This story is part of a special series. Ohioans are set to vote on a referendum on a controversial election overhaul that majority Republicans pushed through the Legislature last year. Minority ...

Kent State University researchers have received a grant to study how people react to disaster alerts over social media. Geography professor Jay Lee and his team will use the $300,000 National Science ...

Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed still want to find a way to control unruly flash mobs following the veto of his proposed ordinance. Courtesy of City of Cleveland Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed is ...

Mayors who say their cities suffer because of loopholes in gun background checks are coming to Youngstown and Euclid Tuesday as part of a national truck tour. The group “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” ...

The former priest at more than a half-dozen Roman Catholic parishes in Northeast Ohio has been defrocked. George Bailey was accused of molesting at least 10 girls in his parishes dating back to the ...

The GOP debate in Cleveland last week gave the city and the Ohio Republican Party an opportunity for a dress rehearsal of sorts for next year's convention. Next summer, the Republican National ...

There were some surprises in the Congressional races last night. But as Ohio Public Radio’s Karen Kasler reports, the experts are saying the November vote won’t be nearly as exciting. The fact that ...

Cleveland is one of 11 cities heading to Washington Thursday to ask for billions of federal dollars to convert abandoned properties into parks. Cleveland’s proposal alone comes to $1 billion to ...

The front-runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Ohio, Congressman Ted Strickland, has picked his running mate. It's former Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher. The selection appears to ...

More than a hundred people have participated in the argument over a repeal of Ohio’s current education standards called the Common Core. Now as Statehouse correspondent Andy Chow reports -- at least ...

The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with Ohio State University in a lawsuit brought by sports broadcasting giant ESPN. From Ohio public radio station WOSU, Steve Brown reports. The company brought the ...

UPDATE: 10:37: Officials now say five were injured in the shooting, and three are at Metrohealth; they're awaiting word on conditions. A teacher chased the gunman out of the building, and the gunman ...