Pings from a cellphone owned by Cleveland Facebook murder suspect Steve Stephens have been detected more than 100 miles east of the city in Erie, Pennsylvania, police officials told CNN Monday morning. Authorities widened their warnings to residents of five states—Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, and New York—as they hunt for the 37-year-old, who shot and…
An active shooter has been reported at the Ohio State University campus and people have been told to take shelter. Students were told: “Run Hide Fight” in a tweet, as police rushed to the scene. DEVELOPING: Click Here To Watch Live At least seven people were injured and sent to hospital, the fire department said.…
Donald Trump pulled out major victories in the key battleground states of Ohio, Florida, and North Carolina. The Buckeye State previously voted for Barack Obama in both the 2008 and 2012 elections, as did both North Carolina and Florida. All three races were projected as toss-ups by most major polling outlets leading up to Election…
Campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Ohio on Tuesday, President Obama said the Democratic presidential nominee is “consistently treated differently than just about any other candidate I see out there.” Women are looked down upon when they do things that would be considered “ambitious” by men, the president said, and there’s a “reason why we haven’t…
President Barack Obama offered his own insight Thursday night on the phenomenon that is Republican nominee Donald Trump, saying Trump is a monster of the GOP’s making. “They’ve been feeding their base all kinds of crazy for years,” Obama said of the Republican Party’s inflammatory messages to voters. “Don’t act like this all started with…
Ohio voters can start casting ballots in next month’s presidential election. Early voting for the Nov. 8 election begins Wednesday at 8 a.m.. Residents can vote absentee by mail or in person without having to give a reason. At the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Wednesday morning, the Shaw High School marching band played on…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren hit the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton in the key swing state of Ohio on Saturday afternoon. Warren’s rally in Columbus, Ohio follows two back-to-back rallies by Sen. Bernie Sanders in the state earlier in the day.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign announced Thursday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will be hitting the campaign trail in Ohio this weekend. The announcement came just a day after two different polls showed Donald Trump 5 points ahead in the Buckeye State. Sanders is slated to appear Saturday in the Canton, Kent,…
Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and said that he was doing a better job than President Obama during NBC’s forum featuring questions from veterans. “The man has very strong control over a country,” he said. “Now, it’s a very different system and I don’t happen to like the system, but certainly in that…
Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on his assertion that Hillary Clinton doesn’t have a “presidential look.” In an ABC interview aired in part on Tuesday, the Republican presidential nominee stood by comments suggesting Clinton does not have the “stamina” or the appearance to be president. Trump also asserted that the former secretary of state would…
Hillary Clinton and Sen. Tim Kaine will speak at a Labor Day celebration on Cleveland’s east side Monday afternoon. The event at Luke Easter Park — on the corner of East 99th Street and Ramona Boulevard — is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. following the 11th Congressional District Community Caucus Labor Day Parade. The…
A tornado outbreak occurred in Indiana and Ohio Wednesday afternoon and evening. Authorities declared a state of emergency in Howard County, Indiana, after an EF3 tornado clobbered the town of Kokomo. Damage is still being assessed across the midwest on Thursday morning after a series of tornadoes tore paths across Indiana and Ohio. Miraculously, only…
New Polls made by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal shows presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is polling at zero percent among black voters in states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Poll show that African-Americans overwhelmingly favor Hillary Clinton—by an 88-point margin in Ohio and a 91-point margin in Pennsylvania.
A new poll shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in a dead heat in three key swing states: Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released Tuesday has Clinton up by a single point in both Florida (43%-42%) and Pennsylvania (43%-42%), while Trump leads Clinton in Ohio by 43%-to-39% “Six months from…
Mitt Romney is planning to campaign with Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich on Monday at two stops in Ohio, the day before the state’s crucial primary. The 2012 Republican presidential nominee will appear with Kasich in North Canton and at another event in Westerville, but is not expected to endorse the Ohio governor. Romney has…
On Tuesday Ohio voters rejected a reform in the constitution that would have legalized marijuana in the state for both medical and recreational use. The amendment, known as Issue 3, included a proposal to allow the growth of commercial marijuana at just 10 pre-designated farms, effectively giving an early monopoly on the industry to a…
Ohio voters will decide Tuesday on whether to become the first Midwestern state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, though a rival ballot measure could kill the law before it takes effect. Issue 3 would add an amendment to the state constitution that legalizes both personal and medical use of marijuana for those over…
Tornadoes tore through parts of Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. Storm chasers Dan Gottschalk and CJ Postal describe the severe weather. Here is a clip of the incredible Tornadoes via AP.
FBI arrested a 20-year-man from Cincinnati, Ohio Wednesday for allegedly plotting an attack on the Capitol. Christopher Lee Cornell was charged with attempting to kill a U.S. government official after using the alias Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah on Twitter to pledge support for extremist group Islamic State. Last August, Cornell told an FBI informant in an…
Ezekial Elliott rushed for 246 yard and four touchdowns to power Ohio State to a 42-20 victory of Oregon, winning the first national title in college football’s playoff era. Photo: Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott (15) celebrates after a nine-yard touchdown run during the second half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Oregon…
The Ohio State Buckeyes rallied from a 21-6 deficit to defeat Alabama 42-35 and advance to play Oregon in the Jan. 12 College Football Playoff National Championship. Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones, a former backup, came through again and teammate Ezekiel Elliott ran all over mighty Alabama. And Urban Meyer’s quest to turn Ohio State…
A missing Ohio State University football player was found dead in a dumpster from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said Sunday. Kosta Karageorge went missing Wednesday afternoon after he told his roommates he was going for a walk. (He didn’t show up for practice later that day.) Karageorge played one season on the football team…
T.J. Lane, the man who killed three students during an attack at Chardon High School in Ohio two years ago, has been apprehended and is in custody after he escaped from prison, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Lane, 19, escaped from the Allen Correctional Institution in Lima, at 7:45 p.m. Thursday with two other…
A state of emergency was declared in the greater Toledo area, where residents were told not to drink or boil tap water. The tainted water may affect up to half a million people. The city of Toledo, Ohio, ordered its residents not to drink tap water on Saturday and declared a state of emergency after…
The Ohio attorney general announced new charges in connection with the 2012 Steubenville rape case. Steubenville City Schools Superintendent Michael McVey was among the four people indicted, Attorney General Mike DeWine announced in a news conference. An elementary school teacher, wrestling coach and volunteer football coach were also charged. McVey was charged with tampering with…
Matthew Cordle, the Ohio man behind the viral YouTube DUI confession video, was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison on Wednesday. Cordle, 22, killed a 61-year-old Ohio man in a head-on crash after a night of heavy drinking. During the sentencing hearing, Cordle read a statement to the court: “The true punishment is simply living.…
Cleveland’s most camera-ready hero may now also be its best fed. More than a dozen Ohio restaurants and at least one in Pennsylvania have pledged free burgers for life to Charles Ramsey, the Big Mac-munching man who was credited with helping a woman escape from the home where she had been held captive, the Cleveland…
BREAKING: Two teenage Steubenville, Ohio, football players have been found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl. The convicted football layers, Trent Mays and Ma’Lik Richmond, were tried in juvenile court and could be held in a juvenile jail until they turn 21. Immediately after the verdict was read, both Mays and Richmond broke down in…
