MOUNT VERNON -- The Pirates Cove will soon be back in business. The Pirates Cove restaurant, a popular hangout spot and pizza restaurant in Gambier, will be reopened in the former W.g. Grinders space on Coshocton Avenue.

MOUNT VERNON -- "It takes just the right kind of person to be a dispatcher,"said 9-1-1 dispatcher Lisa Hart.

COLUMBUS -- Gov. Ted Strickland signed into law Tuesday revisions to Ohio's concealed carry law, easing restrictions on permit holders and legally shifting the presumption of innocence to someone who uses deadly force against an intruder.

MOUNT VERNON -- Anyone with a cell phone or Internet connection has heard rumors or news reports of people paying out thousands of dollars for having fallen victim to a cell phone or e-mail scam.