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Spurs trade former OSU guard Branham to Wizards
Former Ohio State guard Malaki Branham is leaving San Antonio for Washington, D.C., after the Spurs traded the third-year NBA player to the Wizards July 8. Branham, the No. 22 pick in the 2022 draft, won't be going alone. The Spurs included fellow...

Ohio uncle goes on cross-country mission to find a cure for rare syndrome
An Ohio uncle on a cross-country mission will be riding through Northeast Ohio this weekend. Charlie Nuck of Cincinnati has a 6-year-old niece named Briar. She has a rare, neurogenetic disorder called Angelman syndrome. It affects about one in...

America's Top States for Business 2025: The full rankings
To rank America's Top States for Business in 2025, CNBC scored all 50 states on 135 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness. The fundamentals of the study, now in its 19th year, are the same as they have always been, identifying the...
Northwest Ohio Housing Market Shows Strong Growth In June
PRESS RELEASE – The Northwest Ohio housing market surged in June 2025, particularly in the single-family sector, where closed sales jumped by 34.3% compared to June 2024, and total dollar volume soared over 51%. The market remains competitive and...

124 employees affected by pending Ohio Eagle Distributing sale to Heidelberg
The wholesale Anheuser-Busch, Constellation, Yuengling and local craft beer supplier will close on or about Sept. 8 at 9300 Allen Road in West Chester Twp. and at its other facility in Lima. A total 178 employees of Ohio Eagle Distributing will be...

Twins $6.4 Million Utilityman Called 'Perfect Fit' In Trade To Mets
By Zach Pressnell is a Newsweek contributor based in Columbus, Ohio. His focus is MLB content. He has an extensive knowledge of professional baseball and all things that come with it after working closely with the sport for years. Zach has been...

Yankees Tabbed 'Perfect' Landing Spot In Trade For $31 Million Pitcher
By Zach Pressnell is a Newsweek contributor based in Columbus, Ohio. His focus is MLB content. He has an extensive knowledge of professional baseball and all things that come with it after working closely with the sport for years. Zach has been...

Rays Land 30-Year-Old Pitcher In Rare Intra-Division Trade: Breaking
By Zach Pressnell is a Newsweek contributor based in Columbus, Ohio. His focus is MLB content. He has an extensive knowledge of professional baseball and all things that come with it after working closely with the sport for years. Zach has been...

Red Sox All-Star Outfielder Tabbed 'Best Match' In Trade To Padres
By Zach Pressnell is a Newsweek contributor based in Columbus, Ohio. His focus is MLB content. He has an extensive knowledge of professional baseball and all things that come with it after working closely with the sport for years. Zach has been...

Ohio Rules That Data Centers Pay for Minimum Energy Needs
AEP is one of the biggest power companies in the US and sells electricity to millions of customers in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
Hayes gets $21k grant from Ohio EPA
Hayes gets $21k grant from Ohio EPA COLUMBUS — Across the state, Ohio EPA is putting money into the eager hands of schools, businesses, and environmental do-gooders. From improving water quality and developing virtual networks, to hazardous air...

Eleven rural Ohio hospitals 'at-risk' of closing. Here's the list
U.S. Senators raised concerns about the impact of healthcare cuts on vulnerable rural hospitals in a letter to President Trump. The reconciliation bill, now signed into law, is projected to cut $1 trillion from Medicaid and Affordable Care Act...

Borgerding returns to win grand champion market lamb
Showmanship on both ends of the spectrum, from novice to experienced, fared well for competitors in the Logan County Junior Fair Market Lamb Show Wednesday night, July 9, in a packed out show arena of supporters. Veteran showman Chloe Borgerding...

Ohio Adult-Use Pot Sales Top $600 million, Doubling Medical Marijuana Sales
COLUMBUS – Ohio adult-use marijuana stores have racked up $600 million in sales since the market launched in Aug. 2024, recent data shows. And so far, customers are buying twice as much cannabis from adult-use stores as they are from MMJ...

Regional bank shares rally may face correction, warn strategists
Earnings season could be set to disappoint investors. A breakout rally in the shares of US regional banks may be setting investors up for disappointment, according to some Wall Street strategists, who recommend betting on a pullback in the sector...

New law paves way for Ohio Farm Bureau Health Plans, expanding coverage
COLUMBUS — Way back in 1947, the Tennessee Farm Bureau saw a growing problem: Many of its members, hailing from the Mississippi River’s rural farmlands to the bustling streets of Nashville and the slopes of the Smoky Mountains, didn’t have access...

Case Western Reserve University-led regional economic development consortium among 29 semifinalists for $160M transformative National Science Foundation ‘Engines’ initiative
A Northeast Ohio consortium of universities, state and regional economic development organizations and manufacturers led by Case Western Reserve University has been selected among 29 semifinalists competing for a $160 million U.S. National Science...

Ohio State has its best cornerback room in years, and you won’t believe who made it possible: State of the Program 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State closed out the first chapter of the Ryan Day era with a gold trophy, thus beginning his next challenge of climbing the mountain again. Day has already immortalized himself in OSU history by becoming the fifth national...

Ohio awards $310M to defense contractor for 4,000-worker manufacturing facility
By JULIE CARR SMYTH COLUMBUS — Defense contractor Anduril Industries has been awarded a $310 million grant from Ohio’s job creation office, as the company prepares to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility near Columbus. JobsOhio, the...
Ohio body armor smuggler gets jail time, $5M fine
A federal district judge in Ohio on Tuesday sentenced Vall Iliev, 70, to over 5 years in prison for smuggling foreign-made body armor and selling it to law enforcement as U.S.-made. The judge also ordered Iliev to serve three years of supervised...