Ohio cities remove Confederate markers in wake of protests
(World News USA)

FRANKLIN, Ohio (AP) - Ohio cities have removed Confederate markers in the wake of last week`s violent protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the planned removal of a statute of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Police in Franklin on Saturday asked businesses near the site of a former marker to close early out of precaution. A stone marker in Franklin commemorating Lee was removed Thursday, the Hamilton-Middletown Journal News reported . Franklin is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of Cincinnati. Several people with Confederate flags showed up at the site Saturday, protesting the removal of the marker. ......