Sunday, May 19 2013 11:21 AM EDT2013-05-19 15:21:41 GMT
A very lucky lottery player in the Sunshine State is a multi-millionaire this morning! Powerball lottery officials say someone in Florida bought a winning ticket for Saturday night's record $590 million
A very lucky lottery player in the Sunshine State is a multi-millionaire this morning! Powerball lottery officials say someone in Florida bought a winning ticket for Saturday night's record $590 million drawing. Right now, the winner hasn't been identified.
Saturday, May 18 2013 9:52 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:52:31 GMT
LEXINGTON, Mich. (AP) - Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young boys, said she was battling cancer
A Michigan mom who claimed to be battling cancer and a rape survior is being accused of fraud and her community is reeling.
Saturday, May 18 2013 8:52 PM EDT2013-05-19 00:52:10 GMT
DETROIT (AP) - A tiny insect is threatening Michigan's fruit and vegetable crops. The brown marmorated stink bug's presence in Michigan has growers and agriculture experts concerned because there are
A tiny insect is threatening Michigan's fruit and vegetable crops. The brown marmorated stink bug's presence in Michigan has growers and agriculture experts concerned.
Saturday, May 18 2013 8:42 PM EDT2013-05-19 00:42:53 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) - Some of the Amish sentenced in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio are upset with federal prison education requirements. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has required some to study
Some of the Amish sentenced in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio are upset with federal prison education requirements.
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:12 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:12:26 GMT
DECATUR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Sheriff's deputies arrested a southwestern Michigan man after finding him driving a farm tractor on a county road while drunk. The Van Buren County sheriff's office says
Sheriff's deputies arrested a southwestern Michigan man after finding him driving a farm tractor on a county road while drunk.
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:01 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:01:27 GMT
ATLANTA (AP) - A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease has been fitted with bionic hands. Andy Copeland told the Associated Press
metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease has been fitted with bionic hands.
Saturday, May 18 2013 5:54 PM EDT2013-05-18 21:54:20 GMT
Verizon Wireless customers have been experiencing voice and data issues throughout the day on Saturday in Ohio.Customers in the Sandusky, Akron and Canton areas have seen an increased in dropped calls
Verizon Wireless customers have been experiencing voice and data issues throughout the day on Saturday in Ohio.
Saturday, May 18 2013 4:52 PM EDT2013-05-18 20:52:45 GMT
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) - The State Highway Patrol says nearly 20 vehicles crashed in a pileup on Interstate 70 in western Ohio, closing a portion of the highway's eastbound lanes for about four hours. A
The State Highway Patrol says nearly 20 vehicles crashed in a pileup on Interstate 70 in western Ohio, closing a portion of the highway's eastbound lanes for about four hours.
Saturday, May 18 2013 3:53 PM EDT2013-05-18 19:53:01 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) - Cleveland has landed another Hollywood film shoot and it could mean delays for motorists. The city warned drivers to be aware of staggered street closings beginning Saturday through June
Cleveland has landed another Hollywood film shoot and it could mean delays for motorists.
Saturday, May 18 2013 3:44 PM EDT2013-05-18 19:44:12 GMT
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - It's a big day in northeast Ohio for a hometown guy who made it big in Hollywood. Actor Ed O'Neill of TV's "Modern Family" will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree at Saturday's
Actor Ed O'Neill of TV's "Modern Family" will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree at Saturday's spring commencement at Youngstown State University.
Saturday, May 18 2013 2:31 PM EDT2013-05-18 18:31:56 GMT
A Waterville man is in the hospital this morning after an early morning home invasion. Lucas County Sheriff's deputies got the call of an home invasion in the 8900 block of S. River Road in Waterville
34-year-old James Safadi of Waterville Township is dead being shot during a home invasion early Saturday morning.
Friday, May 17 2013 8:35 PM EDT2013-05-18 00:35:27 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio has cleared an initial step to get before voters. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine certified a summary
A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio has cleared an initial step to get before voters.
