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• Castro to be arraigned today

  May 9, 2013 3:28 AM

  Ariel Castro will be arraigned later today. He's accused of kidnapping and holding three women captive for ten years. Castro is allegedly responsible for the horrors inside a Cleveland home, and he is charged with three counts of rape and four counts of kidnapping. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and... more »

• Boehner says he 'absolutely' trusts Obama

  March 17, 2013 12:12 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner says he "absolutely" trusts President Barack Obama - not that they don't have their differences. Boehner tells ABC's "This Week" that the two have a good relationship and that they're "open with each other ... honest with each other." But the Ohio lawmaker... more »

• Romney: Heart told him he'd win, until he saw Fla.

  March 3, 2013 1:46 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney says his heart said he was going to win the presidency, but when early results came in on election night, he knew it was not to be. The GOP nominee tells "Fox News Sunday" that he knew his campaign was in trouble when exit polls... more »

• Family describes murder victim as loveable and caring Play Video

  February 20, 2013 12:20 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - The family a Cincinnati soldier whose body was at a Colorado Springs hotel room Sunday morning describe their sister and daughter as a very warm and caring individual. Sgt. Kimberly Walker, 28, part of a refueling company attached to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division at... more »

• Ohio taxpayer challenges sending fine to Newtown

  January 23, 2013 4:38 PM

  CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A taxpayer has challenged an Ohio judge's decision that a $5,000 fine paid by a former high school basketball coach who videotaped boys in a locker room shower should go to the Connecticut community where a gunman killed 26 people. The challenge was sent Wednesday to... more »

• Testing underway on 'brain pacemakers' to zap Alzheimer's damage

  January 20, 2013 10:52 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - It has the makings of a science fiction movie: Zap someone's brain with mild jolts of electricity to try to stave off the creeping memory loss of Alzheimer's disease. And it's not easy. Holes are drilled into the patient's skull so tiny wires can be implanted into... more »

• Twin mothers in Ohio give birth the same day

  January 2, 2013 12:25 PM

  AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Aiden and Donavyn didn't wait until New Year's Day to come screaming into the world, but the circumstances of their births are still pretty special: The babies were born about two hours apart to Ohio mothers who are identical twins. The Akron Beacon Journal reports that... more »

• Four days after election Florida called for Obama

  November 10, 2012 1:08 PM

  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Four days after the election, President Barack Obama can finally claim victory in Florida. The state finished counting its votes Saturday. Obama was declared the, giving him a 332 to 206 final margin in the Electoral College. Florida officials said Obama had 50 percent of... more »

• Romney moves to reframe debate on abortion, autos

  October 30, 2012 8:17 PM

  KETTERING, Ohio (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney seems determined to soften his emphasis on abortion and ignore facts critical to the auto industry as he seeks support from key voting groups in the waning days of a close presidential race. That's the message in ads, his own remarks and most... more »

• Romney urges supporters to remember hurricane victims

  October 29, 2012 7:56 PM

  AVON LAKE, Ohio (AP) - Mitt Romney is urging supporters to donate to the Red Cross or other relief agencies gearing up to help storm victims. In one of his last campaign appearances before suspending those events as Hurricane Sandy comes ashore, Romney also called on supporters in the path... more »

• Clinton: Romney claim about Jeep a 'load of bull'

  October 29, 2012 7:49 PM

  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton have criticized Mitt Romney for saying that Chrysler is shifting production of its Jeep brand autos from Ohio to China. Jeep, a major employer in Ohio, has said it is adding jobs in China to meet growing... more »

• Marathoner revived after dropping dead

  October 21, 2012 11:40 AM

  AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A man who was brought back to life after literally dropping dead within the first two miles of a marathon in Akron is back at home and thankful to be alive. Tony Lindeman told the Akron Beacon Journal that he felt fine before the Sept. 29... more »

• Inmate says he's too obese for execution

  September 17, 2012 2:16 PM

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs at least 480 pounds wants his upcoming execution delayed, saying he's too heavy for the state's lethal injection process. Ronald Post shot and killed a hotel clerk in northern Ohio almost 30 years ago. He says his weight, vein access,... more »

• Candidate-speak not helping undecided voters

  September 3, 2012 9:05 PM

  We're in the middle of political convention season, but there's a problem "Neither party has given definitive plans," says Glen Maurer, an undecided voter. Instead of getting their questions answered, voters, like Maurer, are left with more of them. "I want, what are you going to do?... more »

