By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati officials on Tuesday apologized to the family of a 16-year-old boy who died after he was trapped by a minivan's rear bench and police failed to find him, despite his 911 calls. Mayor John Cranley said Kyle Plush's death was ...

NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — A woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a thrill ride accident at last year's Ohio State Fair will receive $1.8 million. A judge this week approved the settlement that calls for the ride's owner, Amusements of America, and two private inspection companies to pay ...

PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio sheriff says he remains confident in the staff investigating the unsolved killings of eight family members nearly two years ago. The anniversary of the April 22, 2016, slayings is Sunday. The case involves seven adults and a teenage boy from the Rhoden family who ...

MASON, Ohio (AP) — A substitute school bus driver in southwestern Ohio has been fired after a sleeping child was left unattended on a bus. School officials in Mason tell WXIX-TV that the driver failed to do a mandatory check of the bus, leaving the young child behind. The student attends the ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland man has pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a Salvation Army worker who was going out to collect money at one of the charity's kettles. William Jones was charged in the Dec. 2 slaying of Jared Fier-Plesec. Investigators say Fier-Plesec was wearing his ...

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Repairs are to begin Wednesday on a damaged Kentucky bridge over the Ohio River. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials say work on the Roebling Suspension Bridge between Covington and Cincinnati is expected to be complete by May 1. The Kentucky Enquirer reports a ...

By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati City Council members are scheduled to hold a special meeting on the death of a 16-year-old boy who called 911 twice after getting trapped by a minivan's rear bench in his school's parking lot. The city's Law and Public Safety ...

By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Enquirer's weeklong examination of the many ways the heroin crisis is impacting its community has won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting. Cheers, hugs and champagne toasts swept the newsroom Monday after the announcements ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A man who entertained people by playing his saxophone on the streets of Cleveland has died. Sharon Reedus-Sanders says her 65-year-old brother, Maurice Reedus Jr., was found dead in his bed in his apartment on Monday. Known as "Sax Man," Maurice Reedus was often found ...

By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — A former high school cheerleader's trial on charges she killed and buried her newborn baby near her family's house in an Ohio village is on hold, as intense attention and speculation continue to swirl around the case. Attorneys for Brooke ...

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge will decide whether a man convicted as a juvenile of raping a 16-year-old girl during an alcohol-fueled party should be removed from Ohio's sex offender listings, as allowed by law. Judge Thomas Lipps scheduled a ...

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that an Ohio televangelist did not violate labor laws by urging members of his congregation to volunteer at the church's for-profit restaurant. A lower court had ruled churchgoers were effectively employees of Cathedral Buffet, ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities in Cincinnati are continuing to investigate why police couldn't find a teenager who got trapped beneath a minivan's rear bench and died at a school parking lot. Family members and classmates will gather Monday morning for the funeral of 16-year-old Kyle ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The Toledo Museum of Art is planning an exhibit to mark 200 years of Libbey Glass. The museum founded by the Libbey family in 1901 features an extensive glass collection. Many of those items and others will be part of an exhibit opening on May 4 called "Celebrating ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A 911 operator who took one of two calls from a teen who became trapped beneath a minivan's rear bench and died will return to work Wednesday. A Cincinnati police spokeswoman says it's not clear whether the 911 operator will face any discipline because an internal ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Investigators in Ohio say a Catholic priest under investigation for inappropriate texts with a teenager and misuse of church funds left at least two suicide notes before killing himself last December. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation's report the Rev. James ...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton says a six-time military commander will become its next installation commander. Col. Thomas Sherman will take over the top leadership post at the 88th Air Base Wing in June. He replaces Col. Bradley McDonald who is retiring after ...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An elderly woman has died after being pulled from a burning home in northeastern Ohio. Officials say the woman was pulled from the Akron home shortly after firefighters arrived Saturday night, but was pronounced dead early Sunday. Authorities say a man believed to be her ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A driver who crashed through the front door of a yoga studio in downtown Cleveland is being treated for critical injuries. Cleveland police say the Jaws of Life were used to free the woman from the wreckage Sunday morning. Inner Bliss Yoga Studio says no one was inside the ...

By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities pledged on Thursday to find out what went wrong in the death of a 16-year-old boy they say became trapped by a minivan bench seat in a school parking lot and whose body was found about six hours after he first called 911. Police ...