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Tornadoes tore through northwest Ohio June 5, destroying dozens of homes and a school gymnasium, but federal disaster authorities have twice denied state requests for disaster assistance.

Sheriff's deputies are continuing their search for a man that fled a U.S. Bank branch with an undisclosed amount of money Wednesday, July 28.

A county government manager in Cleveland has been charged with bribing an elected official.

President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity.

The Ohio office of the Trust for Public Land has acquired some land in the Cleveland Flats area that will aid the completion of the Cuyahoga County section of the popular Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath.

David Pepper, the Democratic candidate for state auditor, has consistently characterized his Republican opponent Dave Yost as an out-of-control spender whose budget skyrocketed in his eight years as a county prosecutor.

A colossal statue of explorer Christopher Columbus has finally found a home in Puerto Rico after a two decade quest and a string of rejections because it was deemed too ugly.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Central Ohio has announced their annual awards, honoring volunteers and matches of the year from each of the six counties served by the organization.

A Jeromesville man died Wednesday after a two-car accident Tuesday night just south of Hayesville.

A federal bankruptcy court on Thursday approved the $26 million sale of Ohio-based newspaper chain Brown Publishing Co.

Slimy blobs of algae like the ones that have polluted Ohio's largest inland lake are now being found in some small lakes and ponds.

Another hot day across northeast Ohio fueled a line of severe thunderstorms that moved through northeast Ohio Wednesday afternoon.

Toxic algae has led the YMCA to close the lake at a summer camp in western Ohio not far a major lake with a similar problem.

An Ohio county has given up on replacing the frequently stolen signs for a rural thoroughfare named "Wildman Road." Greene County Engineer Robert Geyer in southwest Ohio explains that the signs vanish too quickly, probably to decorate bedrooms, garages and dorm rooms.

A federal appeals court has ordered two executives convicted in a $1.9 billion corporate fraud case to be resentenced.

Police say an Ohio marriage counselor's husband has been charged with aggravated murder in her stabbing death.

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An Ohio family has settled a lawsuit against a middle school teacher who was accused of burning the image of crosses on students' arms.

COLUMBUS -- Changes coming to Ohio motor vehicle registrations are meant to cut down on personal information that could be found by someone breaking into a car.

BERLIN -- A suspected former Nazi death camp guard has been charged with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews and other crimes during the Third Reich, German prosecutors said Wednesday.