EUCLID, Ohio (AP) — A black man says in a lawsuit that he was kicked in the face, kneed in the groin    and seriously hurt by a  white suburban Cleveland police officer recently       fired for using excessive force on a black man in another case. Erimius Spencer filed the suit Friday against the city of Euclid, former Euclid police officer …

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Miami University in southwest Ohio has a historical handful with five siblings from one family taking classes at the same time. The Ridge family — 24-year-old Connor, 22-year-old twins Hannah and Christian, 21-year-old Cameron and 18-year-old Olivia — are all enrolled in either graduate or undergraduate classes at Miami’s main campus in Oxford or its regional …

COLUMBUS — State officials say hunters checked more than 22,000 white-tailed deer on the opening day of Ohio’s deer-gun hunting season. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says 22,336 deer were harvested Monday as the season began across the state.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A coalition representing minority groups in Ohio’s fourth-largest city hopes a code of conduct signed with police to improve relations between the two can be a model for other cities. The pact outlines how people in the city should be respectful while dealing police and how officers should limit use of force and spend more time …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union was weighing a legal challenge to the crime victim rights amendment a day after it was overwhelmingly approved by Ohio voters.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters rejected a proposal Tuesday that sought to curb prescription drug prices paid by the state for prisoners, injured workers and poor people while supporting a crime victims’ rights amendment with no organized opposition. The pharmaceutical industry spent an estimated $70 million to oppose Issue 2, the Ohio Drug Price Relief Act, saying it would …

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A gunman dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a small South Texas church, killing 26 people in an attack that claimed tight-knit neighbors and multiple family members ranging in age from 5 to 72 years old. Once the shooting started Sunday at the First Baptist Church in …

CLEVELAND (AP) — A memo detailing a female state employee’s sexual harassment complaint against an Ohio state senator who abruptly resigned says he repeatedly asked her to have sex with him. The memo concerning complaints against former State Sen. Cliff Hite was written by the director of the Ohio Legislative Service Commission, the agency where the woman is an attorney.

Former Ohio Senator Cliff Hite and his wife, Diane, issued a statement Wednesday morning on the Socialfindlay.com website regarding his sudden resignation on Monday from his seat in the Senate. In earlier explanations, Hite had cited medical concerns within his family as the reason for his abrupt departure. He further explains the situation in the following statement. “I’m not proud …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior congressional Republicans say they are open to considering legislation banning “bump stocks” like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to make semi-automatic rifles perform more like fully automatic weapons. The comments from lawmakers including the No. 2 Senate Republican, John Cornyn of Texas, marked a surprising departure from GOP lawmakers’ general antipathy to gun regulations …