COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) has signed legislation establishing an object called the Adena Pipe as the official state artifact.

The prehistoric effigy pipe was linked to the ancient Adena culture and was found in 1901 in a burial mound near Chillicothe (chihl-ih-KAWTH'-ee).

CLEVELAND (AP) — About a dozen Cleveland police officers who responded to 911 calls leading to three long-missing women have been applauded by rank-and-file members at a union hall event.

Four officers at the Wednesday event recounted the emotionally charged moments of finding the women at a home and realizing one who escaped and called 911 was Amanda Berry, who disappeared a decade earlier.

Officer Michael Tracy said he was shocked and excited when he realized it wasn't a hoax.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities in Cleveland have charged a man with aggravated murder in the 1984 killing of a 14-year-old girl who left for school and was later found beaten to death.

Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said Wednesday that Hernandez Warren lived in the same neighborhood as Gloria Pointer and was linked to her case by a DNA match in recently re-examined evidence.

The 58-year-old Warren was in custody, and court records listed no attorney for him. His arraignment was scheduled Thursday in municipal court.

OTTAWA, Ohio (AP) — Records show that the mother of two teens found dead last week in northwest Ohio had discovered a gun and lots of blood inside the trailer home where they lived.

The bodies of the teens were found hours later last Thursday after a third teen taken into custody in Columbus directed authorities to the bodies. The three boys lived in the trailer home in Ottawa with their mothers.

Authorities have released few details about the deaths of 14-year-old Blaine Romes and 17-year-old Blake Romes.