Friday, May 17 2013 3:18 PM EDT2013-05-17 19:18:22 GMT
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - The University of Akron says an officer fatally shot a 64-year-old man during a traffic stop after he produced what later was determined to be a BB pistol. The Summit County Medical
The University of Akron says an officer fatally shot a 64-year-old man during a traffic stop after he produced what later was determined to be a BB pistol.
Officials in Akron say the city's website and internal systems have been hacked - and names, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers were compromised.
Officials in Akron say the city's website and internal systems have been hacked - and names, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers were compromised.
Thursday, May 16 2013 10:44 PM EDT2013-05-17 02:44:10 GMT
A Detroit business is under federal investigation for allegedly paying workers with crack cocaine. It's called Big C's Tire Shop on Mac Avenue in Detroit, and word on the street was the "C" stood for crack
A Detroit business is under federal investigation for allegedly paying workers with crack cocaine.
Thursday, May 16 2013 6:02 PM EDT2013-05-16 22:02:10 GMT
Folks were scratching their heads in southern Minnesota this week. After a bizarre May snow a few weeks ago, the cold weather has persisted with several frosty mornings. The week started off with Sunday
Temperatures jumped 70 degrees in just 2 days in southern Minnesota. The area went from frost to a record 100 degrees on Tuesday.
Thursday, May 16 2013 4:58 PM EDT2013-05-16 20:58:56 GMT
CINCINNATI (AP) - An Ohio man was found guilty Thursday in the shooting death of a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed and hooked up to a ventilator. Ricardo
An Ohio man was found guilty Thursday in the shooting death of a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed and hooked up to a ventilator.
Wednesday, May 15 2013 8:19 PM EDT2013-05-16 00:19:55 GMT
The attorneys for a Cleveland man accused of keeping three women in captivity for about a decade say he will plead not guilty.
The defense team for the Cleveland man accused of keeping three women in captivity for about a decade says the suspect will plead not guilty and questions if he can receive a fair trial anywhere.
Thirteen Cleveland firefighters indicted for theft in office are accused of improperly paying co-workers to cover their assigned shifts while they continued to receive salaries and benefits.
Thirteen Cleveland firefighters indicted for theft in office are accused of improperly paying co-workers to cover their assigned shifts while they continued to receive salaries and benefits.
Wednesday, May 15 2013 5:11 PM EDT2013-05-15 21:11:32 GMT
A local Tea Party group is now mixed up in the brewing scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service. The group American Patriots Against Government Excess (American- Page) is based in Fremont, Ohio. After
A local Tea Party group, American Patriots Against Government Excess, says its tax-exempt application was delayed by IRS for political reasons.
Wednesday, May 15 2013 7:51 AM EDT2013-05-15 11:51:33 GMT
DETROIT (AP) - They're calling it "Groceries for Guns." Anyone who turns in an unloaded gun will get a $50 Meijer gift card Saturday at the New St. Paul Tabernacle Church of God in Christ in Detroit. The
A church in the city of Detroit is offering free gift cards if you turn in a gun. The gun buyback happens this Saturday from 10am-2pm. Anyone who brings in a gun to the New St. Paul Tabernacle Church of God in Christ in Detroit will receive a $50 gift card.
Jurors will resume deliberations for a second day in an Ohio murder case hinging on whether a dying, paralyzed man identified his shooter by blinking his eyes.
Jurors will resume deliberations for a second day in an Ohio murder case hinging on whether a dying, paralyzed man identified his shooter by blinking his eyes.
Jurors are hearing closing arguments in a Cincinnati murder trial that hinges on the eye blinks of a dying, paralyzed shooting victim.
An Ohio murder trial that hinges on whether a dying, paralyzed man identified his shooter by blinking his eyes went to the jury on Tuesday, and initial deliberations failed to produce a verdict.
One of the first officers at the scene where three women were held captive in a Cleveland house for about a decade says the emotion of the moment was overwhelming.
One of the first officers at the scene where three women were held captive in a Cleveland house for about a decade says the emotion of the moment was overwhelming.
Monday, May 13 2013 5:17 PM EDT2013-05-13 21:17:41 GMT
Local contractors do not think they're winning enough work from the City of Toledo and one mayoral candidate agrees. Councilman Joe McNamara (D-Toledo) wants to help local businesses by changing the city's
City Councilman wants to help local businesses win Toledo city contracts by increasing the dollar percentage local businesses can overbid and still win the contract.
