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‘I’ll drink to that law’: Ohio Statehouse adds bar
COLUMBUS
Ohio’s Capitol building in Columbus will be a place for making laws and making drinks.
The Columbus Dispatch reports the Ohio Statehouse’s first full-service bar will open next month within an existing caf .
The bar on the building’s lower level will sell beer, wine and liquor.
The Ohio agency that oversees the Statehouse says the bar will have flat-screen televisions and will be open to the public at certain times.
It also will host special events and what are described as “private happy hours.”
One thing it won’t allow: guns.
A new Ohio law permits some concealed weapons to be carried into bars and other places where alcohol is served.
But the public is prohibited from taking firearms into the Statehouse.
Man finds 3-foot alligator in backyard in Erie
ERIE, Pa.
A Pennsylvania man took his dog out for a walk — and found a 3-foot alligator in his backyard.
The Erie Times-News reports that the homeowner discovered the alligator Friday afternoon behind his house.
An animal control officer pulled the alligator out of some bushes using a noose on the end of a pole, then held it down and taped its mouth and legs with electrical tape.
Officials suspect that someone had the alligator as a pet and released it when it became too big.
It is illegal to own an alligator in the city of Erie, officials told the paper.
Police: Man steals 6-pack from unlocked residence
BROCKPORT, Pa.
State police have charged a man with stealing a six-pack of beer after walking through the unlocked back door of a rural central Pennsylvania residence and into the kitchen.
State police tell the Erie Times-News that they charged 44-year-old Michael Reed, of Brockport, after a witness saw him leaving the house about noon Tuesday.
Police say Reed took the six-pack of Natural Ice beer from a refrigerator in the Horton Township home. They filed the theft charge Thursday.
Online court records don’t list an attorney for Reed, whose preliminary hearing has not been scheduled.
Those same records show Reed has a history of petty offenses dating to 1998, including public drunkenness, harassment and writing bad checks.
Associated Press