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MASSILLON, Ohio (AP) — Police say they don’t have any new leads in the search for an Ohio woman who hasn’t been seen since walking away from a family gathering Christmas Day. Parris Hopson, 26, of Columbus, left her grandparents’ house in Massillon in northeastern Ohio the afternoon of Dec. 25, saying she needed to […]

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school system plans to reopen Tuesday after a high number of flu cases canceled classes for the entire district on Monday. Close to one in four students at Zane Trace Local schools in Ross County in southern Ohio was sick, and staff were also feeling ill, said superintendent Jerry […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police identified an armed man Monday who they say was fatally shot by an officer after an attempted robbery at a restaurant in Ohio. The robbery suspect shot behind a Bob Evans restaurant in Columbus on Saturday was Joshua James Brown, 34, according to Columbus police. They said Brown was wearing […]

PATASKALA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio teen was fatally shot after another teen pointed a gun laser in his eyes to distract him during a video game, and then pulled the trigger, according to authorities. A complaint filed in juvenile court in Licking County in central Ohio Monday charged a 15-year-old boy with a juvenile […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police on Monday identified an armed man they say was fatally shot by an officer after an attempted robbery at a restaurant in Ohio. The robbery suspect shot behind a Bob Evans restaurant in Columbus on Saturday was Joshua James Brown, 34, according to Columbus police. They said Brown was wearing […]

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — The owners of a vacant home removed a chimney where a teenager was found dead two weeks ago out of respect for the boy’s parents who live across the street, police said Monday. The 14-year-old boy’s body was found on Jan. 13 following a three-week search. Investigators believe he got […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s attorney general on Monday approved the next step of a proposal to amend the state constitution to raise the minimum wage. The amendment calls for annual boosts in the minimum wage until it hits $13 an hour in 2025. The current Ohio minimum wage is $8.55 an hour. The initial […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — A 70-year-old man was accused of fatally shooting another man in an Ohio apartment and barricading himself and a child inside before killing himself, police said Monday. Officers responding to a shooting at an apartment late Sunday found a woman outside who told them a 30-year-old man had been shot and that […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An exhibit exploring comedian Bob Hope’s major tours and travels during World War II is set to open this month at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Ohio. “So Ready for Laughter: The Legacy of Bob Hope” opens Friday and runs through April 17 at the museum in Columbus. The […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — A Democrat and former county commissioner in the Ohio county that is home to Cincinnati has died. Todd Portune was 61. Portune, who served as a Hamilton County commissioner from 2000 until his resignation in 2019 for health reasons, died Saturday at his home in the Cincinnati suburb of Green Township, according […]