
PARKERSBURG, WV -- People near DuPont's Washington Works plant will undergo another round of tests to measure whether a chemical used to produce Teflon is affecting immune systems.
PITTSBURGH -- A lawsuit says a Pennsylvania doctor gave an
Ohio woman the wrong kind of breast implants after asking her
fiance whether to continue with the botched operation.
WILMINGTON -- The threat of flooding has passed in many parts of Ohio, though flood warnings remain in effect in spots, including along the Ohio River in southern Ohio.
CINCINNATI -- Authorities say a towboat sank in the rain-swollen Ohio River and one crewman is missing.
CLEVELAND -- A legislative commission formed seven months ago to tackle Ohio's pending budget hole has not yet held any meetings.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A newspaper reports that nonprofit groups that provide weatherization services for low-income Ohio residents are often failing state inspections.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus police say a man has been charged in the shooting of an officer during a confrontation overnight at an apartment complex on the city's west side.
COLUMBUS -- Starting this spring, Philip Xie will study the spending habits of bird-watchers along Lake Erie. The associate professor of recreation and tourism at Bowling Green State University plans to collect data on the bird-watchers at six prime birding spots from Oak Openings Metro Park near Toledo to Conneaut Harbor.
COLUMBUS -- Education researchers say Ohio's students will be better able to compete with those in top performing nations due to the state's participation in a new national curriculum plan.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- An Ohio woman says her Lexus careered through a parking lot and crashed into a light pole in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after its accelerator dropped to the floor.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The community organizing group ACORN is not expressly prohibited from returning to Ohio under a settlement reached in a lawsuit that claimed it used fraudulent voter registration practices.
WHITEWATER, Ohio -- Police say a man working on a dryer at a southwest Ohio rental agency was accidentally shot in the back of the head by someone else at the business.

GEAUGA COUNTY -- With the recent warm up in temperatures, the maple sap is running in the woods of Geauga County.
BRILLIANT -- Eastern Ohio communities along the Ohio River are preparing for the worst because of possible heavy rain, with the river already rising from melting snow.

COLUMBUS -- Police in Ohio say a man accused of striking children in the head with his fist and keys at a Wal-Mart store told them he did it for the thrill.

COLUMBUS -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says death row inmate Lawrence Reynolds Jr., who survived an overdose of pills, likely saved up medication that had been prescribed for him.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Amtrak says it is looking for ways to improve service on two long-distance routes that pass through Ohio.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Officials say an Ohio death row inmate was attempting suicide when he overdosed on pills two days before his scheduled execution.

CLEVELAND -- No longer will law enforcement hands be tied when teenage relationships go bad and end with harassment, stalking, or violence.

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Ohio Congressman John Boccieri honored Jessica Stanley with the GREAT award.