Escaped murderer might be traveling with two women and other top stories.

• Escaped murderer might be traveling with two women

  A murderer who escaped from a Nelsonville, Ohio, prison was convicted of beating to death a 26-year-old Cleveland woman and dumping her body behind an abandoned factory in 2002. John Modie, 58, was not found at the Hocking Unit of the Southeastern Correctional Complex during the inmate count at 11 p.m. Sunday. He was serving 15 years to life in prison for the slaying of  Ucianna Ortiz, 26. Modie was described as 6 feet, 4 inches tall, with gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a ..

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• Women's basketball | NCAA Tournament: Stanford starts slow, falls ...

  

  LEXINGTON, Ky. — Stanford put itself in an early hole and could never dig its way out. Thanks to that sluggish start, the Cardinal’s season is finished. Washington scored the game’s first 12 points and led all the way Sunday as the seventh-seeded Huskies beat No. 4 seed Stanford 85-76 in the NCAA Lexington Regional women’s basketball final. “We just for some reason did not come out with the intensity and aggressiveness that we needed to,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. But I’m really prou..

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• Georgia governor vetoes religious exemptions bill on gay marriage

  

  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday said he will veto legislation shielding opponents of same-sex marriage, after a groundswell of opposition from companies threatening to boycott the state if it became law. The Republican announced his decision during a news conference in his office at the Georgia Capitol, saying, “I have examined the protections that this bill proposes to provide to the faith based community and I can find no examples of any of those circumstances occurring in o..

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• Students want Ohio State, other universities to boycott Israel

  

  The Israel-Palestine conflict, never absent from most U.S. college campuses, is fueling especially passionate debate in central Ohio this spring. Much of the argument centers on the nationwide “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions” movement, which aims to punish Israel economically as a way to pressure it to change its treatment of Palestinians. In recent years, the movement has attracted powerful pushback from pro-Israel organizations. As student governments at Capital and Ohio State universities co..

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• John Kasich wavers on Donald Trump, decries attack on Ted Cruz's ...

  

  Gov. John Kasich says families should be off-limits in political campaigns. And Sen. Rob Portman maps out an attack on Ted Strickland. Read more in Ohio Politics Roundup. John Kasich weighs in on the Donald Trump-Ted Cruz feud: "Well, first of all, Chuck, families have to be off-limits," the Ohio governor and Republican presidential hopeful told "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd during an interview that aired Sunday. "I mean, you cannot get these attacks on families. And if this becomes th..

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• U.S. Geological Survey creates forecast for human-induced ...

  

  In its first-ever earthquake forecast, the U.S. Geological Survey says temblors likely will increase in certain parts of the country, particularly Oklahoma and Texas, where a boost in oil drilling and injection wells has caused problems. The agency's forecast said activity should decrease in Ohio this year, despite a cluster of induced earthquakes in recent years. Geological Survey scientists used seismicity data and reports to create a map that looks at natural and induced earthquakes. They ..

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• Four Seasons suing Whitehall over terminated lease on golf dome

  

  ... increase in monthly base rent from the last five-year period. Evan Weese covers real estate, money and the business of sports for Columbus Business First.

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• Ohio Politics Now: Family off-limits during elections, John Kasich says

  

  Want to know what’s happening in Ohio government and politics from Columbus to Washington, D.C.? The Columbus Dispatch has you covered. With GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz throwing feuding about each other wives, Ohio Gov. John Kasich had a different message: “Families have to be off-limits. I mean, you cannot get these attacks on families,” Kasich said in a response a question posed by Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd. “And if this becomes the order of the day, what kind ..

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• Apartments, hotel, restaurants, parking garage proposed in Upper ...

  

  Upper Arlington could get an even greater influx of apartments and hotel rooms because a major local developer proposes a mixed-use project across from the Shops on Lane Avenue. Representatives of Continental Real Estate, J. Liu Restaurant and Meyers Architects met two weeks ago with neighbors of the proposed development on the northeast corner of Lane Avenue and Westmont Boulevard. The project would require the rezoning of up to five properties along Westmont that are zoned as residential, plu..

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• New rule to limit shackling of juveniles in court

  

  A rule prohibiting shackling juveniles in courts statewide in most circumstances beginning July 1 was announced today by the Ohio Supreme Court. At the direction of Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, court personnel met with concerned parties last year to discuss how Ohio judges and those in other states handle shackling of juveniles during court appearances. A survey found most juveniles are shackled in Ohio in court appearances, a practice far less frequent elsewhere. As a result, the Supreme Co..

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