Mom pleads to lesser charge for dropping son into zoo exhibit
A Delaware County woman who dropped her toddler son into a Cleveland zoo’s cheetah pit and was charged with child endangering has pleaded no contest to a reduced charge.
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Grandview girl reports abduction attempt
People in Grandview Heights are on edge and police are vowing to be extra vigilant after a seven-year-old girl reported she was almost kidnapped.
Region’s unemployment lowest since ’01
Unemployment in the Columbus metropolitan area fell for the third straight month to its lowest level in 14 years.
Feds will monitor Cleveland police
A settlement between Cleveland city officials and the federal government over the city’s police force was not enough to stave off planned protests over the not guilty verdict of a white police officer in the shooting of two unarmed black motorists.
Justice Dept., Cleveland police excessive force pact
A senior federal law enforcement official says Cleveland has reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over a pattern of excessive force and civil rights violations by the city’s police department.
Officer not guilty in Cleveland shooting case
A Cleveland police officer has been found not guilty in the shooting deaths of two unarmed suspects in a 137-shot barrage of police gunfire after a high-speed chase.
Memorial Day events
Communities around central Ohio will be holding Memorial Day events this weekend.
Unemployment rate up in April
Ohio’s unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in April, up from 5.1 percent in March, the first increase after 21 consecutive months in which the jobless rate had either declined or remained unchanged.
Jeni’s reopens; FDA report released
As Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams prepared to reopen its scoop shops in central Ohio and across the country following a listeria contamination, a report was released in which a federal inspector noted quality control and sanitation problems in the company’s production facility on Michigan Avenue.
Holiday weekend travel
Big numbers of Ohio travelers are expected to leave home over the long Memorial Day weekend, spurred by more disposable income and lower gas prices than in recent years.