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A former pastor in Stark and Wayne counties will spend three years in prison for taking a 13-year-old girl on an unauthorized camping trip that resulted in her hiding in a bathroom and calling 911 for help. The Rev. Jesse Santos, 60, learned his fate March 5 before Ashland County Common Pleas Judge David R. Stimpert....

A Columbus construction company is offering a $100,000 reward for information about the car and driver involved in a Feb. 28 crash that killed a worker who was an Akron-area native. The crash occurred around 2 a.m. Feb. 28 in a construction zone on Interstate 70 near state Route 315 close to downtown Columbus. The...

OHIO — A middle school student was arrested Friday after allegedly bringing a loaded gun onto school grounds, according to officials with the Cuyahoga Falls City School District. The district announced the arrest shortly after 11 a.m. in a notice posted on its website. According to school officials, students reported...

MEDINA, Ohio — A southern Ohio woman has been sentenced after Medina Township police say she carried out a yearslong organized retail fraud scheme that targeted multiple Home Depot stores across several states. According to a Facebook post from the Medina Township Police Department, Tracy A. James, of Peebles,...

"Happy they came over this way!" Trail camera captures rare footage of small animal that hasn't been seen since the 1800s: 'Tremendously exciting' first appeared on The Cool Down .

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Update: Bowling Green police told WTOL 11 Friday morning that the missing 16-year-old has been found safe. -- TheBowling Green Police Division is asking the public to be on the lookout for a missing teenager on Thursday. Police say the 16-year-old ran away from her...

Summit County Department of Job and Family Services has already been flooded with phone calls for benefits status checks and assistance navigating the changes.

The Medina County Historical Society will hold its spring yard sale May 2 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on the front lawn of the McDowell-Phillips House Museum, 205 S. Prospect St., Medina. The rain date is May 3 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Items for sale will include vintage attic finds, Harper’s...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOIO) — The Ohio State Dental Board has permanently revoked the anesthesia permit of a Medina dentist — and suspended his dental license indefinitely — following the 2023 death of a patient during a routine tooth extraction. It’s a story 19 Investigates first began covering...

Three women have been charged in connection with the drug overdose death of a Ravenna man at his home in December. Tonya Marie Sayre, 39, of Streetsboro, is charged in a grand jury indictment with first-degree felony involuntary manslaughter, as well as corrupting another with drugs and aggravated trafficking in...