STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio high school football player found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl after an alcohol-fueled party two years ago returned to the field Tuesday with his old team. Ma’Lik Richmond played for Steubenville High School in a scrimmage against Cambridge, WTOV-TV reported. Richmond and fellow athlete Trent Mays were […]
CINCINNATI — Alumni of the country’s oldest historically black private university are committing money and other support to help their alma mater’s fight for survival amid the risk of accreditation loss and financial deficits and low enrollment. The alumni association of southwestern Ohio’s Wilberforce University, founded in 1856, says graduates have committed to raise $2 […]
Roy Davis (pictured), a 34-year-old double amputee, managed to beat down, then sit on, an intruder until police arrived, after the stranger broke in to the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Measles cases are accelerating, and in the last five months have caused more U.S. illnesses than in any entire year since 1996. Health officials say 307 cases have been reported since New Year’s Day. About half have been in the past month — most from a huge outbreak in unvaccinated Amish […]
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio appeals court has upheld a judge’s order that a deadbeat father can’t have more kids until he pays his back child support. The decision this week by the 9th District Court of Appeals didn’t provide an opinion about whether the judge’s order was appropriate. Instead the appeals court said […]
A science teacher in Fairfield, Ohio, was officially fired Thursday after facing accusations that he told a black student the nation did not need another black commander in chief, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Gil Voigt, who had been on unpaid leave since December, was fired after his termination was recommended at a labor hearing. Back […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge is expected to issue what could be the most sweeping ruling yet for gay marriage in Ohio by ordering the state to recognize the marriages of gay couples who wed in states that allow same-sex marriage. Judge Timothy Black indicated in court on April 4 that he expects to […]
Irea Nall (pictured) was arrested and charged with assault, inciting a panic, and aggravated trespassing when she reportedly forced her way in to Ohio’s Groveport Madison…
Irea Nall (pictured) was arrested and charged with assault, inciting a panic, and aggravated trespassing when she reportedly forced her way in to Ohio’s Groveport Madison…
03/21/14- Roland Martin talks to Ohio Democratic House of Representative, Alicia Reece about voter intimidation billboards in Ohio and the 385,000 signatures needed to get Congress on board.
Congressional Black Caucus chair Marcia Fudge is unabashedly holding Rep. Paul Ryan’s feet to the fire. It’s a welcomed move by a formidable leader on Capitol Hill. Fudge deserves our support — and praise. “If he wants to believe that the only way to cure poverty is to just get rid of all the poor people, […]
Myasia (pictured), a 13-year-old girl, was ordered by her aunt and guardian to stand outside in the Akron, Ohio, bitter cold and hold a sign…