• Obama-Romney race is focused on 7 states

  August 26, 2012 10:59 AM

  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - With the Republican convention beginning tomorrow and the Democrats kicking off a week later, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are still looking to lock up states that could get them to the 270 electoral votes needed to win in November. An Associated Press analysis of... more »

• 1st man to walk on moon recovering from heart surgery

  August 8, 2012 7:44 PM

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is recovering from heart surgery days after his 82nd birthday. A NASA spokesman talked to Armstrong's wife, Carol, and said the former astronaut was recovering Wednesday. It wasn't clear where the surgery occurred or where Armstrong... more »

• Police: Ohio movie-goer arrested with weapons had them for protection

  August 7, 2012 7:16 PM

  WESTLAKE, Ohio (AP) - Ohio police say a man brought a gun, ammunition and several knives to a showing of the latest Batman movie so he could protect himself, not because he had sinister intentions. Westlake Police Sgt. Mark Krumheuer said 37-year-old Scott A. Smith, of North Ridgeville, brought the... more »

• Names of victims emerge in Colo. theater rampage

  July 21, 2012 4:01 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Relatives have identified two more victims from the Colorado movie theater shooting. Six-year-old Veronica Moser was killed, her great-aunt, Annie Dalton, tells The Associated Press. Another victim is 27-year-old Matt McQuinn, says family attorney Rob Scott from Dayton, Ohio. Veronica's mother, Ashley Moser, 25, is in... more »

• Feds expanding state access to immigration data

  July 16, 2012 7:57 PM

  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Federal officials are expanding access to an immigration database so that several states can use it to cleanse voter rolls. The Homeland Security Department first notified Florida officials last week that they could check to see if registered voters are actually noncitizens who should not be... more »

• States fight 'tourists' trafficking painkillers

  July 8, 2012 2:40 PM

  LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - As he sat in the doctor's office, ex-boxer and weightlifter Gerald Dixon explained that years of sports had left him in pain, especially his hands, and he was looking for relief. After a cursory examination at the clinic in West Palm Beach, Fla., Dixon left with... more »

• Swing-state unemployment down, Obama's chances up

  April 22, 2012 11:34 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The improving economy is swinging the pendulum in President Barack Obama's favor in the 14 states where the presidential election will likely be decided. Recent polls show Obama gaining an edge over his likely Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, in several so-called swing states - those that are... more »

• Fort Carson soldier remembered Play Video

  April 16, 2012 7:05 PM

  Family and friends are honoring the life of a Fort Carson soldier. A memorial was held Monday on the Mountain Post for 26-year-old Staff Sergeant Christopher Brown, who was on his 4th tour of duty when he was killed April 3rd in Afghanistan. SSgt Brown was part of the... more »

• Political, legal fights over school vouchers' fate

  April 8, 2012 12:39 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Political fights and court battles are brewing around the country over using public dollars to make it easier for parents to afford private schools for their kids. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal recently won passage of legislation that expands statewide a voucher program in New Orleans as part... more »

• Ohio is Romney-Santorum dead heat as Super Tuesday approaches

  March 5, 2012 3:01 PM

  CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Mitt Romney's allies are hoping Super Tuesday's powerful imprint on the Republican presidential nomination will bring clarity, at long last, to the fractious contest and rouse Republicans behind their front-runner. But that's strictly up to voters across the nation, weighing in on the most consequential day... more »

• Ohio school shooting reveals value of social media Play Video

  March 1, 2012 9:47 PM

  With people using social media like Twitter and Facebook more than ever, these sites are of growing importance in emergency situations. During the school shooting in Chardon, Ohio this week, students tweeted moment by moment, providing real-time updates to responders who used that information to direct aid. Local emergency... more »

• Coach praised after Ohio school shooting speaks

  March 1, 2012 5:42 PM

  CHARDON, Ohio (AP) - The assistant football coach praised for chasing a gunman from an Ohio high school cafeteria says he wishes he could have done more and thinks the real heroes are the people who responded to the scene. Three students were killed and two were seriously hurt... more »

• Second student dies from shooting at Ohio school

  February 28, 2012 7:42 AM

  CHARDON, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say a student wounded in an Ohio school shooting has been declared brain dead, the second reported fatality. Hugh Shannon, administrator at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office, says officials received the word early this morning about Russell King Jr. Shannon says the office is... more »

