Ohio teacher becomes 2022 National Teacher of the Year

Kurt Russell teaches history and coaches basketball at Oberlin High School in Oberlin, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland.

Ohio law allowing cameras in nursing home rooms to prevent abuse goes into effect

A son’s decade-long advocacy for a law to allow cameras in Ohio nursing home rooms has finally come to fruition after his own elderly mother suffered abuse and neglect.

FBI: Dayton mass shooter in 2019 attack fantasized about killings for years

The FBI says a Dayton, Ohio, mass shooter fantasized about mass shootings and murder-suicide for at least 10 years before his 2019 attack left nine dead.

'I'm a paraplegic': Bodycam video shows Dayton officers drag man from car

Bodycam footage showing Dayton police officers dragging a paraplegic man out of his car has prompted an investigation into his arrest.

Cicada blamed for Ohio car crash after flying into driver's face

A cicada flew into a driver’s car window and hit them in the face, causing the vehicle to crash into a utility pole in Ohio, police said.

Andre Hill shooting: Columbus reaches $10M settlement for family of Black man killed by police

Andre Hill was fatally shot by a Columbus police officer on Dec. 22 as he emerged from a garage holding up a cellphone. Ohio’s capital city will pay a $10 million settlement to his family.

U.S. Senate weighs bill to increase icebreaking on the Great Lakes

A bipartisan group of Midwest members of Congress are hoping to pass legislation to increase icebreaking on the Great Lakes in an effort to ease transport during the winter months.

Cincinnati Bengals player leaves camp to search for missing father in Florida

A player for the Cincinnati Bengals left training camp to help search for his father who went missing during a berry-picking trip in Okeechobee County, Florida, reports say.