Ohio News

After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.

Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison.

Sharon Harvey of the Cleveland Animal Protective League said Wednesday that the nursing mother cat, named Lurleen, welcomed Noland the puppy to her "unusual little family."

The head of the Chillicothe Police Department said Tuesday that an internal investigation will be conducted after one of its officers apparently fell asleep while driving a cruiser on duty that struck three parked vehicles on Bowman Road.

A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said a study of the threat to drinking water from the shale-drilling process won't be completed until 2016.

A former park ranger in northern Ohio has been sentenced to prison after admitting he videotaped women undressing in park restrooms.

A Cleveland man accused of kidnapping three women and imprisoning them in his house over a decade has another court appearance Wednesday.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are about to move into the next phase of jury selection.

Proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Ohio are unlikely to clear the Legislature before lawmakers break at the end of the month, the Republican leader of the House said Tuesday.

Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan support for a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill on the House floor this week.

This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Daniel Brown. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Brown, on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period.

This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Daniel Brown. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Brown, on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period.

Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday that the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the mother and daughter.

A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape of a teenage girl at an alcohol-fueled party.

A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape of a... A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio ... (more)

Police officers in Ohio can be convicted of intimidation if they knowingly file false complaints to intimidate or influence witnesses, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

COLUMBUS: Tax changes and funding for Ohio schools are among the top topics Tuesday as a legislative panel starts sorting out differences between the state House and Senate versions of the budget.

Residents have packed a city council meeting to protest the shooting of five feral kittens by a humane officer.

A new report says Ohio's Cedar Point and Kings Island were the most-visited theme parks in the nation last year outside of the usual hot spots in Florida and California.

The state of Ohio will not pick up the tab for the Interstate 71-Martin Luther King Drive interchange without Cincinnati's financial participation, Cincinnati City Manager Milton Dohoney said Monday.