COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Figure out what schools are doing well, consult teachers and develop individual education plans for all students.

Those were some of the principles guiding Gov. » Full Story

LORAIN, Ohio (AP) — City officials are calling for a more aggressive demolition program to get rid of dilapidated houses and buildings in Lorain, one of several northeast Ohio cities looking to improv » Full Story

JUNCTION CITY, Ohio (AP) — Officials in central Ohio have declared a state of emergency as they clean up from a storm that brought high winds and knocked down trees and power lines. » Full Story

NORWOOD, Ohio (AP) — Two years later, a boarded-up two-story house amid 11 acres of high grass and weeds symbolizes a Cincinnati area victory for opponents of eminent domain. » Full Story

CLEVELAND (AP) _ The executive director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History says he plans to step down to return to teaching and research after eight years in the job. » Full Story

CLEVELAND (AP) _ A Cleveland man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in a New Year's Eve attack on a lawyer who was out for an evening workout in suburban Shaker Heights. » Full Story

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) _ A western Ohio jury has convicted a man who killed a high school student when he drove a speeding Mercedes into the boy as he was getting off a school bus. » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Ohio's former secretary of state is featured in an ad that began airing this week in criticism of presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. » Full Story

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) _ Dayton's police chief says a rookie police officer who fatally shot a potential suspect in an armed robbery believed the man was armed. » Full Story

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland authorities have charged a 17-year-old in the fatal shooting of a woman who was gunned down as she grieved the cancer death of her mother while sitting on her front porch. » Full Story