Ohio News

Authorities in northeast Ohio are investigating the death of a 6-month-old who suffered a blow to the head.

Doctors given access to the chemical recipes that oil and gas drillers use as they crack into Ohio shale would be prohibited from sharing the information with the public under an energy proposal moving through the Ohio House.

Ohio officials want to help fund highway rest area maintenance and other transportation projects by allowing advertising and sponsorships at state rest stops and welcome centers.

Pit bulls will no longer be labeled as "vicious" dogs under a new Ohio law.

A sheriff says his office is investigating after horses repeatedly escaped from the Ohio farm where dozens of exotic animals were released by their suicidal owner and later killed by authorities last fall.

The wife of an Ohio climber hoping to reach the top of Mount Everest in Nepal says illness kept him from scaling the summit during what turned out to be a deadly weekend on the world's highest mountain.

Educators including the U.S. secretary of education, teacher union leaders and school administrators will focus on ways to transform the teaching profession in a conference this week with such targets as better recruiting, preparation and career development, and evaluations based on effectiveness.

A national group that buries unclaimed veterans' remains around the country is working with volunteers in Ohio to give 10 veterans from the state a final resting place.

A group of state lawmakers are slated to discuss and possibly vote Tuesday on a compromise to a wide-ranging bill that sorts out regulations for casinos, racetrack slots and other forms of gambling in Ohio.

More than two dozen Ohio lawmakers are putting aside political differences as they team up for an old-fashioned ballgame on the Ohio Statehouse lawn.