By TOM FERAN, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer CLEVELAND (AP) — Clevelanders too young to remember Beverly Potts, even those born years after she disappeared in 1951, grew up knowing her name and her story. It was a mystery that became almost folklore, a warning told by parents about the sort ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A fugitive task force has arrested a man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body in a garbage can at an abandoned house in Cleveland. A U.S. Marshals Service spokesman says 35-year-old Yaphet Bradley rammed a task force vehicle and tried to flee before ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A Cincinnati council member has accused the mayor of bribery, a claim the mayor's office says is part of a "long line of silly political stunts." Councilman Wendell Young said Tuesday he plans to go to the U.S. attorney's office Wednesday to file a complaint against Mayor ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A U.S. soldier from northeast Ohio who was killed in the Korean War has been identified after 68 years and is to be buried with full military honors. The Plain Dealer reports that the niece of Army Sgt. First Class Peter Simon says his remains are being returned for burial ...

MORAINE, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury has voted not to indict two Ohio police officers who fatally shot a man after he pointed a gun at them. The Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office says the grand jury cleared Officers John Howard and Jerry Knight Tuesday after hearing from 15 witnesses over ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Ohio woman to four years in prison for texting a photo of herself pointing a semi-automatic handgun at her 17-month-old daughter. Fasshon Shivers was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to attempted kidnapping and a gun specification. A ...

By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — There's a real-life soap opera playing in the city hall of the home of Procter & Gamble, the company that helped pioneer the daily dramas. A standoff between Cincinnati's mayor and city manager is in its fourth week. While the battle ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich has asked President Donald Trump to declare an emergency in portions of the flood-damaged Ohio River valley so that communities can get financial assistance to repair critical infrastructure. In a letter to the Republican president ...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray on Monday faulted Republicans for doing too little to fight the opioid crisis and said he would immediately declare a state emergency and begin to better fund social services ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed $1.27 million settlement has been announced with the family of an 18-year-old killed in an accident last year at the Ohio State Fair. Court documents show the parents of Tyler Jarrell would receive $870,000, and the rest will go toward attorney fees and ...

By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. House raised money for her first campaign more three decades ago by holding a bake sale. Marcy Kaptur still returns from Washington most weekends to the modest single-story home where ...

By ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In apartment complexes on opposite sides of town, the women — one a former shopkeeper from Somalia, the other a teacher from Bhutan — waited for children to come home. Only the teacher, Devi Gurung, was rewarded for her ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities say the body of a woman found in a garbage can at an abandoned house in Cleveland is a 31-year-old woman reported missing earlier this month. Cleveland.com reports the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's office has identified the woman as Miriam Johnson, of ...

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — The redshirt freshman quarterback who helped lead Ohio State University to victory in the 2015 national championship game is getting fitted for a uniform of an entirely different kind. The Port Clinton News-Herald reports Cardale Jones was made an honorary Ottawa ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Apple, IBM and Microsoft are partnering with a Cleveland-area community college to create better training for information technology jobs. The tech giants are partnering with Cuyahoga Community College with the aim of filling a need for middle-skill jobs — positions that ...

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Officials are trying to determine the best way to repair damage to a historic Ohio River bridge that connects Covington, Kentucky, to Cincinnati. Media outlets report Kentucky transportation officials closed the 120-year-old Roebling Bridge last week, first to vehicle ...

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ramona Isbell is worried. What will people say when they find out? After all, she mostly kept her secret for more than 50 years. The practices. The out-of-town — and out-of-country — travel. Her role as a hidden figure in a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Investigators say no charges will be filed against an Ohio sheriff's deputy who shot a news photographer setting up to photograph a traffic stop. Clark County Deputy Jacob Shaw said he mistook photographer Andrew Grimm's camera for a gun when he shot him twice, once ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who pleaded guilty to harassing a county sheriff in the state for nearly 20 years via letters, emails and websites has a sentencing date. A criminal affidavit filed last year said the harassment began in 1999 when Columbus resident William Young was arrested ...

By PAULA SCHLEIS, Akron Beacon Journal AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Don't ask Arthur Dinkins to condense his time as a World War II infantryman into one or two defining moments. To survive the front lines, there are hundreds of actions, large and small, just to get through each day. It means long ...