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Early voting numbers in Ohio for the Nov. 7 election on Issues 1 and 2, as well as local candidate and issue races, are up 8% from the August special election, a statewide election on just one constitutional amendment.

R.L. Stine, the author who gives us “Goosebumps,” grew up in Central Ohio. He says he draws influence from his hometown in each of his scary stories.

U.S. senators are working on a “minibus” appropriations package to fund the government. That package now includes an amendment prohibiting mask mandates on transit supported by Ohio's two senators.

Gov. Mike DeWine says if Ohioans reject Issue 1, he'll push to allow some changes to the six-week abortion ban, but backers of the amendment say DeWine and politicians had their chance and now voters will decide.

Those who are backing the bill say it gives them more ability to punish the people who sell drugs. Opponents argue it will overpopulate state prisons.

The 65-year sentence of a former nursing home aide who admitted stealing thousands of dollars from residents will stand, though the Ohio Supreme Court made a different decision on the case late last year.

Supporters of Issue 2 are airing a new ad that says Ohio is losing tax revenues to Michigan because so many Buckeyes go to the state up north to buy marijuana.

It’s back to the drawing board again for the group trying to change the process of drawing Ohio's congressional and state legislative district maps through a ballot issue next year.

Amendments guaranteeing the right to hunt and fish like the one now being considered in Ohio exist in more than 20 states already.

Issue 1, the amendment that would enshrine abortion into the Ohio Constitution, contains other reproductive rights that backers of the proposal say are necessary to protect Ohiaons.