Video: Tractor-trailer swerves, narrowly misses Ohio school bus after brakes fail

A truck driver in Ohio is being hailed as a hero after he managed to narrowly avoid crashing into a school bus full of children when the brakes on his tractor-trailer failed. Police said he began down-shifting, blowing his horn, flashing his lights and "doing everything in his power" to alert other drivers that he wouldn't be able to stop.

2 Ohio men charged with attempting to kidnap, traffic woman, county prosecutor says

The victim was waiting inside of a public transit station in Cleveland, Ohio, when one of the suspects started assaulting her before dragging her out to a nearby parking lot.

Dr. William Husel found not guilty in 14 Ohio patient deaths

A jury on Wednesday acquitted an Ohio doctor accused of ordering excessive amounts of painkillers that led to multiple patient deaths at a Columbus-area hospital following a weekslong trial.

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.

Dolly Parton ‘respectfully’ withdraws her Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame nomination

The country music legend wrote that she’s extremely flattered and grateful, but feels she hasn’t “earned that right” to be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

Mother in custody after abandoned, autistic 5-year-old son found

Heather Adkins, 32, is in custody in Georgetown, Kentucky, on a local warrant and a warrant issued by Colerain Township police in connection with her son's abandonment.

Hudson, Ohio mayor suggests ice fishing in park could lead to prostitution

The mayor of Hudson, Ohio, suggested that allowing ice fishing at a city park could lead to ice shanties, which in turn could prompt another issue: prostitution.

Suspect in 2020 killing of Ohio girl arrested in Sandy Springs

A fugitive who had been on the run for over two years after the murder of an 18-year-old Ohio girl in broad daylight is now in custody after he was tracked to a Sandy Springs apartment, police say.

Ohio family sues doctors after DNA test reveals father, daughter unrelated

When a couple’s daughter did an Ancestry.com DNA test in 2020 ahead of her trip to Europe, she learned that the father she was raised by was not her biological father.

Ohio woman shows off tattoos in company headshot

Jessica Leonard went against the status quo when she displayed her tattoos in a now-viral company photo, saying the “art on my skin has been quite healing for me in many ways”

Ohio man steals car with sleeping passenger in back who texted real-time updates to police

Police in Ohio say the suspect stole a car with a 19-year-old passenger asleep in the back seat. The passenger managed to text real-time location updates to police and led to the driver's arrest for theft -- and kidnapping.

Ohio mom who vanished with kids nearly 20 years ago identified after bone found in submerged SUV

DNA testing has confirmed that human remains discovered last year inside an SUV submerged in an Indiana river have been identified as an Ohio mom who disappeared nearly 20 years ago with her two young children. Just before she vanished, she left a note saying she was going to drive into the river. However, no other remains were found in the vehicle, so her children are still considered missing.

Off-duty Cleveland officer killed in carjacking, multiple arrests made

Someone approached Officer Shane Bartek, 25, at an apartment building on Cleveland’s west side around 6 p.m. Friday, police said. There was a struggle, and the officer was shot twice, police said.

Ohio father fatally shoots 16-year-old daughter after mistaking her for intruder

A father in Ohio accidentally shot and killed his 16-year-old daughter after mistaking her for an intruder. Police said he shot at someone he thought was breaking into the house after the security system was activated.