Records show the overcrowded county jail from which four inmates escaped has been repeatedly cited by state inspectors for its lack of a security perimeter, broken security cameras and lack of a two-way radio system.
A Powell man imprisoned for a drunken driving death after confessing in a YouTube video is getting out five months early.
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.
A 27-year-old man has been charged with assault, domestic violence and child endangering for striking his 3-year-old son multiple times in an incident caught on a surveillance video camera at a South Side grocery store last week.
Newark police are investigating two possible cases of strangers trying to lure children into vehicles.
High temperatures prompted school districts around Ohio to cancel classes or shorten school for a second day Wednesday.
Governor Mike DeWine is urging lawmakers to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarette products as concerns grow about the health effects of vaping.
Police had not filed charges late Tuesday in connection with an incident captured on surveillance video last week where a child is beaten and then left in a closed vehicle outside a grocery store on the South Side.
The members of Ohio State’s new task force to help address sexual misconduct on college campuses include experts, such as the man who leads the clearinghouse for reports of sex abuse in Olympic sports, but no abuse survivors.
