A Northeast Side woman lay undiscovered for over an hour after she was killed early Thursday in a single-vehicle accident that shut down a major interstate for much of the day, including the morning rush hour.
Ohioans suffered through another day of record heat again Wednesday as schools cancelled classes or shortened their school days due to the unseasonable warmth, which environmental activists point to as an indication that the effects of climate change are being felt.
High temperatures prompted school districts around Ohio to cancel classes or shorten school for a second day Wednesday.
The Ohio Department of Health says the number of induced abortions in the state continued a downward trajectory last year.
The first day of October in Ohio, which evokes thoughts of brisk autumn temperatures, falling leaves and steamy pumpkin-spiced beverages, felt more like July.
A man who shot his wife to death and critically wounded her teenage son before shooting himself has died.
For the second time in as many school days, police have charged a Columbus high school student with trying to bring a loaded weapon to school.
Violent crime in central Ohio declined last year, led by a dramatic drop in the number of murders following a record-setting year in Columbus.
Three of four inmates who overpowered two female corrections officers and escaped from a southern Ohio county jail were caught in North Carolina after slightly more than a day on the run.
Police say a Hilliard man admitted that he was playing with a firearm while intoxicated when he accidentally shot a man he described as his step-brother to death on the Hilltop Friday night.
