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A Democratic state lawmaker is asking the Ohio House speaker to apologize for a joke suggesting President Obama should be jailed.
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A Frederick County judge is affirming a decision blocking a key component of a proposed multistate power line.
A Democratic state lawmaker is asking the Ohio House speaker to apologize for a joke suggesting President Obama should be jailed.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will add northwest Ohio to his state campaigning.
Three of the largest Ohio school groups have joined together to fight a sudden jump in their bills from American Electric Power.
An Indianapolis man has been sentenced for the 2007 ambush slaying of a drug informant in Dayton. The Dayton Daily News reports Anthony Croom was sentenced to life without parole. Authorities say Croom was hired to kill...
Ohio's high court says people of "ordinary intelligence" should know loud when they hear loud.
An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2007 ambush slaying of a drug informant.
A United Steelworkers union has approved a five-year contract that will allow a $225 million expansion of an Ohio manufacturing plant to proceed.
A northeast Ohio city without an Internet cafe wants to limit the number of such game parlors and charge annual fees.
An Ohio church is offering a drive thru Ash Wednesday blessing for parishioners who might be pressed for time.
An Ohio city has joined a list of several communities banning people from begging after authorities say the number of such incidents has soared.
Police say a 5-year-old Toledo boy brought an unloaded handgun to the day care he attends after finding it in the grass at his apartment complex.
A prosecutor has requested an execution date for a condemned Ohio man who came close to dying by injection a decade ago before courts intervened.
Antawn Jamison scored 32 points and rookie Kyrie Irving led Cleveland's comeback from a 17-point deficit with 17 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Cavaliers to a 101-100 win over the Detroit Pistons last night....
Pit bulls in Ohio will no longer be labeled as "vicious" dogs under a bill that's been signed into law by Gov. John Kasich.
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the rights of re-classified sex offenders to challenge through the court system their status and any convictions for not reporting their whereabouts to authorities.
Ohio's elections chief has sided with fellow members of the Republican party in breaking a tie vote over counting ballots in a disputed 2010 juvenile court election.
Federal authorities say an Ohio woman describing herself as an animal rights activist has been charged with soliciting murder in a plot to kill someone wearing fur.
Ohio's attorney general says only 13 of Ohio's 88 counties have used federal funds available for bringing back convicted sex offenders who flee the state without informing authorities.
A sheriff in northwest Ohio says a disciplinary hearing has found that a male deputy violated multiple jail policies regarding the treatment of a female inmate.
The police chief of a southeast Ohio town has been charged with felony permitting drug abuse.
A judge has sentenced an Ohio couple to 12 years in prison each following their conviction in the drowning of the woman's 3-year-old son and disappearance of his 2-year-old brother during a camping trip.
A 13-year-old boy who admitted to a charge of raping a 5-year-old girl at a McDonald's play area in southwest Ohio has been sentenced to an inpatient treatment facility for at least six months.
Ohio's first casino is emerging from a former department store, with kitchen equipment and carpet installed, lighting fixtures ready and the art deco surroundings awaiting slot machines and game tables.
Environmental groups say they may renew a legal battle if the federal government doesn't toughen proposed regulations of ship ballast water that has brought invasive species such as zebra mussels to the Great Lakes.
Prosecutors have requested an execution date for a Cleveland man on death row since 1986 for killing a produce salesman during a robbery.
Newt Gingrich is asserting that President Barack Obama pursues an "outrageously anti-American" energy policy that snubs the Keystone oil pipeline and puts too much stock in electric car technology to wean the country from...
Authorities reminded commuters in eastern Ohio of a planned explosion to bring down the remainder of an Ohio River bridge.
A central Ohio high school is reopening after students missed a week of classes due to an odor that made several feel ill.
Police say a man arrested after an unoccupied Columbus house was broken into is a suspect in 18 robberies that may have been committed to feed a heroin addiction.
Police are searching for an inmate who apparently escaped from a holding area at a southeast Ohio prison by scaling a wall.
Several community groups are planning a vigil in Cleveland to honor a 19-year-old woman and her one-year-old daughter who were found shot to death in a closed garage of an unoccupied building over the weekend.
A report requested by a Cincinnati City Council committee indicates the city's liability for workers' paid vacation, sick time and other leave totals more than $110 million.
Ohio's transportation director says proposed delays for millions of dollars in road and bridge projects are not the result of differences in the use of federal gasoline taxes paid by residents.
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Philosophical differences between the top two Republican presidential candidates are becoming starker.
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Mitt Romney says rival Rick Santorum is "no longer a budget hawk" and that he'd do a better job controlling spending as president.
