Ohio law allowing cameras in nursing home rooms to prevent abuse goes into effect

A son’s decade-long advocacy for a law to allow cameras in Ohio nursing home rooms has finally come to fruition after his own elderly mother suffered abuse and neglect.

Mother in custody after abandoned, autistic 5-year-old son found

Heather Adkins, 32, is in custody in Georgetown, Kentucky, on a local warrant and a warrant issued by Colerain Township police in connection with her son's abandonment.

Hudson, Ohio mayor suggests ice fishing in park could lead to prostitution

The mayor of Hudson, Ohio, suggested that allowing ice fishing at a city park could lead to ice shanties, which in turn could prompt another issue: prostitution.

Ohio family sues doctors after DNA test reveals father, daughter unrelated

When a couple’s daughter did an Ancestry.com DNA test in 2020 ahead of her trip to Europe, she learned that the father she was raised by was not her biological father.

Ohio woman shows off tattoos in company headshot

Jessica Leonard went against the status quo when she displayed her tattoos in a now-viral company photo, saying the “art on my skin has been quite healing for me in many ways”

Ohio man steals car with sleeping passenger in back who texted real-time updates to police

Police in Ohio say the suspect stole a car with a 19-year-old passenger asleep in the back seat. The passenger managed to text real-time location updates to police and led to the driver's arrest for theft -- and kidnapping.

Ohio mom who vanished with kids nearly 20 years ago identified after bone found in submerged SUV

DNA testing has confirmed that human remains discovered last year inside an SUV submerged in an Indiana river have been identified as an Ohio mom who disappeared nearly 20 years ago with her two young children. Just before she vanished, she left a note saying she was going to drive into the river. However, no other remains were found in the vehicle, so her children are still considered missing.

Off-duty Cleveland officer killed in carjacking, multiple arrests made

Someone approached Officer Shane Bartek, 25, at an apartment building on Cleveland’s west side around 6 p.m. Friday, police said. There was a struggle, and the officer was shot twice, police said.

Ohio father fatally shoots 16-year-old daughter after mistaking her for intruder

A father in Ohio accidentally shot and killed his 16-year-old daughter after mistaking her for an intruder. Police said he shot at someone he thought was breaking into the house after the security system was activated.

Man tackles purse-snatching suspect at Ohio Kroger

The Butler County Sheriff had high praise for Deshaun Pressley, who is being applauded for stopping a man suspected of snatching the purse of an 87-year-old woman.

Casey Goodson Jr. shooting: Ohio deputy charged with murder

The now-retired Ohio sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times last December has been charged with murder.

Father of Indiana girl, 2, found dead in river gave ‘conflicting stories,’ held by police: report

The father of a 2-year-old Indiana girl whose body was recovered along a river has been placed on a 72-hour hold without bond after police say he gave investigators "conflicting stories," a report said.

FBI: Dayton mass shooter in 2019 attack fantasized about killings for years

The FBI says a Dayton, Ohio, mass shooter fantasized about mass shootings and murder-suicide for at least 10 years before his 2019 attack left nine dead.

Body of missing 2-year-old girl found in Indiana river days after she vanished with father

A desperate search for missing 2-year-old Emma Sweet has ended after rescuers recovered her body in an Indiana river, miles downstream from where her father was pulled from his submerged truck.