[email protected]. Former Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, who died Oct. 25 at age 97, was one of Ohio’s finest-ever public servants, as well as one of Ohio Republicans’ wisest counselors.

Ohio governor Mike DeWine, right, and his wife Fran watch a slide shoe honoring former Ohio House speaker Jo Ann Davidson as her casket lie in state in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse in ...

As 2024 comes to a close, we take a look back at the deaths of artists, athletes, entertainers, public servants, and more who made their mark, both on Ohio and nationally. Their memories and ...