• Ohio day care worker accused of drugging kids snacks

  COLUMBUS, Ohio – A central Ohio day care worker sprinkled drugs on snacks to get children in her day care to sleep during the day, according to police charges filed Monday that the woman adamantly denies as a misunderstood joke. Tammy Eppley was charged in Franklin County Municipal Court with six counts of child endangering after police in suburban Westerville say they obtained text ...

• Latos takes on Bucs hoping to stay undefeated

  On Monday, the Pirates dropped the first game of their four-game set against the Reds at Great American Ball Park. But don't worry, it's all part of their plan. In each of their five four-game series this season (counting a two-game home and home with the Tigers), the Bucs lost the first game and came back to win the next three. They'll try to continue this strange trend, one ...

• Powered Paraglider Crashes During Takeoff

  The West Jefferson Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a paraglider crash in Madison County. The Madison County Sheriff's Office called troopers around a possible plane crash in the 3700 block of West Jefferson Kiousville Road in Lilley Chapel around 7:45 p.m.Troopers found the pilot, Christopher R. Baker, 32, and his damaged paraglider. Troopers said Baker, who is from ...

• Powell Police Investigating Rash Of Vehicle Break-ins

  The Powell Police Department is investigating a rash of vehicle break-ins near Broadsworth Court during the weekend.Kyle Sopko says the suspects triggered his car alarm and woke him up. "At first, I thought maybe I had set off my car alarm. Maybe I had rolled onto my keys and I hadn't woken up," he said.Sopko walked outside and discovered his car was a mess."Where the glove ...

• Carrasco strong in Indians tough loss to KC

  KC@CLE: Santana puts Indians on the board with homer CLEVELAND -- Indians starter Carlos Carrasco pitched well enough to earn his first victory of 2013, but the bullpen let things get away and the offense couldn't keep up. Carrasco -- making his first start since serving a seven-game suspension -- left with one out and a man on second in the eighth inning, while the Indians led by one ...

• Four homers back Leake as Reds win series opener

  PIT@CIN: Frazier's solo shot puts the Reds in front CINCINNATI -- Mike Leake continued a stingy streak of pitching and was supported by home runs from Zack Cozart, Todd Frazier, Joey Votto and Jay Bruce for a 4-1 victory over the Pirates on Monday at Great American Ball Park. Leake pitched seven innings, allowing one run on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Over his last ...

• Ohio day-care operator allegedly gave kids medicine-laced pancakes

  An Ohio day-care operator fed children in her care pancakes laced with medication to make them drowsy, authorities allege. Caterpillar Clubhouse owner Tammy E. Eppley, 37, of Westerville is charged with six counts of endangering children, The Columbus Dispatch reported Monday. Police allege Eppley mixed various medications and supplements, including melatonin and antihistamine allergy ...

• Mount Vernon Police Investigate Stolen Sewer Grates

  Thieves in Knox County are targeting storm sewer grates. Mayor Richard Mavis says the city has lost nearly 30 grates this spring and up to 50 to 60 grates have been stolen countywide. Officials believe the thieves are taking them to sell for scrap. The city is working on ways to make the grates more difficult to steal, such as spot-welding them in place or installing a locking metal strap. ...

• Tribes Perez eyeing Friday return to bullpen

  Email CLEVELAND -- Closer Chris Perez believes he'll be ready to return to Cleveland's bullpen on Friday after just one more rehab appearance. Perez is scheduled to throw an inning for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. This past Sunday, he tossed a scoreless frame for Class A Lake County, allowing two hits and notching one strikeout. Perez was placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 27 ...

• Francona favors pitchers comfort with safety

  Email CLEVELAND -- A few days after Rays right-hander Alex Cobb was struck in the right ear by a fast-moving liner, Indians manager Terry Francona discussed the delicate safety issue facing Major League Baseball. Francona couldn't say whether incidents such as those involving Cobb or J.A. Happ or Brandon McCarthy are happening with more frequency, or if they're simply being noticed ...

• Cingrani to stick around will pitch out of bullpen

  Email CINCINNATI -- Lefty pitcher Tony Cingrani doesn't know what his role will be and doesn't particularly care if it means he's staying in the big leagues with the Reds. Cingrani was called up from Triple-A Louisville to start vs. the Cubs on Tuesday in place of injured ace Johnny Cueto. When Cueto successfully returned to face the Brewers in Sunday's 5-1 victory, Cingrani ...

• Cueto OK after DL return but time will tell

  Email CINCINNATI -- The first time that Reds ace Johnny Cueto returned from the disabled list after suffering a strained right lat muscle, he made three successful starts. One of them was an eight-inning outing to beat the Pirates. It was after that game that Cueto returned to the DL with a recurrence of the injury. On Monday, the day after Cueto successfully returned again with six innings and ...

• First-round pick Ervin readying for pro debut

  Email CINCINNATI -- Outfielder and Reds 2013 first-round Draft pick Phillip Ervin, who signed his contract on June 10, will begin his pro career at Rookie-level Billings. The Mustangs' season begins on Thursday. Ervin is one of 16 Draft selections that have already signed. Others included the third-round pick Mark Armstrong, a right-handed pitcher, and Chad Jones, a left-handed pitcher ...

