An Ohio university is celebrating the International Year of Astronomy by displaying never-before-seen photos from NASA space telescopes.

As the stigma of atheism has diminished, campus atheists and agnostics are coming out of the closet and fueling a sharp rise in student clubs.

Ohio’s most populous county has just two sheriff’s deputies to check regularly on 1,416 of the worst sex offenders, an issue highlighted by charges against a serial murder suspect who was living in a house with 11 bodies.

Police say a bank robbery suspect in Ohio may have eaten evidence when he gobbled a piece of paper while handcuffed and lying across the hood of a police cruiser.

A man suffered a minor wound when intruders demanded entry at his home Saturday evening.

Inch by inch, legislators are crafting legislation that is intended to expand the number of Americans who have access to health insurance as a vote Saturday night moved the Obama-backed measure ahead.

According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources more than 40,000
young hunters will

hunt this weekend for youth deer gun season statewide.

The state’s largest teachers union and the Ohio Republican Party have gone to court over a GOP request for the names and addresses of all educators.

A hoax text message warning of gang violence in Huntington is another example of what police say is a growing problem.

An Ohio woman attempted to commit suicide immediately after her conviction on charges that she abused her five adopted children, accusations she denied.

Storm Team 4’s Ben Gelber is calling for mainly clear skies Saturday night, with a low temperature 37-41 degrees.

Today the Delaware General Health district and the Delaware County Safe Kids Coalition will conduct a Car Seat Check from 9 a.m. until noon at the Tri-Township Fire Department.

Red Kettles will be out starting today, marking the unofficial start of the holiday season. 

The United Landmark Cooperative Propane Company is honoring Stefanie Spielman by raising money for her breast cancer research.

In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.

An Ohio man has been sentenced to 22 years to life for killing his mother and brother found buried behind their burned-out home near Akron.

The chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, the Ohio State Bar Association and the League of Women Voters of Ohio want a constitutional amendment to require that appointment of state Supreme Court justices.

An Ohio police chief accused of burgling the home of a woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick abused his authority and tried to “blame it all on being a joke,“ a prosecutor said Friday in closing arguments of the chief’s trial.

Cable television newsman Dominic Carter, an influential reporter on New York politics, was convicted Friday of an attempted assault on his wife.

Publisher HarperCollins said Friday that Sarah Palin’s memoir sold 300,000 copies its first day, among the best openings ever for a nonfiction book.

The chairman of Fairmont State University’s Board of Governors has resigned after apologizing for an incident involving his son’s playing time during a recent
university football game.

St. Stephens’ Community House joined forces with the Central Ohio Labor Council Friday to kick off the 2009 Christmas Care/One Toy Campaign.

Thousands of Central Ohioans are remembering Stefanie Spielman.

A forklift operator was killed while on the job Friday at an auto parts glass distribution center in Chillicothe.

Officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding a woman’s assault—and a man who was found with a gunshot wound inside an area home.

Business owners in Pickerington said they aren’t too happy about construction projects slated through Black Friday.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin returned to Ohio Friday.

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray files a lawsuit against three credit-ratings agencies Friday.

The National Weather Service is raising the bar for what it will consider a snow “storm” in 17 central and western counties.

Hundreds of die-hard Buckeye fans get up and out before the sun for Friday’s pre-game bash.