Ohio Chief Justice Moyer dead at 70

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The longest-serving state Supreme Court chief justice in the United States has died. Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer was 70.

A release from the court says he was admitted to a Columbus hospital Thursday morning and died Friday afternoon. It says he had been experiencing health problems that weren’t believed to be life-threatening.

Moyer became chief justice in 1987. He planned to retire after finishing his current term at the end of the year.

Among his main efforts was to change the way judges are selected in Ohio.

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