Husted to clean up voter rolls
About 70,000 former Ohioans will get postcards encouraging them to update their voter registration information. Secretary of State Jon Husted's office said Monday that Postal Service data has indicated that more than 300,000 Ohio voters have moved within the state and he’s urging them to cancel their voter registrations if they are no longer eligible to vote in the state. Voters can also change their address online at MyOhioVote.com.

Bill Mason resigns before term is finished
Cuyahoga County’s longtime prosecutor has announced he will leave office before his term ends to take a job with a law firm. Bill Mason said Monday that he is resigning to take a job with the Cleveland office of Bricker and Eckler. Mason has been the county prosecutor in Cleveland for nearly 14 years. He said earlier that he would not seek re-election but would complete his four-year term before leaving in January.

Frontier Airlines pulls out of Akron-Canton, adds Hopkins
Cleveland Hopkins Airport is getting a new nonstop flight to Denver next year, while the Akron-Canton Airport will lose one. Frontier Airlines says it they will consolidate its Northeast Ohio operations to the Cleveland airport beginning January 9. This plan cuts the airline’s only flight at the Akron-Canton, but airport spokeswoman Kristie Van Auken says new Southwest Airlines’ flights make up the loss. Akron-Canton’s largest airline, Air-Tran, merged with Southwest…which also flies out of Cleveland Hopkins.  

Death row inmate seeks overweight amnesty
A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs at least 480 pounds wants his upcoming execution delayed, saying he's too heavy for the state's lethal injection process. Ronald Post, who shot and killed an Elyria hotel clerk almost 30 years ago, says his weight, vein access, scar tissue and other medical problems raise the likelihood of severe problems with an execution. He’s scheduled to die Jan. 16.

Ohioans killed in Army housing fire
Two Ohio soldiers have been killed in an apartment complex fire near their base in Fort Hood, Texas. 19-year old Private First Class Seth Soulsby of Mogadore and Private Christopher Sroka of Findlay died early Friday morning. Soulsby enlisted last year as an infantryman, 21-year old Sroka entered the military in February as a mechanic.  The cause of the fire is not yet known.

Help for summer storm vicitms
Ohio is getting millions of dollars in grant money from the U.S. Department of Labor to create temporary jobs to help with the cleanup and recovery from severe storms in late June and early July. The agency announced a National Emergency Grant of up to $21 million on Monday. It says $6 million will be released initially, and more will be available if the state demonstrates it needs more help. The money goes to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.