COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thirteen bears seized by authorities or surrendered by owners in Ohio have a new home in Colorado. The Columbus Dispatch reports that nine adult bears and four cubs were moved at the end of May from a state containment facility in suburban Columbus to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado. Animal welfare group People For …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (AP) — The attorney for a man accused of fatally shooting an Ohio policeman is seeking to move the trial, citing “extensive” publicity in the potential death penalty case.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Ethics Commission says four elected Columbus officials paid less than they should have to watch an Ohio State football game in a luxury suite with a lobbyist. The Columbus Dispatch reports the commission determined Mayor Andrew Ginther, Councilman Shannon Hardin, former Councilwoman Michelle Mills and Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Eileen Paley paid $250 …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police say a man playing “Pokemon Go” in an Ohio park was robbed of his cellphone and shot three times. Columbus police say 26-year-old Gregory Wheeler and a woman were playing the smartphone game Tuesday night when a 14-year-old boy asked to use the phone to call his mother. Police say the teenager fled with the …

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The circumstances, separated by 26 years, are chilling: Two women are attacked while bicycling alone down lonely Ohio country roads on warm July days. The first fought off her attacker on Independence Day in 1990 after he knocked her from the bike with his truck, pulled her inside the cab and handcuffed her. The second, a …

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (AP) — A northeast Ohio police chief says a man who crashed into multiple police cruisers over the weekend called in a rant about police before he started driving erratically.

WAUSEON, Ohio (AP) — The remains of a college student whose disappearance several days ago prompted a search in Ohio are believed to be found, authorities said Saturday. Investigators looking for Sierah Joughin found the remains Friday evening in an area near a rural county road, Fulton County Sheriff Roy Miller said. “At this time, we strongly believe that this …

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — A western Ohio man has admitted to fatally shooting a teenager while hosting a drinking party in December. The Springfield News-Sun reports 20-year-old Evan Hoffman pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and sex with a minor in the shooting death of 16-year-old Brandon Doseck. Authorities say Hoffman was throwing a party at his home when he got …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio’s capital city say an officer was served a sandwich containing glass shards at a restaurant, and an assault squad is investigating whether it was intentional.

PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio (AP) — Potentially toxic algae is expected to form again this summer in western Lake Erie but should be considerably less severe than the blooms that blanketed the lake and threatened drinking water supplies the previous two years, scientists said Thursday. After three wet springs, the region’s rainfall was more normal this year, said Richard Stumpf of the …