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By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com STEUBENVILLE Randy Younkin of Youngstown held an Ohio Turnpike
The head of the Ohio Democratic Party took a pre-emptive strike at Gov. John Kasich on the eve of his historic State of the State speech in eastern Ohio.
By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Ohioans will mark the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s

Protesters traveled to Columbus Tuesday hoping to persuade lawmakers and Gov. John Kasich to stop all horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Ohio until studies are completed to ensure the oil and gas-production method is safe. A public meeting with ODNR officials is set for 5 p.m. today at the Covelli Centre.
Mahoning County Commissioner Anthony Traficanti was sitting in his office in North Lima on New Year’s Eve when the earth shook.

Gov. John Kasich apparently is done offering endorsements in the GOP presidential primary.

Senate Bill 5 dominated newspaper headlines in 2011, drawing thousands of protesters to the Ohio Statehouse and a heated election campaign that resulted in the defeat of a collective-bargaining reform package written by Republicans and supported by Gov. John Kasich.

State lawmakers have not yet given JobsOhio the authority to administer the job-creating programs currently housed in the Ohio Department of Development.

Eighty-three thousand jobs. That’s what Gov. John Kasich is crediting his administration with either saving or creating since he took office in January.
By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS State prison officials expect to complete the