The son of a former Toledo fire chief has been arrested in connection with a string of attacks at city fire stations. The Blade newspaper reports that Kevin P. Wolever was taken into custody Saturday night. In a Sunday morning …
Eight individuals were convicted of or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during the month of August, announced the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Details on some of the investigations are listed below: Cecil …
Interstate highway sound walls are aging more quickly than expected in northeast Ohio, costing the state millions. Regional Ohio Department of Transportation officials say they’re disappointed with the concrete product used in the walls. The Plain Dealer reports the material …
Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic are testing the blood of local college football players for a protein that could indicate a concussion. The Plain Dealer newspaper reports that the samples will be screened to see if they contain a protein …
A 6-year-old boy has died after a go-cart crash during a practice session at an Ohio track. Michael Wise of Newark was driving a go-cart that somehow got turned around and collided with a motorcycle Saturday afternoon at Circleville Raceway …
Authorities say preliminary numbers show 10 people died in fatal traffic crashes in Ohio over the Labor Day weekend, the fewest number in five years. The state Department of Public Safety says the number is one fewer than in 2010 …
An Ohio man who missed his weekly work lottery pool while out injured is suing his co-workers for a share of the $99 million jackpot. Edward Hairston, a logistics agent at the KraftMaid company, says that every month for the …
As the peculiar yellow vehicle moved into the Short North neighborhood north of downtown, bewildered pedestrians stopped in their tracks, fumbling for their cellphone cameras. Drivers honked car horns and gave thumbs-up signs out the windows. A dog on a …
Police say two central Ohio men playing a prank are being charged with causing a fatal traffic crash by concealing a stop sign with several layers of plastic wrap and petroleum jelly. Pickaway County Sheriff Dwight Radcliff said 19-year-old Seth …
Officials in two counties in north-central Ohio say they’re widening a possible arson investigation after finding evidence of at least 27 suspicious fires since February. The fires have hit abandoned homes, barns, outbuildings, fields and ditches in Hardin and Union …