Associated Press

The Clark County Sheriff's office says a participant in a triathlon at a reservoir near Springfield drowned during the swimming segment of the event on Sunday.

Sheriff's deputies are looking for people they think may have information about a burned, naked woman found on a rural road over the weekend.

Kevin Randleman pleaded guilty to aggravated murder today in a plea deal that potentially spares his life.

More than 500 Ohio Republicans will attend the Party's convention in Tampa, which begins Monday.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says while the state is sometimes criticized for having too many overlapping police departments, he sees the number of agencies as an asset.

The man charged with shooting and killing his wife at an Akron hospital earlier this month in a suspected mercy killing pleaded not guilty this morning.

The state is ordering Perrysburg-based Willard & Kelsey Solar Group to repay 5 million dollars in taxpayer-supported loans.

The state Ethics Commission says Ohio State University President Gordon Gee did not willfully do anything wrong when he left some travel expenses off his financial disclosure statements.

The Pentagon says a U.S. soldier from Ohio died Wednesday at the  San Antonio hospital

The Lockland School board has fired Superintendent Donna Hubbard amid a state investigation into attendance data fixing.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is temporarily lifting his suspension of two Democratic county election officials who voted to extend early voting hours in the general election beyond the uniform, statewide hours the
Republican set. 

Former Ohio State Linebacker Storm Klein is seeking reinstatement to the team after pleading guilty Wednesday to disorderly conduct charges.

A Michigan State University  faculty member is working with a Columbus company to develop a new method of removing phosphorous from wastewater.

The new figures show Ohio's high school class of 2012 had a composite score of 21.8 in the subjects of English, Reading, Mathematics and Science.

A federal judge has ruled he will allow testimony about an allegation that a man charged with masterminding beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio offered "sex counseling" to Amish wives.

Youngstown Police have identified a "person of interest" in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old boy early Monday while sleeping in his bunk bed.

Columbus police have made an arrest in Monday's shooting and wounding of a father and son sitting on a front porch.

Columbus fire officials say they suspect arson is the cause of an overnight blaze at the Summit Park Apartments on the Northeast side that damaged 36 units.

State park officials have posted signs at a Buckeye Lake State Park beach, warning visitors about toxic blue-green algae in the water.