COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Columbus fire officials say cases of illegal fireworks worth about $10,000 were confiscated from a city home. » Full Story

RIVERSIDE, Ohio (AP) _ Police say a man lost part of his leg when fireworks went off inside his SUV in western Ohio. » Full Story

CLEVELAND (AP) _ County officials say they can't afford to foot the bill this fall for uniforms for needy Cleveland city schools students in kindergarten through eighth grades. » Full Story

LOGAN, Ohio (AP) _ South Carolina authorities say they are questioning people in southern Ohio about the death of a recent Logan High School graduate who fell from a sixth-story hotel window while in » Full Story

AKRON, Ohio — The senior federal judge said it was the longest sentencing hearing he'd ever had — and it's not over yet.



U.S. District Judge David D. Dowd Jr. » Full Story

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Gov. Ted Strickland has appointed a Navy veteran and former state lawmaker to head Ohio's first cabinet-level veterans' agency. » Full Story

CLEVELAND (AP) _ A suburban Cleveland man on Thursday won a lawsuit against a former employer he claimed fired him and later doctored his employment record to justify it. » Full Story

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) _ The State Fire Marshal's office says debris was found a half-mile away from an explosion that destroyed a former doctor's office in western Ohio. » Full Story

CLEVELAND (AP) _ The brother of a teen who shot four people at a Cleveland school before killing himself has pleaded guilty to unrelated robbery and weapons charges. » Full Story

AKRON, Ohio — An investment adviser will learn his sentence for fraud charges related to $216 million in hedge fund losses at Ohio’s agency for injured workers. » Full Story