By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The number of prison inmates testing positive for the coronavirus soared well past the 50,000 mark last month, as recent outbreaks threat…
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Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders has become a hub…
Stimulus money could pose dilemmas in nursing homes
By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nursing home residents are among the Americans getting $1,200 checks as part of the U.S. government’s plan to revive the economy. But with many long-te…
Victim of alleged assault by Ohio deputy wants officer fired
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who prosecutors say was kicked in the head by an Ohio sheriff’s deputy while handcuffed and pinned to the floor demanded on Frida…
Officer shot and killed, suspect found dead in Ohio
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An officer who was responding to a call in a store parking lot was shot and killed early Saturday morning by an intoxicated man holding a beer, police said. Toledo Officer Anthony …
Cleveland officials decry violence as 20 shot, 3 killed
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Cleveland are condemning rising gun violence and violent crime as a score of people were shot and three killed over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Police sai…
3 teens wounded, 1 critically, in Ohio shooting; no arrests
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three teenagers were wounded, one critically, in a shooting in Columbus on the Fourth of July, police said. Officers responding to a South Linden area shortly after 9 p.m. Saturd…
Police: 1 in custody after reported shot fired at university
NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say one person is in custody following reported discharge of a firearm at an Ohio university campus that prompted evacuations of nearby events, but there were no report…
2 Ohio officers hurt when vehicles collide during pursuit
OAK HARBOR, Ohio (AP) — Two northwest Ohio officers were injured Thursday during a pursuit. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said an Oak Harbor police officer and an Ottawa County deputy sheriff were cha…
Gov: New color-coded alert system can help Ohio fight virus
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is using a new color-coded, county-by-county coronavirus alert and advisory system to assess which areas may be s…