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Ohio parents doing some back to school shopping over the weekend will be getting a break from the state’s sales tax. Starting Friday, the 5.75% sales...

Sand. It's in buildings, windows, your cell phone. But there isn't enough in the world for everyone. And that's created a dangerous black market.

A bill that would help sexual assault survivors track their rape kits through the legal process has been pulled from consideration in the lame duck…

To make it as a professional soloist in the world of classical music, the odds aren't great. It's about a one-in-a-million chance that a young violinist, pianist or cellist goes on to perform in front of a world class orchestra. Friday at 10 p.m. a new documentary, "Hear Us" airs on WVIZ/PBS focusing on three young musicians who all aspire to do just that. However, what they learn about themselves and each other just might change their plans.

With warmer weather and backyards full of deer, Lyme disease is on the minds of the public health community. Back in the 90s, Ohio saw a handful of Lyme disease cases. Now, that number is well into the hundreds each year. There were nearly 300 cases in 2018, according to data from the Ohio Department of Health. Last year, Cuyahoga County had 25 cases, the highest in the state.

Had he followed in his father's footsteps, which he thought about, we might have seen Theron Brown behind the pulpit rather than at the piano. Brown's making a name for himself, not only as a performer, but also as an actor, educator and co-founder of the Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival in Akron. Theron has played on stage with a number of jazz greats, including Joe Lovano, Ken Peplowski and Warren Wolf.

Domestic violence cases in Cincinnati increased sharply under the pandemic. 2020 was the deadliest year for domestic violence homicides in the city in...

State auditor Keith Faber's office wrote to the State Teachers Retirement System informing them of the plans for the special audit.

A federal judge has overturned a Maryland law that would have required Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care. The state law would have required non-governmental employers with 10,000 or more workers to spend at least 8 percent of payroll on health care or pay the difference in taxes.

U.S. Immigration officials announce their largest ever worksite enforcement action. In raids across the country, agents arrested more than 1,100 unauthorized employees at IFCO Systems, a distributor of wooden pallets. They also arrested seven officers of the company.