Ohio News

Today is Friday, July 18, the 200th day of 2008 with 166 to follow. The moon is full.

A former missionary turned police officer was shot and killed along with a suspect after police were called to a disturbance outside a downtown nightclub early Friday.

A man convicted of sexually tormenting a co-worker while dressed as a firefighter in New York City has been sentenced in Cincinnati to 23 years in prison for kidnapping.

Iran and the European Union's chief negotiators have agreed to more talks on suspending uranium enrichment, but an Iranian official is saying there's "no chance" that Tehran will suspend the program.

The Business Software Alliance generally makes headlines for its efforts to limit software piracy, which include a program that promises rewards of up to $1 million for turning pirates in.

Massillon's Vaughn Snyder closed with an even-par 71 on Friday to win the 102nd Ohio Amateur golf championship by two shots.

A judge in Cincinnati has ruled that a former Duke Energy employee can have a jury consider his claim that he was improperly fired after he questioned the legality of payments the utility made to big corporate ...

Republic Airways has informed Ohio officials that it expects to lay off 57 workers in Columbus by Sept.

Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr should be allowed to appear on the November ballot with the party's label, a federal judge ruled.

Authorities say an early morning house fire has left four people dead in southern Ohio.

What Eldon Unklesbay called his "passion" were junk cars to authorities in his northeast Ohio community, who've had his collection towed away.

A federal judge says he plans to approve the government's request that a distributor of a male sexual enhancement product forfeit more than $500 million in revenue.

But that isn't expected to lead to lower prices for consumers. High market prices for wheat and increased transportation costs likely will keep costs up at the grocery checkout line for cookies and crackers.

Two women whose claims of sexual harassment triggered a scandal at the Ohio attorney general's office that led to firings and resignations are now themselves accused of harassing co-workers. Complaints filed ...

A man told police that three men entered his southwest Ohio motel room and robbed him of about $60,000 in cash he had from a personal injury settlement.

FRAZEYSBURG - Thousands from across Ohio used to drive to a hillside park here to see the latest unveiling of a larger-than-life sandstone-sculpture paying tribute to a former president or general.

CEDARVILLE, Ohio - A 15-year-old boy attending a Christian summer camp in this southwest Ohio town has died after suffering a head injury while wrestling in an inflatable suit, a coroner's official said.

An Ohio Inspector General report says state troopers assigned to the Highway Patrol's Canton post cheated on yearly exams required for law enforcement officers who give breathalyzer tests.

COLUMBUS -- Ohio's elections chief is reconsidering a plan to prohibit poll workers from taking voting machines home for safekeeping in the days before the November presidential election.

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's vote Wednesday for a controversial warrantless surveillance bill marked a rare event: the 12th day this year that the Illinois Democrat turned up for a roll call vote in the Senate.