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A proposed law that seeks to deal with the small percentage of people who research shows commits more than half of the violent crime in Ohio sounds to many like a great solution.

A spokesperson for the three women who escaped captivity in Cleveland delivered statements on their behalf yesterday.

An Associated Press review of records shows a favorite witness on Ohio tax and economic issues who's relied upon for his objectivity draws a hefty stipend from a conservative trust fund.

A Franklin County judge today ordered the owners of a closed East side motel to sell the blighted property or tear it down.

A former Columbus computer hacker has been sentenced to one year of house arrest and three years probation for his role in a scheme to crash video game servers worldwide in 2008.

Sweeping changes are underway at Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says DNA tests confirm 52-year-old alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro is the father of Amanda Berry's 6-year-old daughter.

Ohio motorists are paying 12 cents a gallon more for gasoline this week.

The Dayton firefighter injured by a car while clearing a crash on U.S. Route 35 is back at work.

Franklin County Environmental Court Judge Harland Hale says he will resign on May 24th.

A Delaware County grand jury today indicted a man in connection with an assault that killed his father-in-law.

The State Highway Patrol says a man is hospitalized in Columbus in critical condition after stealing a tanker truck from the Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department in rural Ross County this morning.

A Franklin County Magistrate has ordered a 17-year-old Putnam County youth be held until he can be extradited on a warrant for grand theft of a motor vehicle.

The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court has a plan that she thinks will reform the process of electing justices.

Authorities say two teenage brothers reported missing in an Amber Alert have been found dead after a third teen pointed investigators to the bodies before being taken into custody.

Park officials say an anonymous caller told personnel that a stray dog she brought to the park has been diagnosed with the canine Parvo virus.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty says he will evaluate whether to seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro in connection with the disappearance and alleged abuse of three women.

Bond was set this morning at 8 million dollars for 52-year-old Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man charged with rape and kidnapping two days after three women missing for roughly a decade were found at his home.

This Saturday, U.S. Postal Service carriers will collect donations of food to help feed hungry Central Ohioans.

Cleveland City Schools officials and the teachers' union have reached a tentative agreement on the district's sweeping turnaround plan.