• Shooting at Ohio school

  February 27, 2012 8:59 AM

  CHARDON, Ohio (AP) - A sheriff's office is confirming a shooting at a northeastern Ohio high school. Civil deputy Erin Knife with the Geauga County Sheriff's Office says the shooting was reported around 7:30 a.m. Monday at Chardon High School. Knife says she doesn't have the number of victims yet,... more »

• Obama campaign seeks ad rates in states

  January 17, 2012 8:25 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama campaign has requested advertising rates in a number of key states, a sign that it could be close to airing its first television commercials of the 2012 campaign. The president's campaign has sought the advertising information in 14 states that are expected to be... more »

• Check Lincoln wrote day before being shot is found

  January 14, 2012 10:54 AM

  BROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) - A personal check that Abraham Lincoln wrote the day before he was assassinated is among those that were rediscovered by an Ohio bank. The Plain Dealer in Cleveland reports that 70 checks were found in a vault at Huntington Bank's Columbus headquarters, including checks signed... more »

• Ohio fire kills 3

  December 25, 2011 9:48 AM

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Three people are dead following a house fire in Columbus late Christmas Eve. Battalion Chief Michael Fowler says the blaze was reported shortly before midnight Saturday in a vacant house on the city's west side. But when firefighters reached the scene neighbors reported that... more »

• Ohio man admits tough time with animals before

  October 22, 2011 9:41 AM

  ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio man who collected wild and rare animals admitted he was having a tough time taking care of them just days before he unleashed dozens of tigers, bears and lions into the countryside and killed himself. A sheriff's deputy visited Terry Thompson's farm in... more »

• Ohio sheriff: 48 exotic animals killed in all

  October 19, 2011 3:23 PM

  ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz says deputies killed 48 exotic animals in all after their owner freed them from his private Ohio park and then killed himself. He says 18 tigers and 17 lions were among them. Six animals were taken to the Columbus Zoo.... more »

• Wild animals on the loose in Ohio

  October 19, 2011 6:02 AM

  ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Police armed with rifles are patrolling rural Zanesville where dozens of animals escaped from a wild-animal preserve and where the owner's body later was found. Some school districts were expected to cancel classes Wednesday as the remaining bears, big cats and other beasts from the... more »

• Ohio zoo's Asian elephant moving to Denver

  October 6, 2011 6:24 PM

  POWELL, Ohio (AP) - An Asian elephant born seven years ago at the Columbus Zoo is moving to a new home at the Denver Zoo. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said Tuesday that Bodhi will move to Colorado by the end of the year with plans to have him sire... more »

• Man goes on trial in 1967 death of Ohio schoolgirl

  August 11, 2011 1:42 PM

  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Prosecutors in Ohio say DNA evidence collected four decades ago links a man to the 1967 killing of a 14-year-old girl. Testimony began Thursday in the murder trial of 75-year-old Robert Bowman. Investigators think he kept the girl captive in his basement for as long... more »

• Jurors: Ohio killer's statement looked rehearsed

  August 10, 2011 5:55 PM

  CLEVELAND (AP) - Jurors who are recommending the death penalty for the killer of 11 women in Cleveland say they felt his statement from the witness stand was rehearsed and lacked remorse. The jurors in the trial of 51-year-old Anthony Sowell spoke to reporters Wednesday in the courtroom after... more »

• Wrong baby cremated

  August 10, 2011 8:10 AM

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio county will pay more than $68,000 to families whose dead children got mixed up by the morgue, resulting in the wrong one being cremated. Franklin County commissioners in Columbus approved the settlements on Tuesday, including $50,000 for the family of a 14-month-old boy... more »

• AFA cadet credited with helping repair B-1B bomber

  August 8, 2011 3:41 PM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - An Air Force Academy cadet is being credited for helping find a fast and inexpensive fix for a B-1B bomber. The Air Force says senior Joel Noble was at an undisclosed location in southwest Asia with a maintenance squadron that was repairing a... more »

• Police: 8 shot to death in Ohio, including child

  August 7, 2011 3:20 PM

  COPLEY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say a family argument in Ohio ended in the shooting deaths of eight people in two places, including an 11-year-old. Another person was wounded. Copley Township police Chief Michael Mier tells WKYC-TV one person shot five people to death in location Sunday, then... more »

