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 …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters won’t see candidates labeled as Libertarians on their ballots this fall after the state organization declined to submit the thousands of signatures needed to form a minor political party in the key swing state. Ohio law requires groups seeking minor-party status to file a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters, roughly …

FREMONT, Ohio (AP) — A former state lawmaker who runs a small airport in northwestern Ohio is setting out to restore a plane that flew during the D-Day invasion. Rex Damschroder says he hopes to have the DC-3 ready for the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019. And he plans to fly the plane to France for the celebration. Damschroder …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio State University drum major instructor accused of raping a female student was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual battery and apologizing to the victim in court.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Texas restrictions on abortion clinics might bring renewed focus on an Ohio proposal regarding aborted fetal remains. A bill that would require Ohio hospitals and providers to cremate or bury such remains passed the Senate earlier this year and a similar proposal is pending in the House. Lawmakers are …

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The ringleader of a scheme that smuggled teens into the U.S. and kept them as virtual slaves while forcing them to work at an egg farm and live in run-down trailers was sentenced to just over 15 years in prison Monday. Aroldo Castillo-Serrano, a Guatemalan who is in the U.S. illegally, will be deported once he’s …