By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is returning to the state that foretold his 2016 victory and serves as the linchpin of his re-election effort. Trump's visit to Ohio on Wednesday marks his first trip to the state since last year's midterm election ...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fish in the Cuyahoga River, which became synonymous with pollution when it caught fire in Cleveland in 1969, are now safe to eat, federal environmental regulators say. The easing of fish consumption restrictions on the Cuyahoga was ...

MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Police say a "highly agitated" man suspected of trying to break into an apartment in Ohio has been shot and killed in a confrontation with officers. A Mansfield police news release says officers responded to an apartment complex Monday afternoon after a caller reported ...

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's secretary of state says a Strongsville man can run for city council even though he filed the wrong paperwork with the county board of elections. Secretary of State Frank LaRose made the ruling March 6 in a letter to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is escalating his pressure on General Motors, as he calls for the company to reopen an Ohio manufacturing plant. Trump tweeted Monday that GM should: "Close a plant in China or Mexico, where you invested so heavily pre-Trump," and "Bring jobs ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump stepped up his pressure on General Motors to reopen an Ohio manufacturing plant that recently closed and put 1,700 people out of work. Trump's arm-twisting came in a series of separate tweets on Saturday and Sunday . He capped his weekend rant against ...

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a 2-year-old boy was found unresponsive in a home and a man has been arrested. Canton police say officers responded around 8 a.m. Saturday to a report of an unresponsive child at a home in the northeast Ohio city. They say they transported the boy to a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio state agency designed by then-Gov. John Kasich's administration to cut through state bureaucracy is now itself backlogged. The Common Sense Initiative was formed in 2011 by Kasich's administration to help make Ohio business-friendly. The Columbus Dispatch ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — An exhibit of astronaut Neil Armstrong's personal papers is opening at Purdue University ahead of the 50th anniversary of his famed walk on the moon. "Apollo 11 in the Archives: Selections from the Neil A. Armstrong Papers" opens Monday at Purdue's Humanities, ...

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine wants to spend nearly $1 billion on water quality projects to clean up toxic algae in Lake Erie and protect other lakes and rivers throughout the state. The money would come out of this year's new state budget, which ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A Cincinnati Public Schools teacher who acknowledged putting duct tape over students' mouths to discipline them has resigned. District spokeswoman Lauren Worley says Charles Igwekala-Nweke resigned in January. Igwekala-Nweke taught math at Clark Montessori High School and ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge in Cleveland has accepted a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity from a man accused of crashing into a woman's car and fatally shooting her in 2016. The Record-Courier reports 32-year-old Matthew Desha was ordered committed Thursday to a state-operated ...

MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — Police say two men have been killed and a third man critically injured in a shooting outside Cleveland. The Maple Heights Police Department says the shooting occurred shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday. None of the victims have been identified. Police say a resident ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The failure of Ohio State Fair officials to pass on a manufacturer's warning that chairs on an overhead ride could fall apart has prompted Ohio's agriculture director to seek new safety rules, according to a Columbus Dispatch report. Newly appointed agriculture Director ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A state of emergency has been declared in 20 Ohio counties damaged by flooding last month. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine declared the emergency status in the affected counties on Monday. DeWine said in a statement that many of those counties were still recovering from ...

By ANGIE WANG Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A small plane crashed into a suburban Cincinnati house Tuesday afternoon, killing the pilot and sending dark smoke billowing from the backyard. Emergency responders said no one was in the home at the time of the crash, and first responders ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Another family is suing an Ohio hospital and a critical-care doctor accused of ordering excessive doses of pain medication for dozens of patients who died. Attorneys for the family of Peggy Francies filed the lawsuit Tuesday against the Columbus-area Mt. Carmel Health ...

By DAN SEWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A divided federal appeals court Tuesday upheld an Ohio anti-abortion law that blocks public money for Planned Parenthood. The full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower federal court ruling. The Ohio law targeted funding that ...

By ERIC LAGATTA The Columbus Dispatch COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Student employees at Ohio Dominican University's Computer Helpdesk are putting away the electronics to knit hats and scarves they plan to hand out to homeless men and women. Their goal is to have 500 items to donate by Thanksgiving ...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio say a car has crashed into a pole and the two people in the vehicle have died. Dayton police say another driver came upon the scene after the crash that occurred around 8 p.m. Saturday and called police. The Montgomery County Coroner's Office has ...