Monday, May 13 2013 3:05 PM EDT2013-05-13 19:05:24 GMT
The first report by Detroit's emergency manager declares that the city is broke and at risk of running completely out of money - a financial meltdown that could mean no paychecks for workers, no pension
A report filed by Detroit's new city manager says the city broke and at risk of running out of money.
Records reveal the Cleveland man charged with holding three women captive for about a decade had been accused of threatening his neighbors, attacking his common law wife and of committing violations during his career...
Records reveal the Cleveland man charged with holding three women captive for about a decade had been accused of threatening his neighbors, attacking his common law wife and of committing violations during his career as a...
Sunday, May 12 2013 11:25 PM EDT2013-05-13 03:25:16 GMT
Dramatic new video shot on a cell phone shows the moment officer broke down a door to free Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight.The video shows police charging the front door of the home where the women were
Dramatic new video shot on a cell phone shows the moment officers broke down a door to free Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight.
Sunday, May 12 2013 9:52 PM EDT2013-05-13 01:52:04 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Some of Ohio's most popular tourist attractions are tying early summer discounts to fast-food beverage purchases in a new state promotion. The Discover Ohio To Go promotion is a
Some of Ohio's most popular tourist attractions are tying early summer discounts to fast-food beverage purchases in a new state promotion.
Sunday, May 12 2013 9:46 PM EDT2013-05-13 01:46:00 GMT
ASA has selected an Ohio nonprofit organization to manage a contest aimed at helping unmanned aerial vehicles fly safely in civilian airspace. NASA said Friday that it picked Development Projects Inc.
ASA has selected an Ohio nonprofit organization to manage a contest aimed at helping drones fly safely in civilian airspace.
Sunday, May 12 2013 9:41 PM EDT2013-05-13 01:41:41 GMT
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's horse racing industry is showing signs of rebounding. Better times are expected for horse racing in Ohio now that new gambling rules are allowing tracks to add slots-like gambling
Better times are expected for horse racing in Ohio now that new gambling rules are allowing tracks to add slots-like gambling that will pump millions into the horse industry.
Sunday, May 12 2013 8:46 PM EDT2013-05-13 00:46:07 GMT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan teachers' performance would play a bigger role in the amount they get in their paychecks under a proposal being debated in the Republican-controlled state House. A bill
Michigan teachers' performance would play a bigger role in the amount they get in their paychecks under a proposal being debated in the Republican-controlled state House.
Sunday, May 12 2013 7:12 PM EDT2013-05-12 23:12:29 GMT
NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) - The Wayne National Forest in southeastern Ohio is putting new restrictions on activities that include camping, hunting and boating to protect the forest's natural resources. A
The Wayne National Forest in southeastern Ohio is putting new restrictions on activities that include camping, hunting and boating to protect the forest's natural resources.
Sunday, May 12 2013 4:30 PM EDT2013-05-12 20:30:35 GMT
One person is in critical condition after a wrong-way crash on I-75. Troopers say around 1 a.m. Sunday Les Lundquest was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of I-75. Lundquest, who's 29 and
Police suspect drugs and alcohol were a factor in a wrong-way crash on I-75 near BG early Sunday morning.
Sunday, May 12 2013 4:14 PM EDT2013-05-12 20:14:10 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) - The three women allegedly imprisoned and sexually abused for years inside a padlocked Cleveland house asked for privacy Sunday, saying through an attorney that while they are grateful
The three women allegedly imprisoned and sexually abused for years inside a padlocked Cleveland house asked for privacy Sunday.
Saturday, May 11 2013 9:44 PM EDT2013-05-12 01:44:06 GMT
A group calling itself "Support For Michelle Knight" marched Saturday in Cleveland.Knight was one of three women rescued this week after being held captive for years.The group walked to where the women
A group calling itself "Support For Michelle Knight" marched Saturday in Cleveland.
