Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:37 AM EDT2013-05-22 15:37:02 GMT
The Ohio Supreme Court will hear the appeal in the case of former Ottawa Hills police officer Thomas White. In January, the Sixth District Court of Appeals overturned his felonious assault conviction. In
The Ohio Supreme Court will hear the appeal in the case of former Ottawa Hills police officer Thomas White.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:39 PM EDT2013-05-22 16:39:05 GMT
The Fostoria police department received a report an attempted child abduction. It happened on South Town St. near the rail road crossing. A grandmother walking with her 4 year old grandson saw a white
The Fostoria police department received a report an attempted child abduction. It happened on South Town St. near the rail road crossing. Police say be on the look out for a man in a white van with no windows.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:08 PM EDT2013-05-22 16:08:02 GMT
(TOLEDO, Ohio) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is asking for the public's help locating a sexually oriented offender with a felony warrant out for his arrest. James Lee Smith, 50, last registered
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is asking for the public's help locating a sexually oriented offender with a felony warrant out for his arrest.
The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement.
The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on openly gay boys in the scouting movement.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:14 AM EDT2013-05-22 13:14:38 GMT
NB I-75 shut down north of Cygnet due to accident involving school bus
Around two dozen people were injured Tuesday night in a bus crash on I-75. It happened around 10:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-75, just north of the Cygnet exit
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:47 AM EDT2013-05-22 11:47:17 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio state lawmakers moved boldly Tuesday against storefront sweepstakes parlors they have come to view as illegal gambling operations, advancing separate bills effectively banning
The bill to ban Internet cafes will head to the Ohio Senate floor today. Yesterday a Senate Committee overwhelmingly approved the plans. Two separate proposals would ban operations statewide and block new cafes until the ban takes effect. There are about 800 Internet cafes in Ohio.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:32 AM EDT2013-05-22 11:32:46 GMT
LOGAN, Ohio (AP) - State officials say safety improvements are planned after a third fatal fall from a cliff recently in the Hocking's Hills region of southeastern Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural
State officials say safety improvements are planned after a third fatal fall from a cliff recently in the Hocking's Hills region of southeastern Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says signs warning hikers not to leave marked trails are being enhanced. Rangers also have increased trail patrols and are issuing more citations to people who stray from them
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:26 AM EDT2013-05-22 11:26:32 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) - The three women held captive in a Cleveland house for about a decade say they are doing fine. That was the message in a letter released by their attorneys Tuesday that also noted a charity
The three women held captive in a Cleveland house for about a decade say they are doing fine. That was the message in a letter released by their attorneys Tuesday that also noted a charity fund to help the women has now raised more than 650 thousand dollars.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:11 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:11:02 GMT
Imagine picking up the phone to hear your grandchild is in trouble. You're told not to tell any other family members, and send cash right away. Chances are, it's a crook trying to pull the 'Grandma Scam'.
Imagine picking up the phone to hear your grandchild is in trouble. You're told not to tell any other family members, and send cash right away. Chances are, it's a crook trying to pull the 'Grandma Scam'.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 8:22 PM EDT2013-05-22 00:22:27 GMT
Relatives of three teenagers killed in an Ohio school shooting are suing a charity that maintains a fund set up to benefit the families and support the well-being of students and others in the affected community.
Relatives of three teenagers killed in an Ohio school shooting are suing a charity that maintains a fund set up to benefit victims' families and support the well-being of students and others in the affected community.
EVENING NEWS HEADLINES - FEBRUARY 5, 2013@
ROSSFORD RECONFIGURATION
Rossford school leaders tonight voted to close one school to help cut costs. Indian Hills Elementary will close beginning the 2014-2015 school year. It's part of the district's reconfiguration plan. The plan is to move the youngest students into one building and put the older ones in another and send the sixth graders to the junior high. School leaders say this will save money and help teachers collaborate.
OTTAWA HILLS ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
State investigators are now looking into how an 18-year-old got ahold of alcohol before a deadly accident. Police say Brian Hoefflinger had a blood alcohol level of 0.15 when he hit a tree early Saturday morning. The Ohio Investigative Unit tells us it's working on a timeline to see when, where and how much alcohol Hoefflinger consumed.
WIDENING I-75
The Ohio Department of Transportation is widening I-75 in Wood County. ODOT will start construction to widen the highway between McCutchenville and Middleton Pike either late this summer or early next spring. The $151 million project will add a third lane to the highway which means crews will rebuild bridges in the area.
DEADLY ACCIDENT
(AP) - Authorities in northwest Ohio say one person was killed and 10 more were hurt in a pileup involving 10 tractor-trailers on a foggy highway near the Indiana-Ohio state line. The State Highway Patrol says visibility was only about 100 feet when a pickup truck drove onto the highway at an intersection and was hit by a tractor-trailer on U.S. 24 this morning. Authorities say that set off a chain-reaction of crashes.
REDUCING TAXES
(AP) - Governor John Kasich is proposing a sweeping state budget that reduces state income and small business taxes through increases in other areas. It also would boost school funding and expand Medicaid services with help from the federal government. The governor discussed his budget proposal this afternoon with small business owners in the Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn Heights.
HOSTAGE TAKER IN FBI FIREFIGHT
(AP) - The Alabama man who held a five-year-old hostage for nearly a week in an underground bunker was shot dead during a firefight. Details are just emerging about Monday's raid in which the boy was rescued. The FBI says bomb technicians found two explosive devices left by Jimmy Lee Dykes and that the property is still being searched.
TSUNAMI WARNINGS
(AP) - There are no reports of damage from a powerful earthquake in the South Pacific. But tsunami warnings and watches have been issued for several island nations. The 8.0 earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands.
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