COLUMBUS (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, a two-term Ohio governor who preached frugality in his personal and public life and occasionally bucked the GOP establishment, died Sunday. He was 79. Voinovich, considered a moderate who opposed the size of former President George W. Bush’s tax cuts and later questioned Bush’s war strategy in Iraq, died peacefully in …

As Wyandot County’s top law enforcement official, Sheriff Mike Hetzel knows his office may have to send out a call for help from outside agencies at any given moment.

COLUMBUS (AP) — Republican Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Wednesday legalizing medical marijuana in Ohio, though patients shouldn’t expect to get it from dispensaries here anytime soon. The bill lays out a number of steps that must happen first to set up the state’s medical marijuana program, which is expected to be fully operational in about two years. The …

CLEVELAND (AP) — City officials on Tuesday insisted that they’re prepared to provide the security and medical care needed to keep people safe during the Republican National Convention in July. Last week, police in Greensboro, North Carolina, rescinded an offer to send 50 police officers to Cleveland during the convention because of concerns about the city’s preparedness to host an …

COLUMBUS (AP) — Marijuana growing operations were discovered at some of the crime scenes where officials said eight family members were killed in a “pre-planned execution,” raising more questions as authorities scrambled to find a suspect or suspects in the slayings in a rural southern Ohio community. The killings at four homes near the small community of Piketon on Friday …

VERMILION (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old Ohio boy has been fatally electrocuted while apparently attempting to conduct an experiment he saw on YouTube.

MARION (AP) — Fundraising efforts have begun to restore President Warren G. Harding’s Ohio home and build a 15,000-square-foot presidential center at the property by 2020. Plans for the $7.3 million Harding 2020 project include restoring the Press House and grounds and building a new parking lot on the property, located about 45 miles north of Columbus in Marion. The …

COLUMBUS (AP) — A police officer was critically injured after a man opened fire on a SWAT team trying to arrest him in Ohio’s capital city early Sunday morning. The suspect, identified as Lincoln Rutledge, refused to surrender after the shooting and Columbus police said several hours passed during which smoke and flames were seen in the suspect’s apartment. The …

MANSFIELD (AP) — Authorities in northern Ohio say a 35-year-old home invasion suspect has been hospitalized after he was shot multiple times by the son of the home’s resident. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says three suspects broke into a Mansfield home early Sunday and threatened the person who lived there with a gun. Investigators say the son of the …

EVENDALE (AP) — Police say three people have died in a three-car crash on Interstate 75 north in suburban Cincinnati. Evendale police say officers were dispatched about 3:30 a.m. today to the crash site north of Cincinnati with other emergency responders. Authorities say one person in one car and two in another died at the scene. Police say the driver …