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Barry and Rebecca Vest of Idaho don't understand why a woman since jailed near Pittsburgh pretended to be pregnant in text messages and emails so they'd fly to Pennsylvania in December to adopt a baby that didn't...
Police in Dayton say a pregnant woman and her 3-year-old daughter were killed in a hit-and-run crash.
Rick Santorum says President Barack Obama is pushing a radical environmental agenda that unwisely limits energy production and turns its back on science.
Recycled Christmas trees are being repurposed as fish-attracting habitats in northeast Ohio lakes.
The system of evaluating progress in Ohio schools would change significantly under a plan the state will submit as it seeks a waiver to the federal No Child Left Behind requirements.
Two experienced judges from far-flung corners of the state are facing off in the Democratic primary for a chance at unseating Ohio Supreme Court Justice Robert Cupp this fall.
State troopers say two people escaped uninjured when a small plane crashed during a landing attempt at a northwestern Ohio airport.
Authorities say two Japanese grenades from the World War II era caused a scare when they were found during an estate sale in a residential area of southwestern Ohio.
Gasoline prices are up more than a dime from last week at Ohio pumps.
How to handle millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater after gas drilling begins in New York's Marcellus Shale region remains unsettled as the state considers final regulations.
John Glenn plans to mark the 50th anniversary of his historic spaceflight with a series of events at Ohio State University, including a special dinner and a live chat with crew members aboard the International Space Station.
On the heels of the 2011 fight over the limits of public employee unions, teachers and other public workers are flocking to Democratic primary races across Ohio.
Folks looking for something to do on Presidents Day besides shopping the store sales might want to check out the presidents at the Delaware Children's Museum in Wilmington.
Police say the skeleton of a 14-year-old Ohio girl who went missing in 1999 have been found after the home where she was last seen was demolished.
Big cuts in Ohio's spending might mean the end for a village in northwest Ohio.
In swing-state Ohio, support has been swinging in a lot of directions as the Republican presidential primary approaches.
A newspaper reports that an initial rate plan submitted to Ohio utility regulators by American Electric Power did not include increases to small businesses that have since been approved.
The sheriff in Ohio's capital city will have a management study conducted after a newspaper analysis showed his office paid $3.8?million in overtime in 2011 and that deputies received 62,000 hours of comp time.
Police say the bodies of a woman and her 1-year-old daughter have been found in a Cleveland garage next to the body of the man suspected of kidnapping them.
A new fleet of cargo planes at a U.S. Air Force base in Ohio allows reservists who fly overseas to transport wounded troops to medical treatment centers.
The father of an Ohio man accused of slashing tires on at least five vehicles has left notes for the owners offering to pay for the vandalism.
Veterans of NASA's Project Mercury have landed in Cape Canaveral this weekend to celebrate 50 years of orbital flight.
Authorities in Ohio are asking residents to help block the release of a man who killed a detective in 1975 and has since been granted parole three times.
Ohio's new congressional map is creating some difficult decisions for Democrats voting in the March 6 primary.
The county coroner in Cincinnati has died following a fall in which he injured his head.
About 290 early voters are being asked to vote again in an Ohio county where ballots listed incorrect U.S. House candidates.
Six men have been charged on felonious assault charges in the beatings of two Youngstown State University students that investigators say were part of a fraternity hazing.
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is attacking Mitt Romney's leadership at the Salt Lake City Olympics.
A scrap yard has filed a lawsuit against the city of Cincinnati saying a new ordinance placing restrictions scrap metal sales will drive away customers.
West Virginia Northern Community College says at least one-third of the students who took December training classes are now working in the oil and gas industry.
Officials at the University of Toledo have ordered radios on campus shuttle buses be locked into one station after a student complained that a driver was a playing a "far-right Christian political" channel at high volume.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is planning a Walk of Fame featuring names of inductees on bronze plaques set into downtown Cleveland sidewalks.
A resurgent Rick Santorum hopes to spring his next big surprise in Michigan. Newt Gingrich looks for a campaign revival in the Bible Belt. Mitt Romney has his home state of Massachusetts, and the luxury of picking his spots...
Cleveland-born celebrity chef Michael Symon is expanding his B Spot burger chain to the food court at the Horseshoe Cleveland casino opening in May.
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum is raising the stakes in the GOP nomination race in Ohio, declaring the state "ground zero" as he campaigns for one of Super Tuesday's biggest prizes.
Rick Santorum has grabbed a key endorsement from chief rival Mitt Romney as polls in Ohio and elsewhere suggest the former Pennsylvania senator has the momentum in the rollercoaster Republican presidential contest.
