Ohio Civic & Safety News

Jaylin Ash, 23, was fatally shot Sunday night in South Toledo's 200 block of Knapp Street at 11:44 p.m. He died at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical...

Akron police are seeking public tips to identify the driver who killed 38-year-old Jesse McCool in a hit-and-run on South Main Street. The black SUV...

A yearlong probe into the Rainbow Terrace Apartments explosion in Cleveland ended without answers, with the fire department classifying the cause as...

An Avondale woman allegedly entered Rockdale Academy in Cincinnati, damaged bulletin boards and plexiglass, and threatened an employee, leading to...

• Bodycam video from the July 2 concert shows Columbus police confronting Franklin County Commissioner Erica Crawley and four guests, repeatedly...

Cleveland police and U.S. Marshals are renewing efforts to capture Khalif Mohammed, the third suspect in the February 2025 shooting death of...

A Cleveland family of eight, including children ages 2 through 17, survived a late-night house fire by jumping from windows and throwing their toddler...

Urgent alert: Columbus police are searching for missing 2-year-old Beeny Mbo, last seen without shoes near Antares Avenue and Polaris Parkway. He...

Why has the same South Side building been struck three times in five years?

• A driver crashed through the Oak Hill Avenue intersection into Cyclone...

Barnesville's September board meeting underscored strong local oversight of school nutrition under Ohio standards.

• Director Brian Saner detailed...

Cincinnati officers responded to Talbert House after seven 911 calls reporting an active shooter Friday night.

• They found multiple shell casings and...

A man suffered a laceration during a domestic violence incident on the 800 block of Greenfield Drive and was transported in stable condition to...

ODOT used National Roundabout Week to spotlight sharp drops in fatal and serious-injury crashes at northwest Ohio roundabouts, as the new Maumee-Western Road (U.S. 20A) at Strayer Road roundabout stays on track to open in three weeks.

Why was Brandon Miller standing in active I-71 lanes?

• The 38-year-old Columbus man was struck and killed around 10:23 p.m. Thursday near milepost...

Cycloraphene is up to 10 times more potent than fentanyl and appears in Ohio's tainted illicit supply, often mixed into counterfeit pills.

• Campus...

Ohio law requires the Talawanda School Board to appoint a replacement for resigned member Matt Wyatt by October 24, 2026, compressing the entire...

• First new school since 2016 proposed, financed via 2023 levy plus 30% state match
• Six additional closures recommended at Sept. 17 meeting to...

Ohio’s Inflation Cap Credit can trim school-tax growth tied to Cuyahoga County’s 2027 revaluation, yet it only targets certain levies at the 20-mill...

More than a year later, the family of disabled Toledo man Hassan Cummings continues demanding felonious assault charges after his July 2025 shooting...

• Ohio Democratic Party deleted Pride Caucus posts supporting trans Ohioans after Kaptur's "transgender ideology" ad.
• Lucas County Democrats called...