Ohio. Had I not seen this with my own eyes I would not have believed it, said Kimberly Helmick, a nurse from Ohio. (Boston Herald)
Racing cards to park at Target Apr 8, 2008
This Columbus, Ohio firm let its star employee work from Italy. Email Alerts. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
Revolver takes a bead on singer Apr 3, 2008
The Pilots, who broke up in 2002, will reunite May 17 at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. The band s full tour itinerary will be announced Monday. (Boston Herald)
No place like home Mar 27, 2008
During the Civil War, the copy was taken by a Union soldier who sold it to someone in Ohio in 1866. That person s descendants sold the copy to businessman Robert Matthews and Connecticut antiques dealer Wayne Pratt in 2000 for 200,000. (Washington Daily News, NC)
Today's butler has traditional skills, and new ones Mar 23, 2008
Locke decided to give it a try and attended the Professional Domestic Institute in Ohio, a 12-week butler's boot camp where he learned the ropes in an 18-room English Tudor home. "I was starting a new life in America," says Locke, "and you've got to look at yourself and self-reflect as to what you're good at doing. And unfortunately, I'm good at cleaning, cooking, ironing. I like etiquette and having respect for everything, and I do things right. I thought I should become a butler.". (Boston Globe)
College basketball, auto racing, prep basketball Mar 19, 2008
NITFirst RoundLast nightOhio State 84, UNC Asheville 66Massachusetts 80, Stephen F. Austin 60Syracuse 87, Robert Morris 81Akron 65, Florida St. 60, OTSouthern Illinois 69, Oklahoma State 63Maryland 68, Minnesota 58Creighton 74, Rhode Island 73Alabama State at Arizona State, late ... SOUTHTonightMiami (Ohio) (17-15) at Tulsa (20-13), 8:05Utah (17-14) at Texas-El Paso (19-13), 9:05 ... MIDWESTLast nightOhio 80, Brown 74TonightCincinnati (13-18) at Bradley (17-15), 7. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Coppin an attitude Mar 18, 2008
The Eagles will be the first team to start the NCAA tournament with 20 losses, when they take on Mount St. Mary s in tonight s play-in game in Dayton, Ohio ... Ohio State was No. 1 in the final poll last season and the Buckeyes went on to lose to Florida in the championship game. (Boston Herald)
Distillery Commons getting high-end antique market Mar 15, 2008
Matson said he has been to 25 antique malls in three months in Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee, and also has taken antiques courses. He said his startup budget for the market is $75,000 and that he has obtained that money from personal funds, an investor whom he declined to identify and "other sources." Matson also will have four employees, who will mostly work part time, he said. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Letters to the Editor - 3/4/2008 Mar 5, 2008
Clinton is really hearing it from the Obama camp: QUOTE: "Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pushed back hard against the new ad, which ABC News? George Stephanopoulos described as ?the nuclear option? on Friday?s ?Good Morning America?. Addressing a group of veterans at an American Legion post in Houston, Obama said: ?We?ve seen these ads before. They?re the kind that play on peoples? fears to scare up votes.? The tone of the ad?which echoes the infamous Daisy Ad from the 1964 Johnson-Goldwater... (North County Times)
Obituaries (16) Mar 3, 2008
She graduated in 1941 from Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C., and began her teaching career that year at the Columbus, Ohio School for the Deaf ... Rosalind and Robert moved from Ohio in 1949 to accept teaching assignments in Rome, NY, then in 1954, relocated to the Florida State School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine. (Anson Record, NC)
CCAD awaiting gift's fate Mar 1, 2008
When his father died young, he left the military to become president of the family business, one of the top five concrete suppliers in Central Ohio. "He was always interested in the arts, but when you have a family business, I think he got pushed into it," said Jeff Ruff, a friend since the 1970s. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Bad mark for The Times Feb 26, 2008
Photo by AP McCain in Ohio: Could you feel around on my back for that hatchet the New York Times left. Related Articles. (Boston Herald)
Old audio equipment sale aids BLT plans Feb 19, 2008
The Save the Haven campaign received a small boost Friday when Thomas Wilson, an antiques dealer from Clarksville, Ohio, came to the theater to acquire some old audio equipment and left a $500 check ... The greatest thing about Wilson's knowledge of the equipment is that when he reassembles it at his private museum in Ohio, it will come to life again. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
Animal magnetism Feb 19, 2008
The homeless animals housed in the Animal Friends shelter in Ohio Township also are getting the 15 minutes of fame that Warhol predicted everyone will achieve. A scruffy dog named Peggy Sue, a cat named Patience and a rabbit named Evelyn have had their portraits painted in Warhol's signature style. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Sweet Selling Sedan Feb 17, 2008
A low-mileage Packard sedan in completely original condition brought buyers out of the woodwork at Cowan's Auctions in Ohio. Phone bids from around the country pushed the final selling price well past the pre-sale estimate of $30,000 to $74,750, a solid finish on a very fine car. (Forbes)
Town to bask in glow of Lincoln celebrations Feb 12, 2008
and head down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers on a replica flatboat to retrace Lincoln's 1828 trip to New Orleans. The group will incorporate some modern conveniences the replica boat will be powered by motors. (Pekin Times, IL)
Another Flood for Weary Ohio Town Feb 8, 2008
FINDLAY, Ohio -- Flood-weary residents assessed the damage to their homes and businesses on Friday, while the governor planned to visit areas hard hit by heavy rains. In some places, water was waist-deep. (Newsmax)
Career Produced an Elegant Design Feb 3, 2008
Mr. Schreckengost grew up Sebring, Ohio, where his father was a potter at a local dinnerware factory ... Returning to the U.S. in the early 1930s, he began designing dinnerware for northern Ohio firms ... Mr. Schreckengost found a use for the scrap metal left behind from the Murray Ohio Co.'s bumper manufacturing: He made the metal into toys. (Wall Street Journal)
Welcome to cozy row Feb 2, 2008
A tiger maple secretary purchased from Pine Tree Barn in Wooster, Ohio, adds visual interest, along with a papier-mache turtle that sits atop a custom bookcase handcrafted by Mr. Mayo's brother, Bobby. Mrs. Eshelman's sister made the terrapin for her daughter when she was in the third grade. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
