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Ohio's government watchdog says an agency director improperly used state computers to find personal information on 'Joe the Plumber.'  |   Joe the plumber report(pdf) (1.1MB)

Study shows that tobacco farmers in Kentucky have benefited from settlement with tobacco companies.

An early morning fire has killed 26 horses at a western Kentucky stable. Video

The suspect in a fire that extensively damaged a Northern Kentucky building is a 14-year-old boy.

Southern cooking queen Paula Deen is lending her name to an American Red Cross Thanksgiving blood drive in parts of Ohio and other states.

State Rep. Bill Farmer of Lexington says he's preparing a bill that would replace the state income tax with a tax on services.

None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn.

Police in northwest Ohio say they've pulled a man's body from a car submerged in a lake.

The House will invite clergy members to give opening prayers before legislative work begins.

The inmates figured out how to remove metal ceiling panels in the Greene County Jail in Bloomfield and used the passageway more than a dozen times in September and October.