CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the investigation of a man who allegedly claimed to be a long-missing child from Illinois (all times local): 12:35 p.m. A federal prosecutor says a man who claimed to be a long-missing boy raised immediate suspicions after he declined to be ...

KENT, Ohio (AP) — Kent State University says journalist Bob Woodward is scheduled to speak at the school next month. Kent State President Beverly Warren announced that Woodward, an associate editor for the Washington Post, will speak at the university's student center May 4. She described ...

LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Attorneys for General Motors have asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the automaker sidestepped an agreement with union workers through its plans to idle three plants, including one in Ohio. The Warren Tribune Chronicle reports GM's motion argues the ...

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say a 14-year-old girl has been fatally shot in Ohio. Canton police say the Canton Fire Department responding to a report of an unconscious person around 4 a.m. Saturday found the girl in an alley. Authorities say she had been shot in the head. The Repository in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police say a woman has been struck and killed by a vehicle that left the scene of the crash in Ohio's capital city. Columbus police say they were called shortly after 12:30 a.m. Sunday and found the woman dead. Police say evidence found at the scene showed the woman ...

By KEITH BIERYGOLICK The Cincinnati Enquirer CINCINNATI (AP) — Darrell Whisman is sitting in a chair by his living room window. His shirt is unbuttoned, and he is smoking a small chocolate-flavored cigar. He looks outside at an empty playground. Like many people, the Whismans' living room ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed Infowars radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and two of his associates from a lawsuit filed by a man claiming his rights were violated when police arrested him for trying to burn an American flag during the 2016 Republican National ...

By STEPHANIE WARSMITH Akron Beacon Journal AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Some families have a swear jar. The Smiths have a bar jar. Every time Tim or his daughter Sarah talk about the bar or any legal topic, they must put $1 into the jar. It fills up quickly. The Akron father and daughter attended ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Senate has passed a bill to legalize hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol oil, a move that could create an industrial hemp industry in the state. The bill, which was unanimously approved on Thursday, would allow for cultivation of hemp as long as it contains less ...

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — A man who authorities say killed three people in early February has been indicted in southern Ohio on charges that could result in a death sentence if convicted. The Chillicothe Gazette reports 39-year-old James Rinehart Jr. was indicted Friday in Ross County on ...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police chief has apologized for the delayed response of two officers in providing first aid to a man fatally mauled by a dog in 2017. The Dayton Daily News reports Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl called the mother of 60-year-old Maurice Brown to apologize for ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — The mayor of Cincinnati says parts of Columbia Parkway could close down for the next two years in order to stop landslides. Democratic Mayor John Cranley says a minimum of two lanes of the parkway would be shut down for the duration of the project and drivers should prepare ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio officials will spend two days leading civil rights training at a General Motors plant where there have been repeated incidents of racial harassment. All 1,700 workers at GM's transmission plant in Toledo will be required to attend one of the sessions on Thursday or ...

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — In a case that stirred racial tensions across the country, a self-avowed white supremacist pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime charges in a deadly attack at a white nationalist rally in Virginia, admitting that ...

PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — A woman facing charges in connection to an Ohio family massacre is to go before a judge and ask that her charges be dismissed. Prosecutors are opposing the request and also want a gag order to stop Fredericka Wagner from speaking about the case. A hearing is set for ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio hospital where dozens of patients died after receiving potentially fatal doses of painkillers says it has fully addressed concerns about its pharmacy services that jeopardized its Medicare participation. Mount Carmel West hospital in Columbus says a review done ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The latest version of Ohio's transportation budget would provide $55 million annually for public transportation in the state. The state Senate approved the amount this week as the GOP-controlled chamber passed the budget, which includes a 6-cent per gallon increase in ...

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A driver who struck and killed an Ohio garbage truck operator could face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a single, felony count of aggravated vehicular homicide. Other charges against 41-year-old Brian Jankovich, of Middletown, are being dropped as ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police say they have identified two human legs that were found in the trash at a waste-collection facility in Ohio's capital two years ago. Columbus police say a DNA match from a missing-person case helped identify the remains as those of a 22-year-old woman from the ...

CELINA, Ohio (AP) — Military veterans and students are upset over the suspension of a middle school student in Ohio whose class project creating a memorial to veterans included a toy gun. About two dozen people in Celina in northwest Ohio protested the suspension earlier this week. The ...