CINCINNATI (AP) — A woman facing misdemeanor charges for allegedly helping her daughter beat up a female classmate is suing the Cincinnati school district and police.
Authorities say 31-year-old Precious Allen held the 15-year-old girl down in a Withrow High School classroom and told her 14-year-old daughter to hit the girl with a combination lock. Police say the victim suffered cuts and bruises in the Feb. 7 scuffle.
A grand jury indicted Allen on...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus police say an officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a shooting during a pursuit that left at least one suspect dead.
Police said the shooting occurred north of downtown just after 5 a.m. Wednesday as officers were in pursuit of possible homicide suspects.
The officer was believed to have been hit in the leg and was in stable condition.
It wasn't clear yet how the suspect died....
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A judge in northwest Ohio has sentenced two men to life in prison for the robbery and murder of a gym owner.
The (Toledo) Blade (http://bit.ly/11DURlr ) reports that the pair was sentenced Tuesday in connection with the Nov. 19 fatal shooting of 57-year-old Joseph Lengel Jr. outside the gym he owned in south Toledo.
Thirty-two-year-old Jason Kuhns pleaded guilty to murder last month. He'll be eligible for parole in 15 years....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A large, stinky rainforest plant known as a corpse flower is again blooming at an Ohio State University greenhouse, and a spokeswoman says there's more excitement because another corpse flower there is expected to open soon.
A 6-foot titan arum opened Tuesday to release its rotting-flesh smell two years after it first flowered. A second corpse flower opened briefly at the greenhouse last May, and a third is expected to open in seven to 10 days....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) plans to deliver the commencement address at a northeast Ohio high school where three students were killed and three others injured in a 2012 shooting spree.
A spokesman said Tuesday the speech at Chardon High School will be June 1.
Kasich honored Chardon's faculty and staff with a Governor's Courage Award earlier this year for displaying strength and perseverance after the Feb. 27, 2012, shooting....
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — About 13,000 civilian employees at Ohio's largest military installation will be forced to take 11 days of unpaid leave beginning in July.
Col. Cassie Barlow, commander of the 88th Air Base Wing, made that announcement Tuesday at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton.
Each of the 13,000 civilian employees will be on one day of furlough per week beginning July 8 until they reach 11 total days. The unpaid leave is the result of...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) says his administration plans to launch a "major" program aimed at preventing older Ohioans from falling, though the specifics of the initiative weren't immediately known.
Speaking at a luncheon Tuesday hosted by AARP Ohio, Kasich said some seniors' pride may keep them from using a walker or a wheelchair.
Bonnie Kantor-Burman, director of the state's Department of Aging, said the agency is evaluating...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati is set to begin a nationwide search for a new police chief on Wednesday.
That comes after the city's current chief announced that he's leaving for Detroit after two years on the job in Cincinnati, where the department is bracing for layoffs.
Chief James Craig's resignation takes effect June 22. He is Cincinnati's first black police chief and the first to be hired from outside the department.
City...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A judge has sentenced a 40-year-old eastern Ohio man to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to raping a child.
WTOV-TV (http://bit.ly/126Rv5o ) reports that Jared Tittle was sentenced Monday in Belmont County, ending a case that began more than 2 ½ years ago. He pleaded guilty last month to raping a child younger than 13, which authorities said occurred in September 2010.
A prosecutor said the investigation began when...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police say a man sought for firing an errant shot that wounded a woman riding a Columbus city bus has turned himself in.
Columbus police said 19-year-old Anthony T. Saunders III was charged with felonious assault after turning himself in Monday night.
His arrest comes after 39-year-old Amy Develvis was struck in the head by a stray bullet while riding a city bus near downtown April 16. She is recovering at home....
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