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  • [01-06-2012] First racino in Ohio opens Friday
    COLUMBUS: The state’s newest gambling destination is bringing a little Las Vegas-style swagger to an old horse track surrounded by cornfields.Scioto Downs Casino & Racetrack opens this afternoon, becoming the first racino in the...

  • [01-06-2012] Racino revenue represents windfall for Northfield
    Ohio communities that host a racino will get $1 million in each of the first two years, and possibly $500,000 a year afterward, thanks to a bill the House and Senate approved, which is awaiting the governor’s signature.That’s...

  • [31-05-2012] Judge dismisses suit seeking to block slots at Ohio racetracks
    COLUMBUS: A judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from an anti-gambling policy group challenging the addition of slot-like machines to the state’s seven horse tracks, along with the legality of other changes to Ohio’s gaming...

  • [25-05-2012] Suffolk Downs To Roll Out Casino Proposal To Residents
    With plans for a casino in Foxborough abandoned, the next public debate falls to Suffolk Downs, the 75-year old race track in East Boston....

  • [22-05-2012] Local news briefs — May 21
    AKRONFight involves gunAKRON: A 19-year-old Akron man is accused of trying to shoot his father during an argument Friday night.Officers were called to a home at 7:30 p.m. over a fight involving a weapon.They said the son was found at a...

  • [20-05-2012] Middle and high school students race the cars that they built
    Daisha Blanch felt something in the pit of her stomach as she sat in the driver’s seat of a soap box racing car at the top of the sweeping hill at Akron’s Derby Downs.“I was scared at first. The hill was steep and...

  • [14-05-2012] Questions and answers about Horseshoe Casino Cleveland
    The doors to the glitzy Horseshoe Casino Cleveland swing open tonight, welcoming Las Vegas-style gambling to Ohio.Here’s a rundown of everything you want to know — and perhaps didn’t — about Ohio’s first...

  • [10-05-2012] Local new briefs - May 10
    AKRONUmbrella fightAKRON: An Akron man was stabbed during an argument about an umbrella, police said.James R. Dennis, 52, was treated at Summa Akron City Hospital for several lacerations. His injuries were not considered...

  • [10-05-2012] Pittsburgh crime rates drop for 6th consecutive year
    The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police annual report shows crime has dropped for the sixth consecutive year. The 2011 report analyzed the type of crimes and where they were being committed throughout the area. The crimes that decreased the...

  • [10-05-2012] Pittsburgh crime rates drop for 6th consecutive year
    The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police annual report shows crime has dropped for the sixth consecutive year. The 2011 report analyzed the type of crimes and where they were being committed throughout the area. The crimes that decreased the...

  • [06-05-2012] Police: Body Found Near Barn Of Kentucky Derby Winner
    The discovery of a man's body Sunday in the stable area of Churchill Downs is being investigated as a homicide, but there is no connection to the race track or the Kentucky Derby, police say....