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JM Smucker Co. promotes two fifth-generation family members to high-profile roles
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsBy Janet Cho, The Plain Dealer ORRVILLE, Ohio - The JM Smucker Co.'s board of directors has promoted two fifth-generation members of the Smucker family to high-profile roles in charge of its biggest brands - a move that brings them one rung higher to Plain Dealer -
Harvest for Hunger in Cleveland begins $3.25 million food drive
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsBy Tonya Sams, The Plain Dealer View full sizePeggy Turbett l The Plain DealerIn the past two years, the Cleveland Foodbank has seen a 50 percent increase in food distribution. CLEVELAND , Ohio -- Harvest for Hunger kicked off its annual food drive Plain Dealer (blog) -
Population drastically declines in Ohio cities
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsCleveland , Cincinnati , Toledo , Youngstown , Dayton and Akron all suffered huge population declines from 2000 to 2010. Cleveland lost 17% of its population to fall to 396815 — its fewest inhabitants since 1900. The city peaked in 1950 at 914808. USA Today -
Ohio's aviation industry hoping to get on Kasich's radar
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No Comments... always associating Ohio with the auto industry. There are positive signs for those who share that wish: An Aerospace Day for lawmakers is planned at the Statehouse today, with more than 200 business leaders and 50 legislators scheduled to attend. -
Central Ohio's growth leading state
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsBy Bill Bush Four of the state's five fastest growing counties in the past decade were in central Ohio , including Delaware, whose 58.4-percent population growth topped the list. For more on the demographic shifts highlighted by the latest census data, Columbus Dispatch -
Ohio plans 1st use of new solo execution drug
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsOhio has had problems inserting needles in a handful of cases, including the botched 2009 execution of Romell Broom, who was sentenced to die for the rape and slaying of a teenage girl abducted in Cleveland as she walked home from a football game. -
Ohio lawmakers tackling overhaul of pensions
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsOvershadowed by the furor about proposed changes in collective bargaining laws, a small group of legislators is working on a measure that also could have a profound impact on Ohio's public employees. A House subcommittee is considering major changes to -
Ohio Gov. John Kasich considering privatizing managment of Ohio Lottery
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsCLEVELAND, Ohio -- A proposal to privatize the management of the Ohio Lottery Commission was submitted this week to the nonpartisan Legislative Service Commission, which researches Ohio's budgets and laws. Gov. John Kasich, who has yet to name a Plain Dealer (blog) -
Ohio woman's remains may have been found in south Georgia
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No Commentsby Beth Burger Investigators in South Georgia believe they may have found the body of an 85-year-old Ohio woman whom Chattanooga authorities searched for last week. Staff Photo by Tim Barber/Chattanooga Times Free Press Chattanooga Police Department Chattanooga Times Free Press -
Group's lawsuit seeks ouster of Ohio jobs chief
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsKasich has defended Kvamme as a smart, gifted business executive who is helping reinvent Ohio development operations. The governor said he has gotten positive feedback about the work Kvamme is doing. The potential glitch regarding Kvamme's residency