Saturday, May 11 2013 6:32 PM EDT2013-05-11 22:32:46 GMT
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A prosecutor says a man who fired a gun toward a wall in a home in an argument and hit his son's girlfriend has been charged with reckless homicide. The Montgomery County prosecutor
A prosecutor says a man who fired a gun toward a wall in a home in an argument and hit his son's girlfriend has been charged with reckless homicide.
Saturday, May 11 2013 6:15 PM EDT2013-05-11 22:15:17 GMT
A Wauseon man is dead this morning after another man drove into the path of his motorcycle. It happened on State Route 108 in Fulton County around 11:15 p.m. Friday. Troopers say a Swanton man failed
A Wauseon man is dead after another man drove into the path of his motorcycle. It happened on State Route 108 in Fulton County around 11:15 p.m. Friday.
Saturday, May 11 2013 4:28 PM EDT2013-05-11 20:28:53 GMT
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) - A 35-year-old southeast Michigan man will spend up to six years in prison for stealing pots, pans and utensils from a soup kitchen where he worked. The Daily Telegram of Adrian reports
A 35-year-old southeast Michigan man will spend up to six years in prison for stealing pots, pans and utensils from an Adrian soup kitchen.
Saturday, May 11 2013 4:21 PM EDT2013-05-11 20:21:14 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Wildlife Council will consider proposals next week allowing deer-gun hunting in early January. Ohio's Division of Wildlife Chief Scott Zody says the proposal would result
The Ohio Wildlife Council will consider proposals next week allowing deer-gun hunting in early January.
Saturday, May 11 2013 3:36 PM EDT2013-05-11 19:36:55 GMT
By JESSE WASHINGTONAP National Writer The ordeal isn't over for the three women freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house. Therapists say they are now facing a long, difficult recovery. The women
The ordeal isn't over for the three women freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house. Therapists say they are now facing a long, difficult recovery.
Saturday, May 11 2013 3:29 PM EDT2013-05-11 19:29:16 GMT
Autopsies have been completed on two teenage brothers who were reported missing in northwest Ohio this week and found dead after a third teen directed authorities to their bodies.Authorities aren't releasing
Autopsies have been completed on two teenage brothers who were reported missing in northwest Ohio this week and found dead after a third teen directed authorities to their bodies.
Saturday, May 11 2013 3:13 PM EDT2013-05-11 19:13:05 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for what it acknowledges was "inappropriate" targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating
he Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for what it acknowledges was "inappropriate" targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election.
Saturday, May 11 2013 12:50 PM EDT2013-05-11 16:50:35 GMT
MONROE, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a Michigan State Police lieutenant has reached a plea deal after being accused of stealing property seized during drug operations and other crimes. Emmanuel Riopelle
Authorities say a Michigan State Police lieutenant has reached a plea deal after being accused of stealing property seized during drug operations and other crimes.
Friday, May 10 2013 4:23 PM EDT2013-05-10 20:23:43 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) - A DNA test confirmed another dark twist in the story of three women imprisoned in a house for about a decade: Kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl
A DNA test confirmed another dark twist in the story of three women imprisoned in a house for about a decade: Kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl who escaped from the house along with the women, a prosecutor said Friday.
Friday, May 10 2013 3:08 PM EDT2013-05-10 19:08:11 GMT
Michigan investigators are still trying to enhance two pieces of surveillance video. They are trying to figure out the exact make and model of the minivan that may have been used to abduct Jessica Heeringa. The
Michigan investigators are still trying to enhance two pieces of surveillance video. They are trying to figure out the exact make and model of the minivan that may have been used to abduct Jessica Heeringa.
The man accused of holding three women captive for a decade in his Cleveland home terrorized and beat the mother of his children and locked her indoors, her relatives say.
The FBI says it did not recover human remains in its search of a Cleveland house where a man is accused of holding three women captive for a decade.
Thursday, May 9 2013 4:18 PM EDT2013-05-09 20:18:44 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) - An Ohio prosecutor says he may seek the death penalty against the man accused of imprisoning three women at his home for about a decade for forcing them to suffer miscarriages. Cuyahoga
An Ohio prosecutor says he may seek the death penalty against the man accused of imprisoning three women at his home for about a decade for forcing them to suffer miscarriages.
