Sports Gambling Probe Hits Home

Youngstown native and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers player and assistant coach Damon Jones were arrested in connection with an FBI investigation into illegal gambling schemes.

Rozier is accused of taking part in a scheme in which gamblers used nonpublic information to bet on at least seven NBA games. In three of those, players allegedly exited games intentionally to benefit bettors.

In a separate but related case, Jones and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups were accused of steering people to rigged poker games run by the Mafia, also known as La Cosa Nostra.

Jones, an assistant coach on the Cavaliers’ 2016 championship team, was among three people named as defendants in both cases.

Husted, Brown Haul In Millions

U.S. Sen. Jon Husted raised $3.7 million in the third quarter, a Republican record for this stage of an Ohio U.S. Senate race.

Husted faces Democratic Party challenges from former U.S. senator Sherrod Brown, who has raised $8 million since launching his comeback bid in August, and Fred Ode, a Lorain County entrepreneur.

Brown lost his senate seat in 2024 to U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno.

The 2026 special election will determine who fills the seat for the remainder of Vice President Vance’s initial term. The seat will be up for election again in 2028.

Buckeyes Band Together

The Ohio State football team welcomed The Ohio State University Marching Band on Wednesday.

Players and coaches carried instruments and marched with band members. Starting quarterback Julian Sayin conducted Across the Field, one of the school’s fight songs. Watch Sayin’s performance here.

The team hosts a visit from the band each year, usually during the week before the team’s Michigan game. This year, the visit was moved up to an off-week.

No. 1 Ohio State plays next on Nov. 1 at home against Penn State. See the team’s full schedule here.

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➤ Cleveland: Mayor Justin Bibb asked Congress to support the city’s plans to close Burke Lakefront Airport and redevelop the 450-acre lakefront site. (More)

➤ Hamilton County: Two state lawmakers introduced a measure to impeach Judge Ted Berry over comments Berry made after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Berry has declined to comment. (More)

➤ Lake County: Authorities seized 85 suspected illegal slot machines at three local businesses. (More)

➤ Licking County: The developer of a 550-acre solar project between Pataskala and Etna expects to finish construction in early 2026. (More)

➤ Columbus: A high school football game between Beechcroft and Northland was canceled Friday for undisclosed safety reasons, resulting in a forfeit for Beechcroft. (More)

➤ St. Marys: Law enforcement began an investigation after an unknown person threatened to “shoot up” the high school, prompting school lockdowns on Wednesday. (More)

➤ Archbishop Carroll boys soccer head coach Scott Molfenter earned his 577th win, setting an Ohio High School Athletic Association record. (More)

➤ Red Bull unveiled a limited-edition can featuring Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, marking the first time the energy drink company featured a college athlete. (See Photo)

➤ Saturday’s college football games include No. 21 Cincinnati hosting Baylor at 4 p.m. and Bowling Green visiting Kent State at noon. No. 1 Ohio State is idle this weekend. (See Schedule)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: NFL | NBA | NHL | NCAAF | Soccer | Golf | Tennis

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➤ The state House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation regulating intoxicating-hemp products and amending certain marijuana laws. The bill now returns to the state Senate. (More)

➤ Year-round farm market David and Mary’s will open in mid-November in Lewis Center. (More)

➤ Six Flags sent surveys to passholders at Kings Island and its other amusement parks, seeking feedback on four attraction concepts. They include a multi-launch coaster and a “story-driven experience.” (More)

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➤ U.S. Rep. Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, hosted a private U.S. Capitol tour for Coldwater Middle School eighth-graders. (More)

➤ Rum from Echo Spirits Distilling Co. in Columbus was ranked the 10th best nationally among craft rums in USA Today’s 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards. (More)

➤ Columbus welcomed Goosebumps author R.L. Stine for a hometown celebration on Thursday that included the naming of R.L. Stine Way outside of the main library at 96 S. Grant Ave. (More)

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