Man killed in attack on trooper VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper fatally shot a knife-wielding man “covered in blood” who had rammed his car into the rear of his patrol vehicle early Tuesday, and authorities subsequently identified the man as a suspect in the stabbing death of a woman near Cincinnati a little more than an hour earlier. Patrol Lt. Robert … Read More
Kasich vetoes tax hike that would’ve sent money to counties Gov. John Kasich’s vetoes in Ohio’s new two-year budget included nixing a proposal to increase taxes on health insurers that would have sent money to counties and regional bus services. State lawmakers proposed the idea to make up for lost revenue from a sales tax that is being discontinued by the federal government on Medicaid managed care organizations. But the … Read More
Family investigated in 8 killings say they’re being harassed WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A family who Ohio authorities have called the “special focus” of an investigation into the slayings of eight members of a different family say they are being harassed by the state attorney general’s office despite their cooperation. The family’s attorney, John Kearson Clark, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that the four Wagner family members provided laptops, phones … Read More
Judge permits insanity plea in school shooting URBANA, Ohio (AP) — A judge will permit a teenager charged in an Ohio school shooting that wounded two students to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. The judge in Champaign County Common Pleas Court has accepted paperwork allowing the plea by 17-year-old Ely Serna that was filed last week in motions by Serna’s attorney. The judge also granted … Read More
DeWine takes campaign for governor on the road COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Mike DeWine is embarking on a statewide campaign tour a day after announcing a bid for Ohio governor. The 70-year-old state attorney general and former U.S senator is one of Ohio’s longest-serving and best-known politicians, but he faces a competitive and widening GOP field. Secretary of State Jon Husted and U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci, of … Read More
Family: Freed student who died has ‘completed his journey’ CINCINNATI (AP) — The family of an American college student who died days after being released from North Korea in a coma says the 22-year-old “has completed his journey home.” Otto Warmbier died Monday, relatives said in a statement. They did not cite a specific cause of death. “Unfortunately, the awful, torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of … Read More
Ohio Supreme Court justice backs legalizing marijuana TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio Supreme Court justice who’s mulling a run for governor thinks it’s time for the state to decriminalize marijuana. Justice William O’Neill, the lone Democrat holding an Ohio statewide office, said making marijuana legal is working in Colorado and doing it in Ohio would bring hundreds of millions of dollars in sales taxes. O’Neill announced … Read More
Massacre victim’s brother charged with evidence tampering WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — State authorities on Tuesday charged the brother of one of the eight relatives slain in an unsolved massacre with tampering with evidence and vandalism over the destruction of a GPS tracking device they placed on his truck. The state attorney general’s office accused James Manley of destroying the device being used in the investigation of the … Read More
Ohio boy assaulted by classmate before killing himself School officials never told the mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself that another student had thrown him against the wall two days earlier and knocked him unconscious in an attack recorded by a surveillance video, attorneys for the boy’s mother said Thursday. The 8-year-old hanged himself with a necktie in the bedroom of his Cincinnati home on … Read More
Authorities: Tiffin man killed by police fired rifle at them first TIFFIN, Ohio (AP) — Investigators say a suspect in a stabbing at an Ohio home fired at responding officers with a high-powered rifle before being fatally shot. A sheriff’s deputy was injured in the gunfire on Tuesday in Tiffin. The Advertiser-Tribune reports the deputy was hit in the shoulder and hospitalized in stable condition. Tiffin’s police chief says the deputy’s … Read More
