All posts tagged "Ohio"

  • A judge gave this man sentencing option of 30 days in jail or wearing a sign saying, "I am a thief. I stole from WalMart." He chose to wear the sign in front of the store eight hours a day for 10 days. (WKBN news screen capture)
    Man chooses to wear ‘I am a thief’ sign over going to jail

    GIRARD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man chose to wear a sign proclaiming he’s a thief rather than go to jail after trying to steal a 52-inch television. Greg Davenport, of Liberty Township, pleaded no contest this...

    • Posted March 25, 2016
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  • Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts as veteran Keith Moppin asks the candidate to clarify comments he made about Arizona Sen. John McCain during a campaign stop at the Savannah Center, Sunday, March 13, 2016, in West Chester, Ohio. Trump said in July while campaigning in Iowa that he dismissed the notion that McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee for president, was a hero "Because he was captured." Trump said, "I like people who weren't captured." (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
    Trump dodges question about McCain during subdued Ohio event

    WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump dodged Sunday when asked to clarify controversial remarks about Arizona Sen. John McCain after he was quizzed by a well-known veteran and father of a slain prisoner of war. During...

    • Posted March 14, 2016
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  • Donald Huston, center, puts a graduation cap on his mother, Dorothy L. Liggett as Akron Schools Superintendent David James, left, presents her belated North High School diploma on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, in Fairlawn, Ohio. Liggett was a few weeks from graduation from Akron's North High School in 1942 when officials discovered she was married. Liggett and her late husband, John Huston, ran away to Kentucky to get married after her husband was called into the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal via AP)
    Woman, 93, gets high school diploma denied over her marriage

    AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A 93-year-old Ohio woman has received the high school diploma she was denied because of rules that expelled married students. Dorothy Liggett was a few weeks from graduation from Akron’s North High School...

    • Posted March 10, 2016
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  • sonny kim
    Cincinnati may rename park after fallen officer

    The city of Cincinnati, Ohio, looks to rename a local park after a Korean American police officer who was killed on duty in June. A proposal to rename Hyde Park to Police Officer Sonny Kim Memorial Park...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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