• Tribe playing it safe with Swishers shoulder

  Email CLEVELAND -- For the second day in a row, Nick Swisher wasn't in the Tribe's starting lineup, held out to nurse an ailing left shoulder as the Kansas City Royals arrived on Monday for a three-game series. Indians manager Terry Francona said Swisher's shoulder was examined on Sunday and the results revealed no structural changes. Swisher received a cortisone shot on Monday. ...

• OH man sentenced in case involving false charity

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says a man who solicited money he falsely claimed would go to help veterans has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in ...

• Former Deputy Says He Had Sexual Relationship With Student

  A former Richland County Sheriff’s deputy said he had a sexual relationship with a student while he was teaching at Pioneer Career and Technology Center.According to ...

• Youth Baseball Association Falls Victim To Credit Card Skimmers

  More and more central Ohioans are reporting being victims of a credit card skimmer. The latest skimmer obtained the credit card numbers belonging to a youth baseball association and about a half dozen people.All of them now are trying to get their money back.The families of the West Mansfield Ball Association work hard to raise money for the team.It was upsetting to many to learn that a scammer ...

• Officials Make ‘Significant’ Heroin Bust At Hilliard Condo Complex

  More than a dozen people were arrested after a heroin bust officials are tying to a Mexican drug trafficking operation.According to law enforcement officials, the people were arrested at two different condos, located in a complex off of Hilliard Rome Road.One bust was made at a condo in the 1700 block of Ridgebury Drive, and the other was made in the 1700 block of Messner Drive.Officials said ...

• Cleveland Hopkins Airport adds Smart Parking

  CLEVELAND -- Big changes are underway at Cleveland Hopkins International airport and drivers will take notice as soon as they pull up. The Hourly/Daily Parking Garage is now the new Smart Garage. "Smart" because sensors above each parking space indicate whether or not a spot is open. Green means it's open, red means that spot is taken. But even before looking up and down the ...

• Ohio police chief takes criminals to task online with social media scoldings

  In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo shows Brimfield Police Chief David Oliver talking about his facebook page in Kent, Ohio. Oliver uses the reach of his department’s increasingly followed Facebook page to interact with residents and take to task criminals and other ne’er-do-wells, his preferred term is ';mopes';, for the stupid, the silly and the outright unlawful in ...

• Undercover Officers Tipped Off To Possible Continuing Violence After Juneteenth Festival Shooting

  Police say undercover officers at the Juneteenth Festival tipped them off to a brewing situation that would have put several people in danger.They say they had to shut the festival down.But the organizer says the event was shut down without his knowledge and without exploring other alternatives.People who regularly attend the festival at Franklin Park say they are upset a child was hurt.An ...

• Delaware Taking Another Look At Street Ball Ban

  Basketball hoops are a staple in driveways and parking lots, which is fine off the road, but illegal on most city streets.One central Ohio community may give street ball another shot.Sixteen-year-old Josh Daughenbaugh said he has been practicing his shot at the hoop outside his Delaware home for years, but according to the city, he's breaking the law. "I had no idea; I didn't know ...

• Ohio Daycare Worker Accused Of Drugging Snacks

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A central Ohio day care worker is denying accusations that she sprinkled drugs on snacks to get children in her day care to sleep during the day. Tammy Eppley was charged Monday in Franklin County Municipal Court with six counts of child endangering after police in Westerville say they obtained text messages in which she admits giving children the drugs Benadryl and ...

• Biology professor joins ongoing debate over possible frack water recycling plant in Ohio Co.

  A Wheeling Jesuit University biology professor is joining ongoing debate over a possible frack water recycling plant in Ohio Co.It's an ongoing battle in the city of Wheeling.The GreenHunter company is seeking to build a frack water recycling plant in Warwood, but the group Wheeling's Water Warriors has opposed the construction.Now, the Water Warriors has a tenured biology professor ...

• Man Sentenced To At Least 20 Years In Connection With Pataskala Man’s Shooting Death

  A man pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated robbery on Monday.Danny G. Hensley of Columbus was sentenced on Monday to 20 years to life in prison for aggravated murder and three years for aggravated robbery.Licking County officials said that Hensley will serve the terms consecutively.He was sentenced in connection with the shooting death of 69-year-old Tom ...

• Columbus Man Found With $20000 Worth Of Hydroponic Marijuana Loaded Gun In Warren County

  Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized 4 pounds of hydroponic marijuana and a loaded .45 caliber handgun from an Ohio man following a traffic stop in Warren ...

• Record set straight on Hamilton soldiers death

  Army Staff Sgt. Robert Massarelli, 32, of Hamilton was killed June 24, 2011 by what the Army first said was an IED explosion. Now they are calling it an ...

• Clermont Co. sheriff wins three gold medals in power weight lifting

  Clermont County Sheriff A.J. 'Tim' Rodenberg, center, shared two of the three gold medals he won June 14 at a power weight lifting competition with two of his deputies who helped him prepare. From left are Chris Stratton and Ton Dufrense. / Thanks to Sheriff A.J. 'Tim' ...

