By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state of Ohio continued Monday to defend its right to impose normal signature requirements on ballot issue campaigns amid the…

MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general on Monday asked a judge to shut down a pipeline in the Great Lakes after an energy company discovered that an anchor support…

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — A 100-year-old Indiana woman who has lived through World War II, survived cancer and successfully battled her way back from a bout of pneumonia last year, learned…

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio are investigating a half-dozen shootings that wounded six men in a period of less than 24 hours in Cleveland. Cleveland police said the shootings…

By Farnoush Amiri, Report for America/Associated Press A bill expanding religious freedom in Ohio public schools and allowing students to engage in religious expression in their school assignments was signed into…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio reported a second consecutive daily spike in coronavirus cases on Friday, a day after Gov. Mike DeWine identified a “worrisome” rise in cases in five southwestern…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A young child who was fatally shot in South Bend was struck after the accidental discharge of a gun by a 4-year-old sibling, prosecutors said Friday….

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The state of Ohio will pay out nearly $2 million to settle with a man and woman who were wrongly convicted of child sexual abuse and spent…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A young child has died after being shot Thursday in South Bend, authorities said. The shooting occurred just before noon on the city’s near northwest side,…

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has suspended two judges with pay. Judge David Parrott is a 34th District Court judge in Romulus, while Judge Kahlilia Davis works at 36th…

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a ballot proposal aimed at changing Ohio’s election laws to make it easier to vote suspended their campaign Thursday,…

By Farnoush Amiri Report for America/Associated Press A statue of Christopher Columbus will be removed by the largest city that bears the explorer’s name, the Ohio city’s mayor announced Thursday. The…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in a house fire that killed his wife and three children in western Michigan. Robert Scales, 38, has…

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is seeing a “worrisome” rise in coronavirus cases in five southwestern counties including the Cincinnati and Dayton areas, Gov. Mike DeWine…

LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Ohio officials are considering forcing General Motors to repay $60 million in public incentives because of its decision to close a massive assembly plant near Youngstown. At…

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ballot campaigns in Ohio asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to weigh in on whether they have the legal right…

By Rick Callahan, Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of a black man who was killed by an Indianapolis police officer filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the city, its…

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All shootings by Ohio police officers and any deaths of individuals in custody would be investigated by independent agencies under a proposal…

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — At least 200 employees in a vegetables plant in western Ohio have tested positive for the coronavirus, Ohio’s governor said Wednesday. Gov. Mike DeWine announced that total…