LOVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Police in the Cincinnati area say they apprehended an elusive suspect after a pursuit that reached 100 mph and ended in a crash. It started late Tuesday when Morrow Police Chief Heath Kilburn saw a car run a red light and recognized the passenger as a career criminal and [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in central Ohio are looking for a 20-year-old man who they say walked into a high school and tried to abduct his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend. Columbus police said the man walked into Independence High School before classes began Tuesday, grabbed the girl by the throat and “forcibly removed her from [...]
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — The State Highway Patrol says 29 people have been injured in a crash between a commercial bus and a car on Interstate 75 in northwest Ohio. The patrol says the crash on northbound Interstate 75 near Bowling Green happened at about 10:30 p.m. when the 2001 Bluebird bus ran [...]
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was [...]
SCIO, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a house in a small eastern Ohio village was leveled by a large explosion while the family that lived there was at church. Firefighters said the explosion Sunday morning in the village of Scio in Harrison County could be heard and felt miles away. Debris from the blast [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gas prices have taken a big jump in Ohio and the U.S. A gallon of regular gas in Ohio was listed at an average of about $3.84 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express. (NYSE:WXS) That’s up 27 cents from [...]
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — A northeastern Ohio school superintendent is suing the school board for allegedly defaming him. The lawsuit filed Friday in federal court by Medina City Schools superintendent Randy Stepp charges the board with defaming him and putting him a false light by suggesting that he acted inappropriately regarding a recent contract [...]
By MICHELLE LOCKE If you’re looking to raise a glass to veterans this Memorial Day you might consider filling it with wine that will raise funds for them, too. A number of wineries are making the veterans-and-vines connection. And if you’re not so fine on wine, there’s even a liquor — Wild Turkey — that’s [...]
