COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lawyers are asking the Ohio Supreme Court to reconsider its rejection of arguments by a death row inmate who wanted his court-ordered payments adjusted. Condemned prisoner David Braden earns $16 a month in inmate pay. He is only allowed a maximum of $25 in his account ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old boy has died from injuries suffered in a Cincinnati hit-and-run crash when a car struck the child's stroller on a sidewalk. Cincinnati police say a suspect is in custody and charged with vehicular assault and leaving the scene. Police say the crash ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Police say a 9-year-old Ohio boy was struck by a stray bullet while watching TV around midnight on New Year's Eve. Cleveland police say the boy is in serious condition after he was hit in the hand, shoulder and chest area. WEWS-TV reports the boy was sitting in front of the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say six passengers fell ill on a Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland to Tampa. WFLA-TV reports health officials boarded the plane when it landed at Tampa International Airport on Tuesday afternoon and the sick passengers were removed. Officials say they are ...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH, AP Statehouse Correspondent COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Statehouse Republicans in Ohio came up a single vote shy Thursday of reversing a same-party governor's veto and imposing one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. The outcome marked a victory for outgoing ...

RICHFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Police say the death of a 26-year-old man who drowned at a hotel pool near Cleveland doesn't appear to be suspicious. A detective says the man was with family members Wednesday at the Days Inn & Suites pool in Richfield when he started flailing and calling for ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A white officer in Cincinnati has had his police powers suspended for allegedly using a racial slur while trying to arrest a black woman at a nightclub last weekend. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that police Chief Eliot Isaac called such behavior unacceptable. In an ...

WADSWORTH, Ohio (AP) — The State Highway Patrol says an Ohio mail carrier was killed on his route when a minivan hit the back of his U.S. Postal Service truck as he pulled into traffic and he was partly thrown from the vehicle. Troopers say 59-year-old Randy Irwin, of Macedonia, died at the ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo has welcomed a baby tamandua. Zoo officials announced on Christmas Eve that the pup was born to first-time mother Isla on Dec. 20. They say the baby tamandua needs to develop and won't make its public debut for another couple months. The tamandua is a ...

By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country. U.S. District Judge Beryl ...

By MARK CURNUTTE, Cincinnati Enquirer CINCINNATI (AP) — Before her parole and release from prison last Christmas Day, Tyra Patterson had to make a five-year plan. Her goals were to live independently, get a job, travel, see her family and begin speaking in public about criminal justice ...

GLASTONBURY, Conn. (AP) — An Ohio man has died after the car he was driving the wrong way on a Connecticut highway slammed head-on into a tractor trailer truck. State police say 27-year-old Christian Alvarez Villarini, of Cleveland, was pronounced dead at the scene early Monday morning. The ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State officials say doctors have submitted nearly 4,500 recommendations in the medical marijuana patient and caregiver registry for Ohio. The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy announced on Monday that the number of recommendations now totals 4,440, with at least 3,036 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The mayor of Ohio's capital city says a national search will be conducted for the next chief of police. The announcement by Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther marks a departure from past practice, when new chiefs were chosen from the ranks of existing officers. The Columbus ...

WAYNESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A Christmas Eve fire in southwest Ohio has destroyed a three-story home and two cars. The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports fire crews arrived Monday afternoon to a building engulfed in flames in Wayne Township, some 130 miles east of Cincinnati. Fire ...

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio barber said he has a policy of not talking politics in his shop — but maintains the new haircut he gave to client and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown made him look "more like a candidate for president." Carlo Sarti, 73, has run his shop in Garfield Heights ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Criminal sentencing law changes named for a slain Ohio State University student have been signed into law in Ohio. Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) signed a bill containing part of the Reagan Tokes Act Friday. It gives state prison officials greater discretion in ...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A former corrections officer accused of sexually assaulting a female inmate has been indicted on sexual battery charges. Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. said Friday that 23-year-old Franco Villella, of Troy, faces two counts in the Dec. 11, 2018, assault of a ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Police say they have arrested an Ohio suspect who law enforcement officials say was involved in a November murder. According to the Charleston Police Department, 36-year-old Silas Thomas Hill II was arrested early Saturday morning after police received ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati police say two people have been shot in the city's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. WCPO-TV says police called the Saturday night shooting near Findlay Playground a gun battle in which a woman was shot in the head. TV stations report that her injuries are not ...