A government agency reports that it was a broken rail that led to a freight train derailment near the Ohio Expo Center in 2012 that caused a series of fiery explosions and forced residents from nearby homes to be evacuated.
Authorities say a man who escaped from a low-level corrections facility near Toledo Wednesday is back in custody.
Limelight Beach won the Little Brown Jug on Thursday at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, beating Let’s Drink on It by 1 1/4 lengths in the second leg of the pacing Triple Crown.
Mike Aviles’s sacrifice fly in the 13th inning scored Jose Ramirez and gave the Indians a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday night.
Less than a week after a jailbreak by Chardon High School shooter T.J. Lane, the convicted murder of a central Ohio girl and a third inmate from a state prison in Lima, authorities say they are searching for an inmate who escaped from a prison in Bowling Green.
Columbus police are asking for help locating a West Side man who has not been seen by friends or co-workers for nearly two weeks.
Military officials say a soldier based at Fort Bragg and a civilian worker for the Department of Defense have been killed in Afghanistan.
Wednesday’s meeting of the Ohio University Student Senate was quiet, compared with last week’s session, but not without controversy.
Carlos Carrasco threw a two-hitter with a career-high 12 strikeouts to lead the Indians over the Houston Astros 2-0 Wednesday night.
Kyle Hendricks kept up his impressive rookie season, pitching seven strong innings as the Chicago Cubs beat the Reds 3-1 Wednesday night for a sweep.