• Ohio gas station sells $99M Mega Millions ticket

  August 6, 2011 1:02 AM

  JEFFERSON, Ohio (AP) - A lottery official says a winning ticket for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $99 million has been sold at a gas station in northeastern Ohio. Ohio Lottery spokeswoman Marie Kildane says the winning jackpot ticket for Friday's drawing was sold at Speedway in Jefferson,... more »

• Sentencing begins for Ohio serial killer

  August 1, 2011 6:34 AM

  CLEVELAND (AP) - The sentencing phase begins today in Cleveland in the trial of an ex-Marine convicted of killing 11 women. Sex offender Anthony Sowell was convicted in July of murdering the women and abusing their corpses, which were hidden in his home and buried in his backyard. ... more »

• 4 shot after George Clinton show in Ohio

  July 31, 2011 11:12 AM

  CLEVELAND (AP) - Cleveland police say one of four people shot during a large fight after a concert featuring funk music artist George Clinton has died. Police spokesman Sgt. Sammy Morris says a 16-year-old shot in the head Saturday night near the outdoor festival died early Sunday at a hospital.... more »

• Loretta Lynn recovering at home from dehydration

  July 15, 2011 4:22 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Loretta Lynn says she is recovering from heat exhaustion that forced her to cancel two weekend shows - and that she'll need to stay out of her garden in the stifling heat. The 76-year-old said in a statement Friday that "there ain't a... more »

• CC is part of new hockey "super" Conference

  July 13, 2011 11:06 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Six of the top college hockey programs will become the National Collegiate Hockey Conference at the start of the 2013-14 season. NCAA champion Minnesota Duluth, Colorado College, Denver, Nebraska-Omaha and North Dakota of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association will join current Central Collegiate Hockey Association... more »

• States: Death-penalty drug scramble, higher cost

  July 9, 2011 3:56 PM

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - States are having an increasingly difficult time getting the injectable drugs to carry out death sentences. And they're also paying as much as 10 times more for the chemicals as in years past. Ohio only has enough pentobarbital for seven executions scheduled through February,... more »

• Ohio couple sentenced for locking woman in attic

  June 30, 2011 5:26 PM

  CINCINNATI (AP) - An Ohio couple who locked the woman's mother in a sweltering attic for three days so the daughter could give birth have been sentenced on abduction charges. Authorities say Shawn Lloyd and Adrienna Daniels left 59-year-old Mary Daniels in their attic last June as temperatures reached... more »

• Odd punishment for illegal rafters

  May 22, 2011 7:07 PM

  PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A northeast Ohio couple found themselves up to their ankles in trouble for rafting on a flood-swollen river without life preservers and lying about it afterward. A judge sentenced them to stand in a tiny swimming pool while wearing life jackets and handing out water... more »

• GM to add or keep 4,000 jobs in US

  May 10, 2011 2:02 PM

  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - General Motors says it will add or keep 4,000 jobs in the U.S. over the next year and a half. GM CEO Dan Akerson says that jobs will be added at 17 plants in eight states. He's making the announcement at a plant in Toledo, where... more »

• 5 states make final pitch in Asian carp case

  October 18, 2010 12:34 PM

  Attorneys for and against closing Chicago-area shipping locks to stop the spread of Asian carp are making their final pitches to a federal judge. Oral arguments Monday are the last step before Judge Robert Dow decides the issue. Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin say the action would... more »

• Ohio town invaded by skunks

  October 7, 2010 3:42 PM

  A unique combination of weather and timing has created a bigger mess than usual this year for residents of Russell Township, Ohio. This time of year, skunks are fattening up for the winter. They are tearing into yards and landscaping looking for food. Skunks are digging for grub worms.... more »

• 10 states sell half of imported crime guns

  September 27, 2010 8:23 AM

  A report being released Monday by a mayors group finds that nearly half of the guns that crossed state lines and were used in crimes in 2009 were sold in just 10 states. Colorado is not one of the states. Those states accounted for nearly 21,000 guns connected to... more »

• Ohio church day care worker jailed for drugging kids

  September 15, 2010 12:25 PM

  A former day care worker at an Ohio church has been sentenced to six months in jail for slipping a dietary supplement into children's candy to get them to sleep. Cincinnati resident Donna Scott was convicted of three counts of child endangering. Prosecutors say she and a co-worker... more »

• CU Buffs to cash-in on Ohio State game

  August 24, 2010 1:19 PM

  Ohio State will pay the University of Colorado $1.4 million next season to come to Ohio Stadium and play. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith confirmed on Tuesday the Buffaloes will go to Columbus to meet the Buckeyes on Sept. 24, 2011. The Colorado game fills an open... more »

