BRILLIANT -- Eastern Ohio communities along the Ohio River are preparing for the worst because of possible heavy rain, with the river already rising from melting snow.

COLUMBUS -- Police in Ohio say a man accused of striking children in the head with his fist and keys at a Wal-Mart store told them he did it for the thrill.

COLUMBUS -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says death row inmate Lawrence Reynolds Jr., who survived an overdose of pills, likely saved up medication that had been prescribed for him.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Amtrak says it is looking for ways to improve service on two long-distance routes that pass through Ohio.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Officials say an Ohio death row inmate was attempting suicide when he overdosed on pills two days before his scheduled execution.

CLEVELAND -- No longer will law enforcement hands be tied when teenage relationships go bad and end with harassment, stalking, or violence.

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Ohio Congressman John Boccieri honored Jessica Stanley with the GREAT award.
CINCINNATI -- Two former Ohio day care workers have been charged with giving children an over-the-counter dietary supplement to make them sleep.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- The U.S. Coast Guard says heavy snows in the Northeast this winter could result in Ohio River flooding.

WASHINGTON -- The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit.

DAYTON, Ohio -- Four displaced autoworkers attended the Academy Awards to support a documentary that chronicled the closing of a General Motors sport utility vehicle plant in Ohio.

COVINGTON, Ky. -- A multimillion-dollar paint job is getting underway on the historic suspension bridge that links Covington with Cincinnati over the Ohio River.

COLUMBUS -- Sarah Palin says her anti-abortion commitment was tested during her pregnancy with her youngest son, who has Down syndrome, and the unexpected pregnancy of her unmarried teenage daughter.
GREENFIELD, Ohio -- Authorities say they are investigating the cause of a house fire that killed two children in southern Ohio.
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Industry analysts say Ohio has missed out on thousands of manufacturing jobs in the solar industry.

DAYTON, Ohio -- Four displaced autoworkers are attending the Academy Awards to support a documentary that chronicled the closing of a General Motors sport utility vehicle plant in Ohio.

MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- Federal and local authorities continue to investigate the Ohio crash of a small plane that killed the two Indiana men flying to Pennsylvania.

COLUMBUS -- Ohio will try again Tuesday to execute a Cleveland-area man who strangled his 67-year-old neighbor in her home in 1994 to get money for his alcohol addiction.

COLUMBUS-- Joblessness is holding steady in Ohio. Officials report that the state had unemployment of 10.8 percent in January, unchanged from the revised December rate.

CINCINNATI -- More than a century ago, streets in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood were lined with hundreds of saloons with lager-drinking Germans immersed in a beer brewing culture.