According to the newly released Ohio Board of Professional Conduct annual report for 2016, last year was the fourth year in the past five years that the board has disposed of more cases than were filed or reopened. The board opened or reopened 76 cases and made 83 dispositions, leaving 57 active cases at year’s [...]
It’s now official — the Columbus region had another record-setting year for home sales in 2016. From the start of the year the area had been on pace to break the record set just the previous year and final figures released this week confirm a record 31,532 homes were sold in 2016. Home sales rose [...]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian did not mince words in looking back over the past year. “I’m so glad 2016 is over,” he said. “2016 hit bottom for Atlantic City.” But will 2017 be much better? It could be, if several things go the city’s way. The former Revel casino [...]
Our politics is often reflected in our popular culture, and vice versa — especially in an election year. That relationship seemed closer than ever in 2016, when a TV personality was elected president, reality shows and beauty contests were referenced in presidential debates, and even a Broadway show ignited partisan sparring. At times, it seemed [...]
It was a year that saw a championship parade in Cleveland and came to a close with a somber funeral procession in Ohio’s capital for one of the state’s most beloved figures. LeBron James and John Glenn came from much different backgrounds and grew up in far different eras yet both thrilled their home state [...]
Embracing Soviet-style communism, Fidel Castro overcame imprisonment and exile to become leader of Cuba and defy the power of the United States at every turn. The strongman’s half-century rule was marked by the unsuccessful U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later that brought the world to the [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The turbulent U.S. election, featuring Donald Trump’s unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, was the overwhelming pick for the top news story of 2016, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. The No. 2 story also was a dramatic upset — Britons’ [...]