COLUMBUS — The State Highway Patrol says inmates at an Ohio maximum security prison were plotting "a possible escape attempt and possible riot" when the plan was interrupted. The patrol is investigating the Feb. 12 incident in which →
COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine will announce Thursday his proposed recommendation for increasing the state gas tax to address a chronic shortfall in spending on road renovations, the governor said at an annual forum sponsored by The Associated →
ASHTABULA — Prosecutors say a convicted sex offender who admitted killing a 13-year-old Ohio girl while high on methamphetamine has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Ashtabula County Prosecutor Nick Iarocci says the plea spares →
COLUMBUS — Ohio's four statewide elected officials, leaders of the House and Senate and Gov. Mike DeWine were among officials who gathered Tuesday at an annual legislative forum sponsored by The Associated Press. In a morning session, GOP →
Leaky pipes lead to widespread water warnings. →
TOLEDO — The Blade newspaper in Toledo says it will stop publishing its print editions on Mondays and Tuesdays. The newspaper says the changes will begin on Feb. 25 and that it will continue digital distribution of news on those days without →
CLEVELAND — Secretary of State Frank LaRose says he is reaching out to Ohioans who were recently purged from Ohio's voting rolls. A spokesperson for LaRose said Monday that he will reach out to an estimated 267,000 Ohioans who were removed in →
COLUMBUS — Republican lawmakers in Ohio proposed again on Monday one of the most restrictive abortion measures in the nation, and this time around, they have the governor's support. New Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has indicated he would sign →
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds are fashionably celebrating the 150th anniversary of the professional baseball-pioneering Red Stockings team. Joey Votto and crew will play games in 15 sets of throwback uniforms, including a navy blue and a →
COLUMBUS — Police in Ohio's capital city say a man stole a police cruiser just minutes after officers revived him from an overdose. Columbus police on Friday were searching for the 25-year-old man who crashed the cruiser and then ran away. →
CLEVELAND — A surveillance video released by a transit authority in Cleveland shows a man stepping off a train to smoke a cigarette and then frantically chasing after it when it leaves the station with his baby on board. The Greater Cleveland →
Court records show a man accused of fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy and wounding another deputy during a 12-hour standoff in Ohio is set for a court hearing. Clermont County Municipal Court records show 23-year-old Wade Edward Winn is scheduled →
CRESCO, Iowa — Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio sounded an awful lot at home Thursday in rural Howard County, Iowa, on his first stop in the politically influential state Friday. “We chose here because we grew up in communities →
BRUNSWICK –– Keeping to his working man persona, Sen. Sherrod Brown used a Brunswick company Wednesday as the stage for the first stop of his multistate “The Dignity of Work” tour. Up next, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and →