Novelty News

Paul Wiseley has never seen a group of people work as hard for others as the Kiwanis Club of Lander Circle.

The use of Class C "Consumer" fireworks, including firecrackers, bottle rockets, Roman candles, M-80 salutes, cherry bombs and large reloadable shells are illegal in Ohio and West Virginia.

WASHINGTON TWP., Montgomery County - Washington Twp. firefighters are reminding residents that serious burn and eye injuries can result from the use of fireworks.

A 12-year-old Geauga County boy was thrown from an all-terrain vehicle, and then hit by the ATV, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.

City and project officials on both ends of the Dover Center and Dover roads corridor are gearing up for the start this month of major construction projects on the well-traveled roadway.

Toby and Melanie Maloney, pictured in their office in September 2008, believed so strongly in Mental Floss' potential that they not only contributed money, but also left their jobs to join the company.

Byle now has a two-day catch of 10 walleyes weighing 64-3. He now holds a 3 pound, 9 ounce lead over the second place finisher going into the final day of competition.

Twenty anglers will compete for tens of thousands of dollars in prize money today in the finals of the Wal-Mart FLW walleye fishing tournament.

PORT CLINTON, Ohio - " Lake Erie's walleyes are on the rise and so are the weights being brought to the scales at the 2009 Walmart FLW Walleye Tour season opener.

Ohio's schools chief heard plenty of skepticism Wednesday as she sought to explain to lawmakers how a sweeping new education plan would work.

You gave us your best shots -- 13,145 to be exact. The mail bins at the Plain Dealer were overflowing in the weeks after we announced our first Travel photo contest in February.

Chester police are investigating a homicide, which officials say may be connected to a fatal -- and potentially suicidal -- crash that took place later in the morning a few miles south in Bainbridge Township.

Playing penguins in the Gilmour dress rehearsal were, from left, Sam DoA lan, 7, of Novelty and Mayfield Heights; Morgan Miklus, 8, of Pepper Pike; Christopher DiLillo, 7, of South Russell; and Angeline ...