SALEM, Ohio — When Donald Trump’s team invited Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose last summer to a gathering of Republican elected officials at the former president’s Bedminster golf club, it was a big moment for the Senate hopeful. But it came with a condition — LaRose would have to endorse Trump’s presidential comeback bid, […]
Stark County’s population stayed steady last year. The county’s population was 372,716 last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates. That’s a slight dip from 2022, down by just 69 people. The county’s population has dropped steadily since the pandemic. The decline was the result of deaths outnumbering births in 2023, and migration into […]
Concord Green Fire Chief Ralph Stegbauer and Captain Jeffrey Skaggs were doing their best to save money at their volunteer fire department in Fayette County. So they borrowed an extended lift from a local farmer on Nov. 25 to install a windsock on a 70 feet tall radio tower so medical helicopters could land in […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump got what he wanted when former car dealer Bernie Moreno won the Republican Senate primary in Ohio. So did Democrats. Moreno’s positions on abortion, immigration and Trump’s election lies make the Republican less electable this fall, Democrats believe, in the race against Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. Democrats actually ran […]
Tuesday’s primaries for three contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court kicked off a high-stakes battle for partisan control of the court this fall. The court, which currently has a 4-3 Republican majority, is expected to determine how to implement an amendment to the state constitution protecting abortion rights that voters overwhelmingly approved last year. […]
WESTLAKE, Ohio — Bernie Moreno, a former car dealer and blockchain entrepreneur, has won Ohio’s Republican Senate nomination, NBC News projects, fending off a late surge from state Sen. Matt Dolan in a divisive duel of self-funding candidates. Moreno’s victory Tuesday spares former President Donald Trump embarrassment in what became a brawl of a primary. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the presidential nominations locked up, the most high-profile election in Ohio’s primary on Tuesday will be the Republican contest to take on Ohio’s Democratic U.S. senator. There are presidential contests in five states on Tuesday, but Ohio is one of two states also holding state and congressional primaries that day. Democratic […]
CLEVELAND — A Democratic group is airing a TV ad in Ohio’s hostile Republican Senate race emphasizing Bernie Moreno’s conservative positions and endorsement from Donald Trump — a move Moreno’s rivals see as an effort to influence the results of Tuesday’s primary. “Moreno would lead the charge to enact Trump’s MAGA agenda to repeal Obamacare […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A slew of Republican candidates on Ohio’s primary ballot are running in solidly red congressional seats, but next week’s elections still promise plenty of drama — especially as the GOP seeks a champion to flip the district of Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in Congress. Democrats also have their […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Matt Dolan has landed the endorsement of former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman in the fractious three-way primary to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall, a potentially important boost in the final run-up to the contest. In a letter addressed to fellow Ohioans, the Cincinnati Republican and his […]
CLEVELAND — Donald Trump endorsed Bernie Moreno in December, catapulting the businessman to contention in an Ohio Senate primary featuring two better-known Republicans. But with less than two weeks until the primary, the race has turned increasingly hostile as it remains in a competitive haze. There have been few independent polls to measure the three […]
Dubliners in Ireland can get free booze if they visit the “other Dublin” in Ohio this month. The visitor’s bureau in Dublin, Ohio, is attempting to lure tourists from the original Dublin around St. Patrick’s Day with “shameless offers of free beer.” Visit Dublin Ohio, a nonprofit funded in part by the city’s bed tax, […]