Latest Ohio Headlines
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2019 Planting Season Is Ohio’s Worst Weather Weather-Wise, USDA Says
Aug 20 2019 // U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers show Ohio farmers have been hit with the state’s worst weather-prevented planting season on record. The Columbus Dispatch reports the data released this week shows Ohio had the...
Ohio’s Root Insurance Names Rosenthal CFO, Norelli Capital Markets Leader
Aug 19 2019 // Columbus, Ohio-based Root Insurance has appointed Daniel Rosenthal as the company’s new chief financial officer, effective Nov. 11, 2019. Additionally, Root said Lauren Norelli has joined the company as managing...
Insurance Technologies Corp. Acquires Ohio’s Smart Harbor
Aug 14 2019 // Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of websites, marketing, comparative rating and management software and services, has acquired Columbus, Ohio-based Smart Harbor, which provides digital technology...
Ohio Department of Insurance Adds 3 to Senior Team
Aug 14 2019 // Director Jillian Froment has added Jennifer Demory, Mark Hamlin and Jessica Schuster to the senior team at the Ohio Department of Insurance. All three bring significant experience to key positions at the department. Mark...
Ohio Jury Awards $50M to Man Who Alleged Police Locked Him in Closet
Aug 13 2019 // A jury in Cleveland on Friday awarded $50 million to a man who claimed police beat him while he was handcuffed and locked him in a storage closet for four days with no toilet and nothing to eat or drink but a carton of...
How Schools Are Trying to Deal with Threats to Safety Despite Obstacles
Aug 9 2019 // There were so many questions after 17-year-old Ely Serna brought a shotgun to his Ohio school and opened fire in 2017, wounding two. Along with the whys, West Liberty-Salem High School assistant principal Andy McGill...
Ohio Company Fined $250K, Gets Probation in Worker’s Death
Aug 6 2019 // A federal judge has fined a northeast Ohio company $250,000 and has placed it on two years’ probation for covering up previous safety concerns during an investigation of an accident that killed one worker and...
Ohio Employer Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter After Worker Dies in Fall Off Roof
Aug 5 2019 // An Ohio construction company owner has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after a worker lacking safety equipment fell to his death from the roof of a three-story apartment complex. Owner James Coon, of Akron, also...
J.M. Wilson Hires Boyer as Transportation Underwriter in Ohio
Jul 31 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Molly Boyer as transportation underwriter in its Westerville, Ohio, office. Boyer is responsible for underwriting new and renewal non-fleet...
Company Faces $724K in Federal Fines for Hazards at Ohio Plant
Jul 31 2019 // An automotive glass manufacturer has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for exposing employees to multiple safety and health hazards at its production plant in Moraine, Ohio. Fuyao Glass America Inc. faces...
Ohio State Hit With More Suits by Ex-Athletes Over Sex Abuse by Team Doc
Jul 26 2019 // More former football players and other ex-athletes are suing Ohio State University over allegations that they were sexual assaulted by a university doctor during exams decades ago. Like at least a six other pending federal...
U.S. Appeals Court: Ohio Work Comp Solicitation Ban at Odds with Free Speech Law
Jul 25 2019 // In siding with a law firm in a case involving access to workers’ compensation claimant information and the use of that information for solicitation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declared...
Two Workers Die After Being Trapped in Ohio Grain Silo
Jul 23 2019 // A shipping business in Ohio says two workers died after they were trapped in a silo filled with grain. The workers became trapped Friday morning inside the silo operated by The Andersons in Toledo. A Toledo fire department...
U.S. Criminally Charges Ohio Opioid Distributor with Profiting from Epidemic
Jul 22 2019 // An Ohio drug wholesale distributor and two former executives on Thursday were charged with profiting from the U.S. opioid epidemic by selling millions of pills despite signs the addictive drugs were being misused. Federal...
Report: Florida Pill Mills Helped Fuel Opioid Crisis
Jul 22 2019 // Florida survives on tourism, but a decade ago thousands of visitors made frequent trips to the state not to visit its theme parks or beaches. Instead, they came for cheap and easy prescription painkillers sold at...
PTSD Coverage for First Responders Left Out of Ohio Workers’ Comp Budget
Jul 19 2019 // Lawmakers have approved a two-year budget for Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers after missing the initial deadline at the end of June and covering the gap with a temporary budget. The nearly $645 million...
$45M Center to Test Self-Driving Vehicles Opens in Ohio
Jul 12 2019 // Officials in Ohio have opened a $45 million testing ground for self-driving vehicles. The Transportation Research Center Inc. unveiled its 540-acre (218.5-hectare) SMARTCenter on Wednesday. The state-of-the-art automated...
Foley Joins Cannasure Insurance in Ohio as Chief Financial Officer
Jul 11 2019 // Cleveland, Ohio-based managing general agent and wholesale insurance broker for the cannabis and hemp industries, Cannasure Insurance Services (Cannasure), has hired Joe Foley as chief financial officer. Foley has more...
Bourbon Spilled from Kentucky Jim Beam Warehouse Heading to Ohio River
Jul 10 2019 // Bourbon that leaked from a fire that destroyed a Jim Beam barrel warehouse in Kentucky is making its way to the Ohio River. State environmental officials say they’re assessing wildlife impacts and doing fish kill...
Research Shows Suburban Population Near Natural Gas Storage in 6 States
Jul 9 2019 // About 65% of active natural gas storage (UGS) wells in the United States are located in suburban residential areas and not in more sparsely populated commercial, industrial, or even rural areas like many new unconventional...
