Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsRomney tops GOP straw poll in conservative SW Ohio

28 January 2012, 1:59 pm

SHARONVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has won a straw poll of GOP voters in southwest Ohio, a conservative corner of the battleground state.... Read More »

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsRecords indicate plea deal over Ohio cross-burning

28 January 2012, 12:59 pm

MT. GILEAD, Ohio (AP) - Court records indicate that a man accused of burning a wooden cross bearing a racial slur in the yard of a black Ohio family has reached a plea deal.... Read More »

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsBusinesses oppose proposed Ohio fraud legislation

28 January 2012, 11:14 am

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Some Ohio businesses are opposing a bill backed by the attorney general that would create tougher penalties on fraud and give whistleblowers a slice of the damages or repayments.... Read More »

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsTrial set for Ohio sheriff's sexual battery case

28 January 2012, 8:44 am

WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) - A judge has set a trial date for a suspended western Ohio sheriff facing a sexual battery charge stemming from an alleged assault on a female ex-deputy.... Read More »

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsDuck found with zip tie on beak healing in Ohio

28 January 2012, 6:59 am

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A veterinarian says a duck is healing well after being found emaciated in a central Ohio parking lot with a zip tie clamping its beak shut.... Read More »

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsPrahalis, Hill lead No. 9 Ohio State past Indiana

26 January 2012, 7:27 pm

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Samantha Prahalis had 18 points and nine assists to help No. 9 Ohio State beat Indiana 73-55 Thursday night.... Read More »

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsLongtime Ohio State administrator Koehl dead at 61

26 January 2012, 1:59 pm

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - D.C. Koehl (KALE), in his 39th year working in the sports information office at Ohio State, died Thursday from complications from a fall he had in late November. He was 61.... Read More »

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsBill sidelined to name official football for Ohio

26 January 2012, 4:44 am

ADA, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Senate has called foul on a bill that would proclaimed Ohio-made Wilson footballs the state's official football. A Wilson factory in Ada in northwest Ohio supplies NFL footballs, including those that have been used in every Super Bowl.... Read More »

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsW.Va group licensed for slots-like devices in Ohio

25 January 2012, 12:44 pm

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A West Virginia gaming company says it has received a license to operate slots-like gambling machines at Scioto Downs horse racetrack in Ohio.... Read More »

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsAEP's rates rise following agreement with Ohio

25 January 2012, 4:29 am

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - American Electric Power's residential rates in Ohio have gone up by as much as 5% following last month's approval of a rate agreement with state regulators.... Read More »