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  • Ohio school shooting victims families sue charity

    CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- Relatives of three teenagers killed in an Ohio school shooting are suing a charity that maintains a fund set up to benefit the families and support the well-being of students and others in the affected ...

  • Police Man wore ankle monitor during 20+ break-ins in Ohio

    Police in Ohio allege a man committed more than 20 break-ins while out on parole and wearing an ankle monitor. Akron police said James Kilmire, 37, was wearing the ankle monitor Friday when he was arrested in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Akron and he was also wearing the monitor when he allegedly perpetrated multiple break-ins last week, WEWS-TV, Cleveland, reported Tuesday. Akron ...

  • Central Ohio K9 Search And Rescue Knows What Oklahoma Crews Face

    Toby is a 7-year old Czech German Sheppard who was born and trained to find people."I started him out when he was 10-weeks-old," said his handler, Ron Cassady of the Central Ohio K9 Search and Rescue.He says the two have been called out 60 times to help people who have gone missing or have been trapped in natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.Cassady says he knows exactly what crews ...

  • Women Get Help Staying Sober from Volunteer Ministry

    Nearly 10 years ago there were, on average, 10 women who ended up in the Fairfield County jail on drug charges.Today, there are more than 60 behind bars facing charges related to drugs. Jail time means they will get clean, but the challenge is staying clean once they are released.Jenessa Cassley, 26, and Tiffany Runge, 23, have both been locked up for drugs three times now."Just to stay ...

  • Ohio Has Had Share Of Deadly Tornadoes

    The small town of Xenia was all but destroyed when an F-5 tornado hit the community on April 3, 1974.It was the most violent outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded at that time.Across the U.S., 148 tornadoes touched down on that day as part of the storm system. Of the 300 people who died, 36 were killed in Ohio.The second deadliest tornado system to hit Ohio was recorded on June 24, 1924. In ...

Movie Review

Man of Aran [DVD]

Man of Aran [DVD]

Robert Flaherty, who is widely regarded as being responsible for developing the feature documentary genre with his 1922 masterpiece Nanook of the North, spent two years of his life filming the residents of the rocky islands of Aran off the western coast of Ireland. The resulting film, Man of Aran, which is a heady mix of documentary realism and mythical exaggeration, is a spellbindi ... ...

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  • Groveport Madison School Levy Headed For Automatic Recount

    The Groveport Madison School Levy vote is still too close to call and will require an automatic recount.The Franklin County Board of Elections said that after reviewing the ballots, the levy still falls 12 votes short.Preliminary results on Election day indicated the issue lost by 16 votes.The updated totals show 1,627 people voted for the levy (49.82 percent) and 1,639 voted against the levy ...

  • Are Ohio schools prepared for a tornado

    FAIRVIEW PARK -- This is tornado season in Ohio and schools are practicing mandated tornado drills. At Fairview Park Schools, the district, like so many today, are reevaluating their plans for tornadoes to see if they need to make any updates. "It just hits you in the stomach when something like this happens," says Superintendent Brion Deitsch, "we are all taking a closer look ...

  • Protesters rally over IRS tea party scrutiny

    Polly Beckham, of Ambler, Pa., holds a sign during a tea party rally protesting extra IRS scrutiny of their groups, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Philadelphia. Tea party groups and other groups are urging activists across the country to demonstrate at their local Internal Revenue Service offices. (AP Photo/Matt ...

  • 1 Hospitalized In Critical Condition After East Side Shooting

    One person was taken to Grant Medical Center with life-threatening injuries after a shooting on Columbus' east side.According to police, the shooting occurred in the 400 block of Stoddart Avenue.The unidentified person was listed in critical condition.It was unknown if anyone was in custody in connection with the shooting.Watch 10TV News and refresh 10TV.com for more ...

  • Former Ohio State University Star Named To Women’s Basketball Post

    Ohio State University women’s basketball head coach Kevin McGuff announced Tuesday the hiring of former Buckeye co-captain Beth Howe as director of women’s basketball ...

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