Amesville is one of many volunteer fire departments across Ohio struggling with lowered recruitment numbers and rising costs.

During the court’s discussion of the case in February, Ohio’s solicitor general did not defend the “exact language” the Cincinnati-based 6 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals used when rejecting Ames’ ...

Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Servs., 605 U.S. ___, 145 S. Ct. 1540 (2025) - Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, alleged under ...

Ames’ case can now go forward in federal district court in Ohio. Ames has worked at the department, which oversees juvenile corrections, since 2004. She was promoted to administrator of the department ...

Marlean Ames sued her employer, the Ohio Department of Youth Services, alleging that she was denied a management promotion and subsequently demoted because she is heterosexual.

The justices heard arguments in an appeal from Marlean Ames, who has worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services for more than 20 years. Ames contends she was passed over for a promotion and ...

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The family says they waited three hours while the mortuary fixed the mix-up before they could bury their loved one. The Central Crossing Fire Protection District says just before 9 p.m., Friday ...

Marlean Ames in her lawyer's office in Akron, Ohio, on Feb. 20. Ames claims she was passed over for jobs because she is a straight woman and that gay people were given positions she was more ...

A pair of Iowa State wide receiver commits in the 2026 class debuted as four-star prospects in the newly released Rivals300 ...

Ames filed the lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services in 2020. “The person that actually received the position happened to be gay and did not apply for the position," Ames ...

Authorities say 27 people were taken to the hospital, with two suffering serious injuries.