Wednesday, May 8 2013 3:24 PM EDT2013-05-08 19:24:29 GMT
CLEVELAND — Two of the women held captive for a decade at a run-down Cleveland house were welcomed home by cheering crowds of loved ones and neighbors with balloons and banners Wednesday as police built
Two of the women held captive for a decade at a run-down Cleveland house were welcomed home by cheering crowds of loved ones and neighbors with balloons and banners Wednesday as police built a case against the three brothers under arrest.
Wednesday, May 8 2013 3:22 PM EDT2013-05-08 19:22:00 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) - The aunt of one of three women held captive for about a decade in Cleveland thanked police for their help, asked the public for time and privacy to heal and urged the community not to
Sandra Ruiz spoke to reporters after Gina DeJesus, who disappeared in 2004, arrived home Wednesday afternoon to chants of "Gina! Gina!"
Wednesday, May 8 2013 2:22 PM EDT2013-05-08 18:22:16 GMT
Perrysburg voters approved a new transportation levy. Now the city will now have bus service after opting out of TARTA, last September. Very soon, the streets of Perrysburg will see a new shuttle service.
Perrysburg voters approve levy to fund a Dial-a-Ride bus service.
Wednesday, May 8 2013 2:03 PM EDT2013-05-08 18:03:24 GMT
Voters have rejected a proposal to ban hydraulic fracturing in a northeast Ohio city where disposal of wastewater from the drilling method led to earthquakes and alleged groundwater contamination. Unofficial
Youngstown voters have rejected a plan to ban hydraulic fracturing.
Wednesday, May 8 2013 1:58 PM EDT2013-05-08 17:58:47 GMT
Ohio egg farmers are donating close to 767,000 eggs to food banks and other hunger relief organizations throughout the state in celebration of National Egg Month. The Ohio Poultry Association said Wednesday
Ohio egg farmers are donating 767,000 eggs to state food banks.
Peter Mattiace, editor of The (Findlay) Courier, was elected president of the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors association for 2013-14 at the group's annual convention Sunday.
Peter Mattiace, editor of The (Findlay) Courier, was elected president of the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors association for 2013-14 at the group's annual convention Sunday.
President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni.
President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni.
Police made regular crime runs to the Cleveland street where three women were held captive in a house over a decade before escaping. Since the 2002 abduction of the first victim, Cleveland police went to the block along...
The state of Ohio has received a $2.1 million federal grant to improve criminal background checks for those home health care workers who directly serve the disabled and elderly.
The state of Ohio has received a $2.1 million federal grant to improve criminal background checks for those home health care workers who directly serve the disabled and elderly.
Authorities in southeastern Michigan ay a man stole a car with a 74-year-old disabled woman in the passenger seat, took her money and then fled on foot.
Authorities in southeastern Michigan ay a man stole a car with a 74-year-old disabled woman in the passenger seat, took her money and then fled on foot.
Authorities have identified a 20-year-old man they've arrested in the firebombing of the suburban Detroit home of an heir to the Art Van Furniture business.
Authorities have identified a 20-year-old man they've arrested in the firebombing of the suburban Detroit home of an heir to the Art Van Furniture business.
The northern Michigan resort island that bans cars and yet draws close to a million visitors each year is facing key decisions on what development to allow to accommodate the tourist business that keeps it alive.
The northern Michigan resort island that bans cars and yet draws close to a million visitors each year is facing key decisions on what development to allow to accommodate the tourist business that keeps it alive.
A new Michigan law calls for the creation of a universal form that doctors can use when patients need prior authorization for coverage of prescription drugs.
A new Michigan law calls for the creation of a universal form that doctors can use when patients need prior authorization for coverage of prescription drugs.
Some residential customers vow to continue battling Michigan's largest utilities over the freedom to not have new electricity meters installed outside their homes.
Some residential customers vow to continue battling Michigan's largest utilities over the freedom to not have new electricity meters installed outside their homes.
Midland is asking for residents' patience as it readies to make repairs to city parks damaged by spring flooding. The Midland Daily News reports cleanup and repair work is needed at a number of sites. A dog park and...
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