An Ohio police officer and a four-year-old girl were shot Wednesday in St. Clair Township when a possibly suicidal man opened fire after officers attempted to speak with him.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WXIX) - Police are investigating a homicide that took place Thursday night. Middletown Police says officers were sent to the 3700 block of Lacy Court at 7:33 p.m. for reports of a person lying on the ground. Police say when they arrived, they found a male victim with multiple gunshot wounds.

Columbus, Ohio. – No. 2/2 Michigan State ran into a hot goaltender in Logan Terness and dropped a 4-2 decision on the road at Ohio State on Thursday night. Riley Thompson had a pair of goals and an assist for the Buckeyes, while both David Gucciardi and Karsen Dorwart scored for the Spartans (20-4-3, 11-3-3 B1G)

Law enforcement is fighting a rising trend in people manufacturing their own weapons, also known as ghost guns.

A woman from Wichita who attended college at a small university in Ohio was among the 64 people on board the American Airlines flight out of Wichita that crashed with a military helicopter Wednesday night near the Reagan National Airport near Washington,

A petition asking Ohio State to prioritize public safety has garnered 1,600 signatures as of Thursday. Social media users within the “Buckeyes for a Safe Ohio State” Facebook page, which shares safety and security concerns in the University Area,

The Akron Zoo is taking extra precautions to protect its animals amid an ongoing bird flu outbreak across the country. Zoo officials took to social media Thursday morning, confirming they were temporarily moving some of their birds indoors “as a precaution for our birds’ safety as cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been detected in Ohio.

A dangerous explosion caught on camera has now led to a police investigation in Whitehall, Ohio. The city of Whitehall posted to its Facebook page, sharing video of the crazy incident caught on camera.

CLEVELAND — Two Northeast Ohio moms are on a mission to create a community for mothers. "The Village" started with its two founders, Mercedes Kelley and Brittany DiDomenico. Now, with more than 500 members across Ohio, the fast-growing group demonstrates the need for a safe space for mothers and caregivers to vent, share ideas, and socialize.

Latoia Philpott was shot and killed in Stow, Ohio by her boyfriend, who was also a sheriff’s deputy, police said. Photo from the Stow Police Department. An Ohio woman is dead after police say she was shot and killed by her boyfriend, who was a sheriff’s deputy.

Many in the community are furious following an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at a Mexican restaurant in Cleveland Heights over the weekend.

Approximately 1,300 Ohio State students might have been exposed to meningitis after a student tested positive for meningococcal disease last week. Kelli Newman, director of public affairs and communications at Columbus Public Health,