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OhioCHARDONOhio man makes own covered bridge near home
For more than 20 years, Don Prusha gathered the tall, straight maples that blew down on his 10 acres just outside Chardon.He collected them as a boy would Lincoln Logs, trucking them a few at a time to the sawmill and storing the boards in the garage and the basement of his cedar-shingled house, which he constructed himself along with two barns and a workshop.
OREGONIADeal offered to run ancient Indian site in Ohio
A nonprofit group has offered to take over management of Fort Ancient, a prehistoric Indian site faced with closing down this summer because of proposed cuts in state funding.If approved by state officials, Fort Ancient would be the 34th of 58 Ohio Historical Society sites to be managed by a private entity.
TALLMADGEOhio group searches for Revolutionary War graves
Some members of the Ohio Genealogical Society are fanning across the state to document the graves of all Revolutionary War veterans in their counties.The goal is to put together an accurate account of the men who helped create the United States, said Kelly Coghan Holderbaum, president of the group's Summit County chapter. About a dozen volunteers from her group are walking county cemeteries this summer.
CLEVELANDOhio Lottery numbers
Here are the Ohio Lottery day selections Saturday:
CLEVELANDTeacher's mission: Guide vets back to campus
John Schupp pulled his car onto a country road lined with half-grown corn. Dark clouds obscured the sun, and he couldn't tell which way pointed east or west. Thunder rumbled in the distance.He was lost.
CLEVELANDCleveland museum explores life of Charles Darwin
A new exhibit at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland explores how Charles Darwin arrived at his groundbreaking theory of evolution.Visitors will see a re-creation of Darwin's study near London and some of the actual beetles, butterflies and other specimens he collected.
CLEVELANDChoo's seven RBIs lead Indians past Athletics 15-3
Shin-Soo Choo gave his high school baseball coach a fitting tribute.Choo learned before batting practice that his coach had died of cancer. Then he homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs in a 15-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night that snapped Cleveland's five-game losing streak.
COLUMBUSNash re-ups with Jackets for 8 years
Rick Nash and the Columbus Blue Jackets have reached agreement on an eight-year contract extension through the 2017-18 season.Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson confirmed the signing to The Associated Press on Friday night. The Canadian Press first reported the signing, saying the deal is worth $62.4 million. Nash will make $7 million in 2009-10.
MANSFIELDOhio critics of GM closure want factory saved
A push to save a General Motors Corp. plant is expanding in recession-battered Ohio.Leaders of a Mansfield-based group have launched a Web site, begun an e-mail and letter-writing campaign and will hold a July Fourth rally Saturday to bring attention to their cause.
SYLVANIADiaz, Kemp share Farr lead
Laura Diaz barely remembers the last time she led an LPGA Tour event. Sarah Kemp never had.Now those two unlikely front-runners head into the weekend chased by a strong group of pursuers at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.
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