By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fans of the late astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn are working to bring a statue of his likeness to the Ohio Statehouse to mark major future milestones, such as his birthday and the anniversary of his famous space flight. Thursday ...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's governor, attorney general and dozens of local governments are nearing agreement on divvying up proceeds of a potentially huge settlement with the opioid industry, hoping to avoid mistakes made with the national tobacco ...

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A newly formed conservative group is seeking an end to the death penalty in Ohio at a time when executions have ground to a halt in the state and the House speaker has questioned whether capital punishment should be ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court in Ohio has affirmed the convictions of a North Carolina man who was accused of trying to recruit people to conduct terrorist attacks in the name of the Islamic State group. Authorities alleged that Erick Jamal Hendricks, arrested in Charlotte, North ...

By DAN SEWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A friendof a gunman who killed nine people in a shooting rampage in Dayton, Ohio, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday on unrelated federal firearms charges. Ethan Kollie, 24, pleaded guilty in November to lying on a federal firearms form ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Mayor John Cranley of Cincinnati said Friday he is exploring a run for Ohio governor in 2022. The Democrat said he thinks Ohio is "falling behind and must do better." He pointed to Cincinnati's growth and progress in recent years that have seen more riverfront development ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Fifth Third Bank has fired a small number of employees who stole customer information and gave it to people outside the company in what was an orchestrated fraud ring, the bank said Friday. The Cincinnati-based bank said it has identified about 100 customers who were ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for selling cocaine laced with heroin and fentanyl to a Greek billionaire's son who was found dead in a Cleveland hotel room. Terry Lee Christian, 36, pleaded guilty in October to charges related to selling the drugs ...

BRYAN, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff in Ohio who was convicted of posting confidential child abuse reports to the department's website and Facebook page agreed to step down in exchange for avoiding an indictment on new felony charges. Williams County Sheriff Steve Towns will resign March 17, ...

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A teenager who planned to set off an explosive device at an Ohio high school and called police about a hoax hostage situation at a Kansas elementary school has been indicted on federal charges, prosecutors said Friday. Allen Martin ...

TOM KRISHER and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Trump administration's budget proposal scraps a loan program that could help an upstart electric vehicle company's plans to reuse the now-closed General Motors factory in Lordstown, Ohio. In a summary of the budget for the ...

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The latest request for mercy from a death row inmate in Ohio comes as executions have ground to a halt and the future of capital punishment in the state is being questioned by an unlikely lawmaker — the conservative ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio House committee is resuming hearings Tuesday on a proposal to enable survivors to sue Ohio State University under state law for decades-old sexual abuse by a team doctor. It comes a week after Gov. Mike DeWine and House Speaker Larry Householder, both ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Guilty pleas were entered Monday by a man accused of shooting and injuring a Cleveland police officer with an assault-type rifle while the officer was responding to a call. Authorities say defendant Jonathan Chambers shot a man in the neck while the man was sitting in a car ...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A homeless advocate whose lawsuit against an Ohio city was dismissed has asked the state's Supreme Court to hear his appeal. Lawyers for Sage Lewis recently filed the notice of appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court. They argue that a Summit County Common Pleas judge ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — One man was fatally shot and two other males were injured in a parking lot in Ohio on Monday night, police said. Officers responded around 7:30 p.m. to a report of gunfire in the parking lot behind the Driving Park branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, according ...

LIMA, Ohio (AP) — Three people were killed in a shooting at a bar early Tuesday, police in Ohio said. Two of the people were found dead inside the bar around 2 a.m., while the body of the third person was outside on a sidewalk, police said. The shooting happened just before closing time ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio husband and wife charged in the death of their infant son found in an abandoned car nearly three years ago had their bond set at $500,000 each on Tuesday. A judge set bond for Jenna Cisneros, 34, and Jacob Cisneros, 33, in a courtroom in Toledo a day after they ...

By KELLI WEIR The Canton Repository CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Holding the book steady with both hands, third-grader Alyssa Altieri sat back in the chair and settled in for some quiet reading. Only this was no ordinary classroom. Altieri was in Middlebranch Elementary's Read and Ride room and the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — One of several shots fired into an Ohio home from a vehicle struck and injured a 3-year-old boy on Saturday, police said. Columbus police said the child was hit with a bullet in the abdomen shortly before 1:30 p.m and was taken to a hospital in critical condition. He ...