Officials have ruled three barn fires in central Ohio as arson. Three barns in a two-mile area were set ablaze within just over an hour Thursday morning near Pataskala, east of Columbus. The State Fire Marshal’s office says it’s too …
An estimated $1.25 million in damage resulted from a fire at an Ohio bowling alley that led to a partial collapse of the roof. The state fire marshal’s office released the damage estimate Wednesday. Investigators are still trying to determine …
Children are returning to school in Ohio during an era of safer school bus travel in the state. State Highway Patrol records show crashes involving school buses have declined steadily in recent years, from 1,671 in 2006 to 1,579 last …
Authorities say a man has been found dead at the bottom of a hotel pool in northeast Ohio. Firefighter-paramedics were called to a Holiday Inn outside Canton Monday night on a report of an apparent drowning in the hotel’s outdoor …
Annette McDaniel must repay more than $19,000 after the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) found she was working four jobs at Columbus area businesses while receiving workers’ compensation benefits for a prior workplace injury. In August 2007 the Ohio …
A Warren County woman must repay more than $13,000 following an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) that revealed she was working while collecting workers’ compensation benefits. Pamela Meyers pleaded guilty to a felony count of workers’ …
Two Ohio men honored as heroes for their actions after a 2009 car crash are now suing the woman they rescued from a burning vehicle. The Columbus Dispatch reports the suit filed in central Ohio’s Marion County by David Kelly …
A jury in Ohio has ruled in favor of Ford Motor Co. in the lawsuit of a former patrol officer severely burned in a crash in one of the automaker’s police cruisers. The Vindicator of Youngstown reports the Mahoning County …
A handful of major storms that damaged parts of Ohio this year have caused more than a half-billion dollars in insured losses. The Akron Beacon Journal reports five storms have led to an estimated 125,000 claims and losses of $537 …
11 individuals were convicted or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during the month of June, reported the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). BWC launched recently launched a special investigations Facebook page that can …