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An on-duty police officer in Mississippi was arrested Wednesday by her own department for allegedly shoplifting shoes.

A new law was recently passed in the Buckeye State that would require parents to sign off on their child's social media accounts is now blocked.

T's National Pumpkin Day and one Ohio town is celebrating in a big way. With a nearly 400-pound pumpkin created in the likeness of Taylor Swift. And of course there is a Travis Kelce pumpkin to go with it. But, it's not just making headlines for its appearance, but also helping a good cause.

T's National Pumpkin Day and one Ohio town is celebrating in a big way. With a nearly 400-pound pumpkin created in the likeness of Taylor Swift. And of course there is a Travis Kelce pumpkin to go with it. But, it's not just making headlines for its appearance, but also helping a good cause.

T's National Pumpkin Day and one Ohio town is celebrating in a big way. With a nearly 400-pound pumpkin created in the likeness of Taylor Swift. And of course there is a Travis Kelce pumpkin to go with it. But, it's not just making headlines for its appearance, but also helping a good cause.

T's National Pumpkin Day and one Ohio town is celebrating in a big way. With a nearly 400-pound pumpkin created in the likeness of Taylor Swift. And of course there is a Travis Kelce pumpkin to go with it. But, it's not just making headlines for its appearance, but also helping a good cause.

Alainna Matens says the police shooting in Ohio of Ta'Kiya Young over a few bottles of liquor is a sign of an out-of-control society.

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, better known as political activist “Joe the Plumber,” is dead at 49. Wurzelbacher gained prominence in 2008 when he met then-candidate Barack Obama in Ohio during the future president’s 2008 presidential campaign. The Republican activist told Obama he was interested in opening a plumbing business and asked how the Democratic candidate’s tax plan would impact that ...

The Columbia Police Department responded to a report of shots fired at the Hendricks Street Apartments on Monday.

Maureen O’Connor was the longest-serving elected woman in Ohio. From 1985–1993, O’Connor served as Magistrate in the Summit County Probate ...