• Pauls named associate editor for Journal of Sexual Medicine

  Dr. Rachel Pauls, a Sycamore Township urogynecologist and international expert on ...

• Memorial honors Katelyn Markham

  A Cincinnati woodworker created a memorial monument that was placed at the Franklin County, Ind., site where Katelyn Markham's remains were found in April, 20 months after she disappeared from her Fairfield ...

• Police release ID of body found in Ohio River

  http://bit.ly/16AuqeU ) reports that the body of Paul Wilkinson of Warrenton, Va., was found at 3:50 p.m. EDT Sunday just down river from the Anderson Ferry in Boone ...

• Ohio police department rips criminals in Facebook posts

  This Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo shows Brimfield Police Chief David Oliver, in Kent, Ohio. Oliver uses the reach of his departments increasingly followed Facebook page to interact with residents and take to task criminals and other neer-do-wells, his preferred term is mopes, for the stupid, the silly and the outright unlawful in messages that mix humor and blunt ...

• Attorney Church Found Guilty Of Negligence To Pay Sexual Assault Victim $3.6 Million

  A Delaware County church will pay a woman and her father more than $3 million after being found negligent on Monday.According to the victim’s attorney, John Fitch, Delaware Grace Brethren Church was found negligent in connection with knowing about a pastor’s past issues with woman but not doing anything about his actions.The man, Brian Williams, was convicted in 2008 of sexual ...

• Scattered Showers Thunderstorms Possible Monday Evening

  Your Doppler 10 ForecastThis Evening: Widely scattered evening showers and thunderstorms.Tonight: Skies turning partly cloudy with areas of fog. Low 66.Tomorrow: Partly sunny with a 50% chance for showers and thunderstorms. High 82.Wednesday: Clearing skies and less humid. High 79.Special Information: Scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly north of Columbus this evening with lows dropping ...

• Police Mother Who Attempted To Shoplift From Old Navy Leaves 2-Month-Old Baby Behind

  A mother who fled from a store after allegedly attempting to shoplift will be charged.According to Clinton Township police, the woman, identified as Tylena Hayes, tried to steal from the Old Navy store, located on Olentangy River Road, on Monday afternoon.Police said that the 38-year-old woman was shopping with her friends, when she started stuffing items into a baby carrier that held her ...

• Grants Available For Hilltop Resident Fix-Ups

  Funds are being provided to Hilltop residents so they can make exterior repairs to their properties.The funds are from the City’s Hilltop Home Repair Program, and residents will be able to receive up to $20,000 from the about $500,000 that will be allocated to the program, pending the City Council’s approval, according to city officials."The Hilltop Home Repair Program is an ...

• Delaware Ranks Among Healthiest Counties For Children

  Delaware County is ranked 38th on a list of the healthiest counties for children in the United States.The ranking was part of U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings, which highlight counties that feature fewer infant deaths, fewer low-birth-weight babies, fewer deaths from injuries, fewer teen births and fewer children in poverty, according to city officials.Delaware was given an ...

• Plain City Police Remind Residents About No Knock List

  The Plain City Police Department is reminding residents that if they do not want to be bothered by solicitors, they have the option to sign up for the no knock list.The department said you have to register every year even if you have signed up in the past.The No Knock Registry was created in 2012 and it permits residents of the village to exempt themselves from certain types of commercial ...

• Deer Park heath costs to jump 120 percent

  City council had the first reading on the budget for next year at its meeting June 10, but ...

• Watch out for patchy dense fog this morning

  The fog should burn off by 9 a.m. It will be mostly sunny and humid today with a high of 85 degrees. ...

• Former Coast Guard cutter Storis up for auction

  KODIAK, Alaska (AP) -- The federal government is putting a former Coast Guard cutter up for auction after efforts to send it to a museum in Juneau ...

• Licking County Sheriff’s Deputy Resigns After Internal Investigation

  The Licking County Sheriff’s office confirmed Monday that Sgt. Jason Wortkoetter resigned from the department last Tuesday, following an internal investigation involving the seizure of a set of deer antlers. Sheriff Randy Thorp says the investigation began after the department learned that Wortkoetter may have confiscated the deer antlers during a traffic stop but never turned them into ...

• Bull That Escaped Trailer Charged Vehicles Shot Down In Athens County

  A bull escaped from a trailer and was running loose on U.S. Route 50 on Saturday before it was shot down by Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers. The bull was being transported near Guysville when Athens Patrol was alerted at approximately 2:53 p.m. that it had escaped from the trailer and was charging traffic and anyone that was attempting to capture it. Both the east and westbound lanes were ...

• Remote Mich. village abuzz over shipwreck search

  In a remote part of northern Lake Michigan, divers have started looking at an underwater pit, hoping to find the resting place of the Griffin, a ship commanded by the 17th century French explorer La ...

• Police made hundreds of visits to Ariel Castros Cleveland street in the years since three womens disappearance

  Local police made nearly eleven hundred visits to houses on the Cleveland block where Ariel Castro is accused of holding three women captive in his home for around a decade, it has ...

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