COLUMBUS — Legislation that would tighten regulations on owning exotic animals in Ohio was headed Tuesday to the governor for his expected signature, months after authorities were forced to shoot dozens of lions, tigers and other dangerous wildlife released from a farm last fall.
REYNOLDSBURG — State officials will return five surviving exotic animals to a woman whose husband released dozens of wild creatures before committing suicide. The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced the decision Monday at an agency hearing in which the state was to defend its authority to quarantine the animals — two leopards, two primates and a bear — on suspicion of infectious diseases.
COLUMBUS — Ohio geologists’ latest effort to map the best areas for Utica shale oil and gas production shows potential for an oil reservoir in central Ohio but now excludes areas near Cleveland and in southeast Ohio.
COLUMBUS — Campaign records due to the state on Friday will reveal how much both sides spent in a fall ballot fight that ended with the defeat of Ohio’s sweeping new collective bargaining law.