The Ohio Supreme Court says it won't consider a lawsuit challenging new state House and Senate districts before this year's elections.
A fugitive task force in northern Ohio has arrested a man wanted in the slaying of his wife in Georgia.
An executive at Tandem Media Network will take over as publisher of the Sandusky Register on March 1.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is backing Rick Santorum's presidential bid.
An employee wounded in 2005 shootings at a Toledo Jeep assembly plant has filed a lawsuit with his wife against the plant's security company and the gunman's estate.
John Glenn fever has taken hold of Cape Canaveral once again.
Production of Marcellus Shale natural gas in Pennsylvania rose again in the second half of 2011, slightly exceeding projections.
Prosecutors in Ohio are moving ahead with plans for an adult trial for a teenager charged in the shooting deaths of three men lured by phony Craigslist job offers.
Firefighters have rescued two people from a pickup truck that ended up hanging over the side of an elevated railroad bridge in southwestern Ohio.
The Air Force is trying to determine whether blood samples can be used to measure trust in a million-dollar research project at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in western Ohio.
A private management company that operates a group of publicly funded charter schools will appeal an Ohio judge's order that it turn over financial records requested by the schools' governing boards as part of a...
A judge's decision paves the way for Northeast Ohio officials to begin a $38 million stormwater management program to reduce flooding and to charge a fee to pay for it.
Columbus police say their helicopter unit is the first law enforcement agency in the county to receive full accreditation from a national organization.
Surging GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is heating up attendance for a couple of annual county Republican dinners in southern Ohio.
Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga (mow-uh-LOO'-guy) is facing his first court appearance on a misdemeanor assault charge.
Cincinnati's mayor and other officials ready to break ground on the city's streetcar project with help from the U.S. transportation secretary,
A 17-year-old suspected in a deadly Craigslist robbery scheme in Ohio will face a three-day hearing on whether he will be tried as an adult.
The state says it has placed three prison guards on leave while it investigates the circumstances around an inmate's weekend suicide.
The Ohio Supreme Court has set arguments for April 3 on the possible 6-month suspension of former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann's law license.
Cincinnati Christian University will have Tebow Time in April.
The Ohio House has passed a bill providing a stiffer penalty for acts of animal cruelty by people affiliated with kennels.
Federal officials have shut down part of a website whose owners allegedly "hijacked" Facebook pictures of teenage girls at dozens of high schools and posted them on a website featuring child pornography.
More than 1,000 people attended the world premiere of the independent film Deadline, which was made in Nashville and inspired by the true story of how a newspaper helped solve a small-town racially motivated killing.
An Ohio elementary school principal has resigned after telling a teacher in an email that she has what he called "the best body."
The parents of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who died from Hodgkin lymphoma after suffering for months from undiagnosed swollen glands face up to eight-year sentences on their guilty pleas.
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority isn't entitled to legal immunity in a case where the agency had an employee arrested in front of the entire staff.
A 51-year-old woman has finished basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, becoming one of the oldest people to go through the 10 weeks of physical and tactical drills.
Operators of a church-run resort along Lake Erie say they plan to rebuild a pavilion damaged by fire this week.
A northeast Ohio elementary school says a missing Mickey Mouse spurred a brief lockdown while parents were visiting the school for Valentine's Day parties.
A northern Ohio vocational school is considering procedural changes after an instructor was attacked by a steer during a meat processing class that gives students up-close experience.
The U.S. Postal Service has decided to keep open three northeastern Ohio post offices that had been considered for closure.
A Catholic university in western Ohio says it will continue to offer employee health insurance that covers contraceptive care and isn't changing the plan because of the fight over a new federal policy on birth control.
The Ohio attorney general says a law requiring the collection of DNA genetic evidence from adults arrested on a felony charge has helped identify suspects in scores of cold cases.
Cincinnati will appeal a county judge's ruling that would allow the demolition of a home once owned by a Procter & Gamble Co. heir.
The speed limit for cars and trucks on Ohio's interstate highways would increase from 65 mph to 70 mph under a bill passed by a House committee.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans a campaign stop in the Cleveland area amid signs of a tightening primary race in Ohio.
A Cincinnati-based Roman Catholic order says it has launched an investigation into sexual misconduct alleged against one of its priests.
Ohio's public colleges and universities have presented the state with a $350 million proposal for construction projects, representing the top priorities for the institutions as determined by a higher education committee.
An Ohio inmate sentenced to die for killing a teenage boy during a burglary has asked a federal judge to delay his April execution while the state's lethal injection procedures are reviewed.
