Ohio News

A Cleveland man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for putting his young daughter in a clothes dryer and turning it on to teach her not to go inside the machine.

Eastern Ohio communities along the Ohio River are preparing for the worst because of possible heavy rain, with the river already rising from melting snow.

Jurors are expected to begin deliberations after closing arguments in the trial of an Ohio man charged with killing two teenage girls and burning their bodies.

Police in Ohio say a man accused of striking children in the head with his fist and keys at a Wal-Mart store told them he did it for the thrill.

President Barack Obama's third event on health care in a week will bring him to the Cleveland suburb of Strongsville on Monday.

A weekend funeral is planned for the Ohio State University maintenance supervisor killed this week by a soon-to-be-fired employee, who also shot himself to death.

Ohio authorities say DNA evidence has proved that a man executed for murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1982 also killed a 12-year-old girl nine months earlier.

Amtrak says it is looking for ways to improve service on two long-distance routes that pass through Ohio.

Minor flooding is being reported along rivers and streams around Ohio as warm weather melts what's left of the recent heavy snows.

Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Elizabeth Dole are joining 250 veterans at the World War II memorial in Washington to honor their service.