Injured Ohio woman pulls herself up 100-foot ravine after being trapped in crashed car for 9 hours
“I was thinking to myself, ‘Man, I’m just going to be down here forever. If I don’t get my hand unstuck, I’m going to be down here until I die,’” Lexi LaPorte, 21, said as she sat trapped inside her wrecked car.
Ohio GOP law hopes to arm school teachers with guns following mass shootings
The Republican-backed measure aims to undo the effect of a 2021 state Supreme Court ruling that said under current law armed school workers would need hundreds of hours of training.
2 Ohio men charged with attempting to kidnap, traffic woman, county prosecutor says
The victim was waiting inside of a public transit station in Cleveland, Ohio, when one of the suspects started assaulting her before dragging her out to a nearby parking lot.
Artist with diabetes walks 470 miles from Ohio to Tennessee to inspire others
Krista Sheneman says she wanted to test the limits of what was possible
Dr. William Husel found not guilty in 14 Ohio patient deaths
A jury on Wednesday acquitted an Ohio doctor accused of ordering excessive amounts of painkillers that led to multiple patient deaths at a Columbus-area hospital following a weekslong trial.
Man pees on snack rack at Detroit gas station, moons clerk after credit card declines
A man was captured on camera peeing inside a Detroit gas station after his credit card declined.
Deshaun Watson denies sexual assault allegations at Browns introductory news conference
For the first time, Deshaun Watson answers questions regarding the sexual misconduct allegations against him during his Cleveland Browns introductory news conference.
Ohio law allowing cameras in nursing home rooms to prevent abuse goes into effect
A son’s decade-long advocacy for a law to allow cameras in Ohio nursing home rooms has finally come to fruition after his own elderly mother suffered abuse and neglect.
'Always be cautious': Fentanyl, cocaine pills disguised as Tylenol seized by Ohio police
Police in Lorain, Ohio, shared a photo of a seized fentanyl pill pressed with what appears to look like the word “Tylenol.”
Mother in custody after abandoned, autistic 5-year-old son found
Heather Adkins, 32, is in custody in Georgetown, Kentucky, on a local warrant and a warrant issued by Colerain Township police in connection with her son's abandonment.
Ohio family sues doctors after DNA test reveals father, daughter unrelated
When a couple’s daughter did an Ancestry.com DNA test in 2020 ahead of her trip to Europe, she learned that the father she was raised by was not her biological father.
Woman pregnant with twins set on fire by boyfriend, Detroit police say; suspect gets $50K bond
A woman, pregnant with twins, was set on fire by her own boyfriend, Detroit Police say. Not only that, he could be out on bail as low as $5,000 as she and the babies fight to live.
Casey Goodson Jr. shooting: Ohio deputy charged with murder
The now-retired Ohio sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times last December has been charged with murder.
Body of missing 2-year-old girl found in Indiana river days after she vanished with father
A desperate search for missing 2-year-old Emma Sweet has ended after rescuers recovered her body in an Indiana river, miles downstream from where her father was pulled from his submerged truck.
Financial literacy course now required for Ohio high school students
Ohio high school students will be required to pass at least one half-credit course in financial literacy in order to graduate, according to a new law.
Michelle Wu, Aftab Pureval mayoral wins mark milestone for Asian Americans
Asian Americans will serve as mayor in Boston and Cincinnati for the first time in both cities’ histories.
Child finds sewing needle inside Halloween trick-or-treat candy, Ohio police say
An observant child in Ohio made a "demented" discovery inside their Halloween candy while trick-or-treating over the weekend, alerting police to a sewing needle planted inside a chocolate treat.
Massive Halloween skeleton as large as a house becomes viral sensation
Alan Perkins spent hundreds of hours building the decoration for his home in Olmsted Falls, Ohio.
Ohio made 35,000 Wright Brothers license plates with a big mistake
Ohio printed out 35,000 new license plates before realizing a banner depicted on the plate was attached to the wrong end of the Wright Brothers' historic first plane.
‘Magnificent yet terrifying’: Waterspout twirls over Lake Erie
A towering waterspout twirled in Lake Erie off Cleveland, Ohio, on October 17.