Teen drinking party shooting case to grand jury
A western Ohio man accused of fatally shooting a teenager while hosting a drinking party has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of providing alcohol to underage people.
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Deadline approaches for getting share of “cramming” settlement
Verizon and Sprint customers have one more day to claim their share of the $120 million national “mobile cramming” settlements announced earlier this year.
Ohio fire deaths increase
Officials say the number of fire deaths in Ohio increased slightly from last year to this year, with 117 fatalities reported in 2015.
No charges in Tamir Rice shooting
Cleveland’s mayor says the city and police department will proceed with an administrative review which could result in discipline against two officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy with a pellet gun.
Family expects no indictment in Tamir Rice shooting
Nearly 400 days after a white Cleveland police officer fatally shot a black 12-year-old carrying a pellet gun, his family believes it’s unlikely officers will be indicted.
Gas price fuels record holiday travel
One third of the nation’s population will not be home at some point during the Christmas-New Year’s holiday period, according to the AAA, but the auto club says it would have been a bigger number had Americans not begun to feel cautious about their spending.
The man who cries “no wolf” on terror
You may die in a car crash. You could draw your last breath with a misguided bite of meat or drown in a bathtub. Or you might avoid all of that and die some other way. But you still probably won’t meet your end in a terrorist attack in the United States.
Avian flu gone, bird ban ends
The chickens, ducks and turkeys will be back at your county fair next summer as experts declared a year-long outbreak of avian flu officially over and Ohio officials lift a ban on bird shows.
Drug use among youth on decline, with one exception
Finally, some good news on the drug front: A national report shows decreasing use by high schoolers of alcohol, prescription painkillers and synthetic marijuana.
Non-surgical alternative to appendectomy in kids shows promise
Families of children with uncomplicated cases of appendicitis now have the choice to treat it with antibiotics — and without surgery — at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.