December 5, 2016 Student accused of stabbing roommate over food is charged An Ohio college student accused of stabbing his roommate and fellow student in the chest during a fight over fast food has been charged with felonious assault.
December 5, 2016 State rejects temporary reprieve for Ohio child killer Ohio prosecutors have rejected a proposal to temporarily delay the January execution of a man set to die for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter.
December 5, 2016 Police encounters resulting in black deaths span US A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in the murder trial of a white ex-police officer in the shooting death of Walter Scott, an unarmed 50-year-old black motorist.
December 5, 2016 Cops: Serial abductor broke into Ohio homes to kidnap girls Authorities in the Cleveland area have arrested a man who they say broke into two homes and kidnapped a girl and tried to abduct another within the past year.
December 5, 2016 Prosecutors charge Ohio teen whose gun killed toddler Prosecutors in Ohio have charged a teenager whose gun got into the hands of a 7-year-old who accidentally shot a 3-year-old boy to death.
December 5, 2016 Campus attack could be latest terror case in heartland state Authorities are investigating terrorism as a possible motive in the car-and-knife attack on the Ohio State University campus, the latest in a series of cases involving young men who apparently became radicalized in the heartland state.
December 5, 2016 Puppy given alcohol leads to charges for 3 Ohio residents Three Ohio residents accused of giving alcoholic drinks to a puppy have been charged with misdemeanor cruelty to a companion animal after one of the defendants posted a picture of the passed-out dog on Facebook.
December 4, 2016 Authorities, schools on alert as Cincinnati awaits verdict Authorities were on alert and school officials took precautions Thursday as jurors deliberated a second day in the Ohio murder trial of a white former police officer who said he feared for his life before fatally shooting an unarmed black man during a traffic stop last year.
December 3, 2016 House fire in Ohio kills 2 adults, 2 children Two adults and two young girls were killed in an overnight house fire on Saturday in Ohio.
December 2, 2016 Ohio St. admin derided over call for compassion for attacker An Ohio State administrator is being criticized for urging compassion for the Somali-born student who injured 11 people in a car-and-knife attack on campus before he was shot to death by police.