Jim Letizia

Two former Cleveland politicians say ex-Browns owner Art Modell turned down the city's offer to build a new stadium before he moved the team to Baltimore.

Nearly 200 Ohio National Guard troops returned to Central Ohio yesterday after a year of service in Afghanistan.

State Transportation officials say the ramp from northbound I-71 to eastbound I-670 will close late next week instead of tonight as announced earlier.

A Scioto County man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for killing a man during a drug deal.

Former University of Cincinnati President Greg Williams will receive nearly 1.3 million dollars from the school during the next two years.

The State Highway Patrol says a tractor-trailer carrying 40-thousand pounds of beer overturned on eastbound I-70 near Springfield yesterday, closing one lane of traffic for more than eight hours.

Columbus Police say a former Franklin County Sheriff's deputy has been arrested for firing multiple shots into the air last night while drunk.

A new poll by Marist, the Wall Street Journal, and NBC shows President Obama leads GOP challenger Mitt Romney 50 to 43 percent in Ohio.

President Obama is scheduled to campaign at Schiller Park in German Village on Monday afternoon.

200 people have volunteered to raise traffic safety awareness on the Ohio State campus after four crashes in the past 2 1/2 weeks in which students were seriously injured when struck while walking or riding bicycles. 

Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign did not send a representative to a forum on Great Lakes issues today.

The City of Columbus says a red-light camera installed at the intersection of Morse and Sunbury roads will be activated at midnight tonight.

Major League Soccer says attendance at Columbus Crew home games remains near the bottom of the league.

The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has rejected an effort by the family of John Demjanjuk to posthumously restore his U.S. citizenship.

Vice President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Paul Ryan appeared at campaign events in Ohio on Wednesday. Jim Letizia reports.

A Federal judge has denied a request by Secretary of State Jon Husted to stay the court's order to restore early voting on the final weekend and Monday before the November election while the state appeals.

A Cincinnati boy who has fought an incurable skin disease and hearing loss since birth will attend today's national memorial service for his hero, Ohio native and former astronaut Neil Armstrong.

The Ohio Casino Control Commission has approved a license for operators of the Columbus Casino that is scheduled to open next month.

Democratic state representative Clayton Luckie of Dayton has missed votes this week amid an FBI probe of his conduct.

The Ross County Coroner says a body discovered in the Scioto River in 1975 has been identified as Arthur Flowers, a Hardin County resident.