MANSFIELD, Ohio — A package dropped by a drone near a Mansfield Correctional Institution recreation yard contained heroin, marijuana and tobacco, investigators say. According to a report from the Mansfield Correctional Institution, it happened July 29 at about 2:30 p.m. Officials initially responded to a fight that broke out in the north recreation yard. Other […]
A grand jury on Wednesday indicted Ray Tensing — the University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man last month — on murder charges. Tensing shot Samuel DuBose, a father of ten, during a July 19 traffic stop near the university campus. According to the New York Times, DuBose was stopped […]
The story of Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old who was found dead in a Texas jail cell earlier this month, was given more context on Tuesday when dash camera footage of her arrest by Texas trooper Brian Encinia was released. The nearly hour-long video shows an opposite portrait of what the 30-year-old officer painted in his […]
COLUMBUS, OH (WOIO) – Ohioans, Republicans and Gov. John Kasich supporters rallied behind him Tuesday. The Ohio governor became the 16th GOP candidate to announce his run for presidency. “I am here to ask for your prayers and your support because I have decided to run for president of the United States,” Gov. Kasich announced to a cheering crowd […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio- ResponsibleOhio’s petition to put a marijuana legalization amendment on the November ballot is short on signatures. The group submitted 276,082 valid signatures, but needed at least 305,591, according to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s office. Now, ResponsibleOhio has 10 days to collect the difference. The proposed amendment would allow people ages 21 […]
(WOIO) – Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.8 percent in December 2014, down from 5 percent in November 2014. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 5,100 over the month, from a revised 5,325,300 in November to 5,330,400 in December. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in December was 278,000, down 9,000 from 287,000 […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Ohio State and Oregon battled in the first ever College Football Playoff National Championship. Ohio State would come out victorious with a 42-20 win. Ohio State, led by Urban Meyer was looking to win the National Championship for the first time since 2002. Oregon looked to win their first College […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Ohio Development Services Agency (ODSA) and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) want to remind Ohioans that assistance is available if you have been disconnected or are threatened with disconnection from your utility service. The Winter Crisis Program, a component of the Home Energy Assistance Program, provides assistance […]
Governor John Kasich claimed a second term as Ohio’s governor, after defeating democratic rival, and former Cuyahoga County Executive, Ed FitzGerald and Green Party candidate Anita Rios in Tuesday’s election. DECISION 2014 | COMPLETE ELECTION RESULTS: wkyc.com/elections As of 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Kasich held 64 percent of the total vote with 97 percent of […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Following the news that a woman who visited Northeast Ohio tested positive for Ebola upon her return to Dallas, the Ohio Department of Health has stiffened its Ebola quarantine protocols. The enhanced protocols stipulate that anyone who had contact with Amber Vinson should go into a mandatory quarantine for 21 days. […]
(WOIO) – The U.S. Department of Justice awarded seven cities and agencies a total of $124 million in grants to create, protect, and add new law enforcement positions. The money is coming from the Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). Included in the funds, $5.1 million will be coming to Ohio. […]
BATAVIA, OH (WOIO) – Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized nearly $3 million worth of marijuana during a traffic stop on Thursday, September 18. Jermaine Jackson, 33, of Gallipolis, was initially pulled over in his 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe for speeding and following too closely while traveling eastbound on State Route 32. The incident happened […]