ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — A northeast Ohio sheriff says an armed robbery suspect was fatally shot by deputies because he refused to show his hands and “brandished” a handgun.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gas prices around Ohio are down slightly heading into the workweek. The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Ohio was $2.09 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s down 6 cents from a week ago and 10 cents below the average reported a month …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Public health officials in central Ohio have declared a community outbreak of a diarrheal disease caused by a parasite. Columbus Public Health Spokesman Jose Rodriguez says at least 107 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been reported in Columbus, Franklin and Delaware counties this year, more than the previous three years combined. The outbreak is being linked to …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio troopers seized about seven times as much heroin during the first half of 2016 as they did during the same period last year, an increase that the State Highway Patrol attributes at least in part to several large drug busts. The patrol seized over 53 kilograms of heroin with an estimated value of nearly $8 …

CINCINNATI (AP) — A police officer who killed a knife-wielding robbery suspect had no choice but to open fire, his chief said Monday. “This was a vicious, violent attack on the officer,” police Chief Eliot Isaac said. “This officer had no other course of action.” The county prosecutor agreed, informing police that he found Officer Anthony Brucato’s actions justified and …

MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Searchers located an Ohio teen who went missing in Grand Teton National Park on Saturday and tracked her down after she fled when authorities tried to rescue her. Fauna Jackson, 16, was uninjured and taken to a hospital to be checked out. The National Park Service said Jackson changed her appearance by cutting and dying her …

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 …