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• John Kasich's Pennsylvania roots might not help him there: Ohio ...

  John Kasich sees trouble on what should be friendly ground. And Rob Portman meets with Merrick Garland – not that it makes any difference. Read more in Ohio Politics Roundup. Not-so-favorite son: Pennsylvania's April 26 presidential primary would seem to be a golden opportunity for John Kasich to show some strength en route to a contested convention. The governor of neighboring Ohio often mentions his Pittsburgh-area roots on the stump. But polling numbers released Thursday by Monmouth Univers..

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• 'Pressing' news — Crazy Joe releases new 45 on Record Store Day

  Crazy Joe and the Mad River Outlaws are no strangers to Yellow Springs: the band has performed in the Dayton area and the village itself many a time since they formed more than 15 years ago, even as, over the years, the band’s lineup has changed and members have embarked on other projects. The rockabilly outfit will return to the Springs for a reunion show at the YS Brewery tomorrow, Saturday, April 16, at 8 p.m. Tomorrow also happens to be Record Store Day, an annual celebration of independent ..

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• Torch travels across Columbus to raise awareness for organ donation

  

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)–Local organ transplant recipients and donor family members carried a torch across the city Friday to raise awareness to the need for organ donation. The torch is working its way to Cleveland for the National Transplant Games, an Olympic-style event for organ transplant recipients, scheduled for June 10-15. Lifeline of Ohio says more than 121,000 individuals are on the national waiting list, and every day 22 people die for a lack of an available organ. Participants in the ..

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• Ohio State spring football game: Why I can't wait to watch Dre'Mont ...

  

  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No two players intrigue me more for Ohio State's spring game Saturday than redshirt freshmen defensive tackles Dre'Mont Jones and Jashon Cornell. Denzel Ward at cornerback and safeties Malik Hooker, Damon Webb and Eric Glover-Williams will draw my attention, as will Dante Booker, Chris Worley and Jerome Baker at linebacker. On offense, how tackles Jamarco Jones and Isaiah Prince handle themselves will merit observation, and wouldn't it be nice to see Austin Mack, Torrance Gib..

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• Organ donors, recipients carry torch through Columbus

  

  COLUMBUS, Ohio - In 2013 Brock and Sara Dietrich carried heartache. Their 17-year-old daughter, Sydnee, died in a car crash. She was texting and driving while not wearing her seat belt, according to her father. In 2016, that heartache has turned to a flame of passion. A gift now passed on to Ted Staton, whose health, just two years ago, was fading fast. “30 years of that disease took its toll on several of my organs,” he said. Juvenile diabetes had flat lined his kidneys. Dialysis barely got h..

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• Ohio State football | Five most-recent coaches gather to reminisce

  

  The last five Ohio State head football coaches stood together in front of the cameras at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on Friday afternoon, and current leader Urban Meyer took joy in sharing the stage. “This is a very unique place,” Meyer said afterward. “I’m humbled to be a part of it.” He had just stood shoulder to shoulder with Jim Tressel (2001-2010), John Cooper (1988-2000), his mentor Earle Bruce (1979-1987) and Luke Fickell, the current OSU defensive coordinator who was head coach in 2..

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