By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP Legal Affairs Writer LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted of killing two people in back-to-back robberies in suburban Cleveland in 1992 was executed Wednesday as family members of his victims looked on. The prison system announced the time of death for Gary ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities say a teenage boy in Ohio was hospitalized in intensive care after his father forced him to fight a bully. Cleveland police say the father drove his 16-year-old son to a street corner last week and ordered him to fight a high school classmate who had bullied ...

MIAMISBURG, Ohio (AP) — Bicycle maker Huffy Corp. is moving to a new headquarters in Ohio, but it's only a short bike ride away. The 125-year-old company says it's moving from one Dayton suburb to another and should be settled into its new location by the end of the year. Huffy says its ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say a motorcyclist suffered critical injuries when he struck a tow truck in Sycamore Township. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office says the motorcyclist, 19-year-old Jackson Hanlon, of Cincinnati, unsuccessfully tried to change lanes to avoid hitting a tow ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Charges have been dropped against two men accused of hitting police officers during a flag-burning protest at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last year. The men, 24-year-old Dominique Knox and 38-year-old Joseph Scogin, had pleaded not guilty to striking ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer is being pulled from patrol duties over comments he made following an arrest captured on a cellphone video that showed other officers kicking and punching the man. Columbus Police Chief Kimberley Jacobs says she is appalled by the inappropriate ...

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Star linebackers Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher and game-breaking wide receiver Randy Moss are among 11 first-year eligible players for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Also part of the 108 early nominees who are eligible for the first time, having been retired for five ...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH, AP Statehouse Correspondent MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) — Democrats used the first debate among their four candidates for governor on Tuesday to take on Republican leadership in Columbus and Washington, D.C., and to highlight their party's promises to do better at creating ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman scheduled to be deported to Mexico has moved into a makeshift apartment inside a suburban Cleveland church that offered her sanctuary. The Plain Dealer reports (http://bit.ly/2xxvgQ0 ) 42-year-old Lenora Garcia, of Akron, was supposed to be ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland police are investigating a reported break-in after a couple said someone entered their home and stole their 15-pound pet pig named Spam, jewelry, TVs, and a camera. The owners say they suspect the thief is planning to sell the miniature pig, which they say could ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Police say a 12-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy have been shot in Cincinnati. Neither shooting victim has been identified after the shooting Tuesday night in the city's Mount Airy neighborhood. Police say their wounds don't appear to be life-threatening. Cincinnati ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A retired Ohio professor and particle physicist has received six months in jail on voyeurism and child pornography charges for placing a miniature spy camera in a women's locker room. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports 77-year-old Brian Meadows was led from a Cincinnati ...

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP Legal Affairs Writer LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A condemned man prayed with his parents Wednesday morning as his scheduled execution neared for killing two people in back-to-back robberies in 1992. Death row prisoner Gary Otte was sentenced to die for the Feb. 12, ...

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned Ohio killer of two people lost another appeal as the state prepared to put him to death Wednesday. Gary Otte arrived at the death house in southern Ohio shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday, prisons spokeswoman JoEllen ...

By JD Malone, Columbus Dispatch LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) — On a 40-acre patch of Fairfield County, surrounded by rolling fields of soybeans and corn, Don Maloney is about to harvest a crop that's unusual in these parts. In three ponds out behind a big white barn, more than 40,000 freshwater ...

WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) — An experimental aircraft flown by astronaut Neil Armstrong is going on a journey across Ohio so that the 60-year-old plane can be restored. The rare aircraft has been a fixture at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in the western Ohio city of Wapakoneta where ...

MASURY, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an autopsy is planned for a 2-year-old Pennsylvania boy who died after being pulled unresponsive from a pool in Ohio. Sharon, Pennsylvania, police chief Gerry Smith says the boy's name isn't being released but more information should be available Tuesday. ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that an apology by a medical provider that includes an admission of liability can't be used in a later lawsuit against the provider. At issue in the court's Tuesday decision was the state's "apology law," which already bars using ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Government attorneys have asked the Ohio Supreme Court to uphold the state Health Department's order to shut down Toledo's last abortion clinic. The case involves one of several restrictions Ohio lawmakers have placed on abortion clinics in recent years. The court on ...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Half of the candidates for governor in Ohio are women, but their chances of victory are looking far less than 50-50. During Labor Day weekend, two seemingly more electable Democratic men drew attentions away from three women ...