Ohio
An Ohio man’s Ash Wednesday vow may have given birth to a new type of diet that you may want to try leading up to the summer. Dell Hall, an employee at a brewery called Fifty West, received a lot of attention last month when he decided to give up all food and drink except […]
A heartbroken Ohio family, which lost their beloved dog last year, received a most unexpected phone call last week that their dog was found — a thousand miles away. Bruno, a three-year-old Pekinese, was out for a walk on April 13th, 2008, when he got loose and ran away. The Perlman family searched tirelessly but […]
Thousands of participants ran or walked across the finish line at Monday’s Boston Marathon, but one man who crawled to the finish is getting a lot of attention. Micah Herndon, a marine veteran from Ohio, took on the grueling race in memory of his three fallen comrades and there was no way he wasn’t going […]
An Ohio couple was annoyed with the noise coming from striking union workers near their home and came up with a truly crappy way to get them to leave. 29-year-old Bo Cosens and 25-year-old Rachel Sharrock were at home last week, instead of working, and were bothered by the workers picketing outside a nearby school. […]
One of the nation’s strictest anti-abortion bills was signed into law on Thursday by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, as those against it vowed to challenge it in court. The new law outlaws abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected, which, according to doctors, can come after five or six weeks of pregnancy. During a ceremony to […]
The owner of a 7-Eleven in Toledo, Ohio, recently took a different approach to dealing with a shoplifter. Jitendra “Jay” Singh watched on a surveillance monitor as a teenager placed items inside his pockets. He then confronted the teen and asked why he was stealing. The boy replied, “I’m stealing for myself. I’m hungry, and […]
Ohio you might get your wish here soon. It looks like a bill to legalize sports betting in the state has been introduced in the Ohio House. Brigid Kelly, of Cincinnati, introduced legislation Tuesday to establish a Sports Gaming Advisory Board designed to legalize and regulate sports gambling in Ohio. Let’s see how this plays […]
One of Ohio’s own William “Bill” Carvan Isles II, co-founder of the O’Jays, passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 78 years old. He was known for his deep baritone voice his most popular singles “Lonely Drifter” in 1963 and “Lipstick Traces” in 1965 before quitting the group. The O’Jays were inducted into […]
13-year-old Ben Wagstaff of St. Mary’s, Ohio, already knows that he wants to be a police officer when he grows up. But even though it will be a while before he can begin his career, Ben already helped local officers by donating his horse to the Columbus Division of Police. Ben emailed several police agencies […]
update The person who Wednesday said he was Timmothy Pitzen, a boy who disappeared in 2011 after his mother’s dead body was discovered in an Illinois motel room, is not who he said he is. DNA tests revealed Thursday that the person in question is Brian Michael Rini, a 23-year-old from Medina, Ohio, according to a police […]
An Ohio man who was unhappy at receiving a 22-year prison sentence earned himself more time behind bars by cursing out the judge. 32-year-old Manson Bryant was convicted of aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and abduction. Before the judge handed down his sentence, Bryant asked for leniency, saying, “I’ve made a lifetime of bad decisions. I […]
An Ohio man arrested for hiding a bag of cocaine inside his sock tried to explain it away by telling the cops that it wasn’t his sock. 20-year-old Damien Clark was pulled over for failing to signal. The officer smelled weed and saw loose marijuana on the floor of his car. He ordered Clark out of […]
