State News

Six bulldog-mix puppies found in a suitcase next to a trash bin in Ohio now have new homes.

Ohio's biggest county wants to standardize police investigations into alleged sex crimes, an issue highlighted in the serial murders of 11 women in Cleveland.

A southwest Ohio restaurant owner has been convicted of insurance fraud for two reported break-ins that authorities say were staged.

A federal jury has convicted a couple on charges alleging they ran an Ohio pill mill responsible for illegally prescribing thousands of painkillers.

Firefighters say a woman has died and four others were injured in an early morning apartment fire north of Cincinnati.

A federal indictment is accusing the operator of six IHOP restaurants in Ohio and one in Indiana of cooking up a plan to hide profits from IHOP's parent company.

A federal judge has rejected claims by two condemned Ohio inmates challenging the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection process.

Parishioners of one of 12 northeast Ohio churches spared by the Vatican have appealed to Rome to speed up the reopening by the Cleveland bishop.

A wide-ranging midterm budget bill that includes startup costs related to Ohio's upcoming regulations for exotic animals is on its way to Gov. John Kasich's (KAY'-sihks) desk.

Police say a man was fatally shot by SWAT officers after a domestic dispute at a Columbus home turned into a hostage situation.