Monday, December 31, 2007
Here are the top 10 stories in Ohio in 2007, as chosen by Associated Press member newspaper editors and broadcasters. See story for details.
1. Gov. Ted Strickland and other Democrats take control of statewide offices from Republicans.
2. A bus carrying Bluffton University’s baseball team crashes in Atlanta, killing five players along with the driver and his wife.
3. Former U.S. Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio is sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a congressional bribery scandal.
4. Historic flooding in August swamps an 80-mile swath through the northwest and north central parts of the state.
5. Computer data about Ohioans is stolen from state employee.
6. Student wounds four in school shooting in Cleveland, then kills himself.
7. (tie) Parents convicted of caging some of their adopted, special-needs children are sentenced to two years in prison.
7. (tie) A pregnant woman is found dead in Northeast Ohio and her boyfriend, a police officer, is charged.
9. Foster parents who left foster child to die in a closet convicted of murder.
10. Ohio State loses national championship football game to Florida.
Stories that received at least two votes:
Cleveland Indians playoff run.
An execution is delayed nearly 90 minutes because of problems finding sites for needles in the inmate’s arms.
A Columbus man is charged with joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb hotels and U.S. facilities in Europe.
Gordon Gee is rehired as president of Ohio State University.
Cleveland Cavaliers reach NBA finals for the first time.
Donna Moonda is convicted in the Ohio Turnpike slaying of her husband.
Ohio State loses NCAA basketball championship game to Florida.
A former nuclear plant worker at Davis-Besse is convicted of concealing the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor. A second defendant was acquitted.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati dismisses a lawsuit challenging President Bush’s domestic spying program.
AK Steel and its union end a lockout that lasted more than a year.
Ohio Republicans announce they will retire from Congress.
A new trial is ordered for a U.S.-British citizen who spent 20 years on death row before his murder conviction was overturned.
Federal prosecutors charge Chiquita Brands International with doing business with a terrorist organization.
Upheaval at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.
Bob Evans Farms Inc. founder Bob Evans dies.