COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first and only female House speaker and a force in state and national Republican politics, is set to lie in state Thursday at the Ohio ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first and only female House speaker, was remembered during a Statehouse memorial service Thursday for blazing trails for women with grit ...

Jo Ann Davidson, 97 of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, passed away peacefully on October 25, 2024. Jo Ann was born on September 28, 1927, in Fort Wayne, Indiana to the late Ralph Sr. and Bernice Benington.

Toys "R" Us has reopened in Norridge, IL, offering brands like Lego, Barbie, and Hot Wheels. The first 50 customers received swag bags at the grand opening on Saturday. After closing in 2018 ...

NORRIDGE, Ill. – It’s the return of a former retail giant. The line for the Norridge Toys ‘R’ Us started forming at 4:45 a.m. Saturday. Moms and dads were feeling nostalgic. “For me it does.

In her office in the southern Illinois community of Pinckneyville, population 5,005, Tammy Kellerman worked as a bookkeeper for the rural fire protection district that answers calls outside the 6 ...

Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first woman House speaker and an advocate for putting effective Republican women in office, died Friday. She was 97. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a long-time friend ...

A public memorial for former Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson will be held Thursday at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. Visitation will be held in the rotunda from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a ...

Shoppers packed Harlem Irving Plaza in suburban Norridge, hoping to be one of the first 50 guests to receive a swag bag. The 10,000 square-foot store held a ribbon-cutting ceremony complete with ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the following statement on the death of former Ohio Speaker of the House Jo Ann Davidson, of Findlay, who died Friday at the age of 97. “Fran and I are saddened to ...

FILE - Jo Ann Davidson, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) COLUMBUS ...