According to OSHP, one of their troopers came across the dog in the roadway along State Route 98 in Bucyrus, Ohio. OSP said the dog had had gotten loose from its owners. The trooper, Timothy Hayes, ...

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An Ohio grandmother passionate about rehabilitating deer was mauled to death by an animal she helped rescue. Jodi Proger, 64, who spent 12 years rehabilitating whitetail deer on her five-acre ...

On October 19, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio, a car carrying six people — many of them juveniles — overturned after colliding with a COTA bus. Bodycam footage shows a CPD lieutenant and bystanders working ...

EUCLID, Ohio — A Euclid police officer came to the rescue of a baby kitten who was in the middle of a "cat-astrophe" last week. According to a post on the department's Facebook page, on Oct. 18, ...

A kind-hearted Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper rescued a black cat huddling near the center median wall along Interstate 77, averting what the patrol tongue-in-cheek called a potential "cat-astrophe ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — When a distressed crow in the parking lot of a Hilliard architecture firm caught the attention of staff, workers called their resident wildlife lover, Leanne Grubb, on her day ...

Catastrophic flooding over the Fourth of July weekend has killed at least 129 people in Central Texas, including more than two dozen campers and counselors from an all-girls Christian camp. More than ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Task Force 1 was called Friday to assist with search and rescue operations in Texas following a deadly flood that took place over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The task ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has activated Ohio Task Force 1 to assist with search-and-rescue operations following catastrophic flash flooding in Texas. Science Officially Confirmed That ...