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CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities say a bus and another vehicle collided at an intersection in Cleveland, injuring at least 12 people. The State Highway Patrol responded to the crash that occurred around 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Officials at the scene said the RTA bus was carrying several passengers at the time. Authorities report emergency responders transported […]

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — Attorneys for an Ohio woman accused of killing and burying her newborn daughter want her trial moved to another county, citing what they describe as “prejudicial” media coverage. Attorneys for 20-year-old Brooke Skylar Richardson filed a motion Friday asking the judge to move the Sept. 3 trial out of Warren County. […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency is proposing changes to its water quality monitoring program that would reduce the amount of samples taken from the state’s rivers and streams. The Columbus Dispatch reports the Ohio EPA is proposing to fold the 98 watersheds now surveyed into 37 larger “project areas.” The agency says […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency is proposing changes to its water quality monitoring program that would reduce the amount of samples taken from the state’s rivers and streams. The Columbus Dispatch reports the Ohio EPA is proposing to fold the 98 watersheds now surveyed into 37 larger “project areas.” The agency says […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — Police say a man riding a bus has been fatally shot after gunfire broke out in a Cincinnati neighborhood Cincinnati police say 21-year-old Neko Larkin was a passenger on a Metro bus around 9 p.m. Saturday when there was an exchange of gunfire outside the vehicle in North Avondale. Police say a […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University is creating a new way to help farmers dealing with the stress and strain of keeping their farms running. It’s called the Rural and Farm Stress Task Force. The university says the task force will help connect farmers with specialists who can help them learn more about keeping […]

MASON, Ohio (AP) — A new steel roller coaster is set to debut at one of Ohio’s largest amusement parks next year. “Orion” will open at Kings Island in Mason in the spring of 2020. Kings Island officials say it will be the tallest and fastest coaster at the Cincinnati-area amusement park. Mike Koontz, vice […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — A 49-year-old man who spent two decades on Ohio’s death row is headed back to his Middle East homeland. A Hamilton County judge, J. Patrick Foley III, on Friday accepted a plea agreement for defendant Ahmad Fawzi Issa (AH’-mahd FOW’-zee EE’-sah). Issa pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 1997 […]

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The mayor of Dayton where nine people were slain in a mass shooting says a round-the-clock security detail was assigned to her because of hate-filled messages she received following verbal sparring with President Donald Trump after his visit to a Dayton hospital earlier this month. The Dayton Daily News reports Trump […]