Ohio's U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown was more than four months late paying a $922 tax bill on his Washington, D.C., condo apartment and got slapped with $123 in penalties and interest.
Israel's deputy prime minister says it's time for tougher sanctions against Iran before the country's nuclear program advances to what he called "the point of no return."
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a law allowing either side in personal injury lawsuits to request separate trials for damages meant to compensate victims and those meant to punish a company.
Ohio's first casino should be open in time for the Memorial Day weekend.
Federal funding of sewage system improvements in the Great Lakes region would drop about $110 million next year under President Barack Obama's proposed budget.
A Somali-American who pleaded guilty to a terror charge in Minnesota will be allowed to live in Ohio with his wife and child pending sentencing.
A state senator and longtime farmer will be the new director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
An Ohio city is preparing to adopt tough new restrictions on scrap metal sales aimed at curbing theft problems.
Police allege a northeast Ohio man ate at a fast food restaurant, walked across the street to buy a sledgehammer and then returned to the restaurant to smash some of its windows.
An Ohio man is accused of stealing cremation urns, dumping remains and taking the urns to sell for scrap.
The star witness at a high-profile public corruption trial in northeast Ohio has testified against a former political power broker, saying the man craved free meals, liquor and prostitutes.
The University of Akron is studying its basketball arena as it considers whether it might remodel the facility or build a new one in the coming years.
A Columbus suburb has lost out on grant money it sought in an effort to take over a home where a "ghost-hunting" teen was shot in the head.
Ohio's largest county has decided to expand health care benefit access for gay county employees to include their partners' children.
A new poll shows Rick Santorum edging ahead of Mitt Romney in Ohio.
Officials say up to 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel may have spilled into a Youngstown sewer system when a tanker truck overturned on a highway ramp.
Authorities say a retired police officer was killed when the driver of a tractor-trailer swerved to avoid slow traffic and hit three vehicles on Interstate 70 in Columbus.
Officials are trying to determine who stole a portrait of a former dean from an Ohio State University engineering and science building that bears his name.
An Ohio Supreme Court justice is in the unusual position of calling for the abolition of capital punishment - while still ruling on death penalty cases that come before him.
A passenger in a western Montana bus crash that left two people dead and 32 injured has filed a lawsuit in state court.
An Ohio appeals court says a former county commissioner must be resentenced on three of 19 public corruption convictions because verdict forms used by the jury didn't adequately support them.
A disciplinary board has recommended a six-month license suspension for a lawyer whose emails to Ohio State University's former football coach triggered a scandal that toppled the former coach.
An Ohio appeals court has reversed the felony murder, murder and felonious assault convictions of a man accused of fatally beating a Kent State University student in a 2009 street fight.
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The Cincinnati Museum Center and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center are merging in an effort to prevent the civil rights institution from closing its doors.
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A central Ohio high school has ended classes early for a second straight day because of an odor that made students and staff feel ill.
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An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at a southwestern Ohio hospital a year ago has led to four lawsuits filed in the past two months.
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Police in Kentucky have arrested a man who is suspected of robbing banks in five states.
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A former county commissioner from Ohio has pleaded not guilty in Kentucky to charges of soliciting prostitution and drug trafficking.
Cincinnati city officials are pushing to curb scrap metal thefts with tough new restrictions that would require licenses and make sellers wait two days to get paid.
Ohio's largest city is marking a big birthday.
Ohio's governor plans to join in announcements of the expansions of two businesses based in the Cincinnati area.
Animal protection workers in northwestern Ohio are seeking foster homes for 13 beagles that were seized from a foreclosed property after the owners apparently moved out and left the dogs behind.
Officials in the northeast Ohio city of Canton have approved a plan to offer cash rewards to help get illegal guns off the street but say the program can't start until they figure out the funding details and logistics.
An American Red Cross group in northeast Ohio says it has a decent inventory of blood to continue operations despite the cancellation of the largest blood drive in its 19-county region.
Environmental regulators have started testing for contamination at 14 sites in a part of rural northern Ohio where cancer has sickened dozens of children for more than a decade.
Ohio utility regulators will take steps to reduce rate increases for small-business customers of American Electric Power by amending a previous rate decision, not by starting a new case and having more public hearings.
President Barack Obama's proposed budget for next year includes $31 million for dredging commercial harbors and navigation channels in the Great Lakes.
Jurors are expecting to hear more opening statements from defense attorneys before evidence is presented in the case against seven members of a Midwest militia.
A Chicago doctor convicted in the overdose deaths of four patients and implicated in eight more deaths faces up to 20 years in prison at sentencing Tuesday.
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