The Ohio State Highway Patrol will stage OVI checkpoints across Ohio May 14–16 as officials cite a surge in serious and fatal impaired-driving crashes this year.

Hamilton police announced a crackdown on high‑powered e‑bikes and electric dirt bikes after reports of sidewalk riding, high speeds and a child injured by a rider.

State police-led sweeps in Cincinnati and Cleveland netted 10 felony arrests and eight illegal guns, including one seized from a 13-year-old.

A bomb threat cleared shoppers from the Oxford Walmart Thursday; K‑9 teams and Miami University police searched before the store reopened at 11:40 a.m.

Kevin Tinker, 23, was indicted on ten counts after investigators say he filmed himself with children and shared the material online. RECI and NCMEC are involved in the probe.

After gunfire at a weekend party, township trustees sued owners of properties tied to Plum Tree Rentals, seeking to block short stays and impose daily fines.

A Cincinnati man accused of stealing a woman's phones and car is charged with posting her nude photo online, court documents show.

Divers recovered an SUV from a pond near Manchester Road in Middletown after a vehicle was reported submerged; Butler County dive teams led the response.

A Hamilton County judge will rule on whether a Bond Hill woman acted in self‑defense after a deadly Millvale shooting last August.

A Warren County man was sentenced to 8–12 years after pleading guilty to dozens of counts tied to exchanging child sexual abuse material, prosecutors say.

A Warren County smoke shop employee pleaded guilty to trafficking marijuana and received probation after a probe into alleged sales to teens.

A Butler County mother was sentenced after prosecutors say she hospitalized her 2-year-old son 24 times for unnecessary medical care.

A weapon was reportedly smuggled into Cincinnati's council chambers inside a cane, briefly clearing the room and prompting an arrest. No injuries were reported.