State Sen. J. Kirk Schuring, the second-longest serving lawmaker in the Ohio Legislature who authored dozens of laws on issues ranging from health care to sports betting, has died. He was 72.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lawmakers are now mourning the loss of Kirk Schuring, the distinguished three-decade-long serving legislator, who has died. He was 72 years old. It was a quiet day at the Ohio ...

Kirk Schuring, 72, died after a long battle with unspecified illness. According to a news release from the Senate, Schuring, who was reelected after running unopposed in 2022, took working phone ...

Ohio Senate President Pro Tempore Kirk Schuring, a Stark County Republican and member of the state legislature for more than three decades, has died at the age of 72. The Ohio Senate announced ...

Kirk Schuring as a friend and mentor who operated through kindness, hard work and a steady hand. Schuring, who died Nov. 22 at age 72, was honored with a memorial service at the Ohio Statehouse ...

CANTON ‒ Rev. Brian Hanson remembers a phone call he got about a year and a half ago while departing the Columbus Airport after a two-week trip to Nepal. It was his longtime friend J. Kirk ...

Funeral services for state Sen. Kirk Schuring — who died Friday after a battle with cancer — have been announced. The funeral is at 11 a.m. Dec. 5 at The Old Stone Chapel, 415 Tuscarawas ...

Ohio Senate President Pro Tempore Kirk Schuring, a Stark County Republican and member of the state legislature for more than three decades, has died at the age of 72. The Ohio Senate announced ...