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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A body was found Friday in a state park reservoir where investigators were searching for a missing Ohio woman. The Dayton Daily-News reports that authorities had not yet released an identification of the body found at Buck Creek State Park, in Clark County, where a search had expanded from the lake […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Health care workers in Ohio will be required to immediately report to the state any cases of the dangerous new virus from China, the state’s health department said Friday. So far, there have been just two U.S. patients diagnosed and none in Ohio. “Anticipatory action like this is critical to ensuring […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — A former corrections officer at a troubled county jail in Cleveland pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to an assault on a female inmate strapped in a restraint chair. Idris-Farid Clark and another Cuyahoga County corrections officer assaulted the woman in July 2018, authorities said, and Clark then grabbed the woman by […]

MORAINE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities said a man and woman will be charged criminally once they’re released from the hospital after they overdosed just off an interstate highway in Ohio with a baby on board. Moraine police said the couple was found inside a pickup truck Thursday that had pulled off Interstate 75 near Dayton. […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Divers continued their search for a missing Ohio woman Friday after a car belonging to her estranged husband was found in a state park reservoir. LaTricia Bass-Jefferies, of Dayton, was last seen Saturday after she took another woman to Springfield. Her husband reported her missing Sunday. His car was pulled from […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The city of Columbus has fired two police officers and disciplined two others over their handling of the 2018 arrest of porn actress Stormy Daniels at a strip club. The firing Thursday of officers Steven Rosser and Whitney Lancaster was the latest fallout stemming from the arrest of Daniels, who has […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Motorcyclists in Ohio would be allowed to wear earphones or earplugs while riding under a measure meant to ward off hearing loss, under a bill on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine. The House and Senate have both approved the legislation, which would prohibit motorcyclists from listening to music or other […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio corrections officials will soon conduct surprise visits of jails and require mandatory reporting of incidents like suicides and escapes, following a string of lawsuits and inmate deaths in multiple county jails. Starting this year, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction will conduct annual full inspections on all standards which […]

HIRAM, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio coroner ruled Thursday that the death of a baby found in a trash can was a homicide. The boy was found with the umbilical cord still attached in a women’s bathroom in Whitcomb Hall at Hiram College last October. According to a coroner report obtained by the Record-Courier, the […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo is using the third birthday of its beloved premature hippo as a way to raise money for Australian wildlife affected by the recent bushfires. Instead of sending birthday gifts, the zoo is asking people to buy T-shirts that will directly benefit the Bushfire Emergency Wildlife Fund. The shirt features […]