• 5 Great Lakes states sue feds over Asian carp

  July 19, 2010 12:12 PM

  Five states are suing the federal government and Chicago's water department in federal court, demanding stronger action to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in northern Illinois. It seeks an order to close... more »

• Roof collapses at sauerkraut factory

  July 7, 2010 5:13 PM

  FREMONT, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say one worker has died in a roof collapse at a sauerkraut factory in northern Ohio. Fremont Police Chief Tim Wiersma says three others were injured in Wednesday's accident at the Fremont Co. Wiersma says two were taken to hospitals. One person remains trapped... more »

• $261M Powerball prize claimed

  July 7, 2010 9:09 AM

  A person who bought a $261.6 million Powerball lottery ticket in Ohio has claimed the prize, but the winner's identity has not been revealed. The Ohio Lottery says the holder of the sole winning ticket in the June 2 drawing claimed the winnings Tuesday and chose to take a... more »

• 5 year old calls 911 to report mother's shooting

  June 25, 2010 1:36 PM

  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A 5-year-old Ohio boy used a cell phone to call for help after someone fatally shot his mother, saying "my momma is at home dead." Police responding to the call found 25-year-old Marquita Brown's body in her Dayton apartment around 2 a.m. Friday. Sgt. Michael... more »

• Aging con man pleads guilty to murder

  June 11, 2010 12:39 PM

  An aging con man once on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list has pleaded guilty to killing a young Ohio couple in 1977, his second admission in a double murder case this week. Edward Edwards appeared in an Akron courtroom Friday, two days after he unexpectedly pleaded guilty... more »

• Ohio tornado damage: $100M

  June 7, 2010 11:36 AM

  Officials say the northwest Ohio tornado that killed seven people over the weekend left behind at least $100 million in damage. At a news conference in devastated Lake Township on Monday, Wood County emergency management director Brad Gilbert also said that at least 100 homes were destroyed or severely... more »

• Ohio tornado winds clocked at 165 mph

  June 7, 2010 10:04 AM

  The National Weather Service says the tornado that killed seven people in northwest Ohio over the weekend had winds of up to 165 mph, was up to 300 yards wide and may have traveled 10 miles. Weather service meteorologist Will Kubina in Cleveland says the tornado was by far... more »

• Death toll reaches 7 in Ohio tornado

  June 7, 2010 8:44 AM

  People in northwest Ohio are sifting through houses that have been reduced to rubble by a tornado that killed seven people. Among the dead is the father of a valedictorian at a Toledo-area high school that had to reschedule its graduation. Neighbors say the house of the valedictorian's family... more »

• Ohio Powerball ticket wins $261.6M jackpot

  June 3, 2010 8:59 AM

  Ohio has a $261.6 million Powerball winner less than two months after the state joined the multistate lottery game. The Ohio Lottery says the only winning ticket matching all six numbers in Wednesday night's drawing was sold at a store in Sunbury, about 20 miles north of Columbus in... more »

• E. Coli probe focuses on lettuce from Arizona

  May 7, 2010 8:14 AM

  Two people briefed on the probe say the FDA is focusing its investigation on lettuce grown in Arizona as a possible source for an E. coli outbreak. At least 19 people in Ohio, New York and Michigan have been sickened, including students on three college campuses, prompting a recall... more »

• Man executed even after he claims allergic to lethal injection

  April 20, 2010 11:07 AM

  Ohio has executed a serial rapist convicted of strangling a 16-year-old girl in 1988. Darryl Durr recently claimed he could suffer an allergic reaction to the state's lethal injection drug, but there was no initial word of any complications. He was pronounced dead at 10:36 a.m. Tuesday at the Southern... more »

• Some catch: coach proposes to rival on field

  April 11, 2010 9:35 AM

  An Ohio high school softball coach threw a curve at the rival team's coach when he dropped to one knee on the diamond and asked for her hand in marriage. Glen Este High School varsity coach Tim Gregory and Milford High School coach Christy Foster had been dating more than... more »

• Colorado shut out of All-America City finalists

  April 6, 2010 12:07 PM

  More than two dozen communities have been named finalists for the National Civic League's 2010 All-America City Awards. The Denver-based organization says the cities were selected for addressing such issues as diversifying the labor force and funding services during the recession. Finalists are Chandler, Ariz., Bentonville, Ark., Dublin,... more »