Mike Foley

Columbus police are searching for a teenager missing since yesterday afternoon. Police say 16-year-old Evan Bradley Smith was last seen in the area of Sawmill and Cranston near the Meijer store.

Ohio State University's extension program hosts a conference next month in eastern Ohio to help small-farm owners in the state.

An attorney and a crime stoppers' group are offering up to $7,000 for tips leading to the arrest or indictment of suspects in the 2008 killing of a Columbus teen whose twin brother was once charged with the crime.

A day after firing general manager Scott Howson, the Columbus Blue Jackets have made history by hiring Jarmo Kekalainen of Finland. He'll become the National Hockey League's first European general manager.

Ohio State University continues its week-long recognition of the 100th anniversary of Woody Hayes' birth.

An Ohio school district will keep a portrait of Jesus hanging in the school building where it's been 65 years, saying it is protecting students' free speech rights.

An Ohio lawmaker has filed a counter lawsuit against 14 investors who sued him last month, alleging he participated in a fraud cheating them out of more than $1.2 million.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner says the federal government needs to concentrate on budgeting and cutting spending.

Organizers are preparing for the 15th Crystal Classic choir competition in the southwestern Ohio city of Fairfield.

When a steady stream of out-of-town teachers, school leaders, nonprofits and education groups began visiting Cincinnati two years ago, they weren't going for the chili or the sports teams.

Ohio Auditor Dave Yost this afternoon releases findings of his statewide probe of school attendance tampering.

A 5-year-old boy pulled from an icy pond last week in Columbus has died.

FBI officials are looking for a suspect in a bank robbery that took place in Reynoldsburg. 

The ringleader in hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

A national study says Columbus has the worst traffic in Ohio.

Officials in Troy are celebrating the selection of the western Ohio community as a site for one of only three small-town music festivals staged in the U.S. by the popular British band Mumford & Sons.

Columbus police are seeking information about the men who separately robbed two banks and a credit union.

Federal court records say two inmates who escaped from Louisiana plan to plead guilty in a case that includes charges of abducting and killing a Delaware County business owner.

The Columbus Crew has acquired forward Dominic Oduro from the Chicago Fire in exchange for midfielder Dilly Duka - and the right of first refusal to former Crew midfielder Robbie Rogers.

Former Ohio first lady Hope Taft has been re-appointed to the state board that regulates the licensing of counselors and other professionals who work to treat and prevent drug and alcohol abuse.