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Julia Kuo/For The Marshall ProjectIntended to curb prison violence with promises of early release, the law is turning out as unbalanced as critics feared, with sentences extended at every turn. -
Akron Public SchoolsAn Akron police officer punched a Firestone Community Learning Center student several times during an arrest in October. Police auditor Anthony Finnell found the incident to be objectively reasonable under the police department's current procedures but said the punches are concerning.
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The case was heard in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Friday morning. -
The board approved suggestions for the city's new contract with the police union. City officials will enter negotiations with the union soon. -
Officer Matthew Pfeifer was fired on July 31 for drawing his weapon inside the police department, according to his lawyer. -
The deal is the latest in the $60 million bribery scheme that involved Republican former speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Matt Borges, who are both in federal prison. -
The charges were filed in Cleveland Municipal Court Friday. -
The program launched last year and has been assisting landlords and renters through mediation and other resources to avoid evictions. -
The tenants say conditions at the building on Hampton Road began deteriorating about a year ago. They're getting support from a group involved in a successful 2023 campaign to hold absentee landlords accountable. -
The Ohio State Highway Patrol has had training on drugged drivers and has experts available who can determine the substance an impaired driver is using. -
From Cincinnati to Akron, cities across Ohio have created citizen police oversight boards to increase accountability and restore community trust in police. How effective are they? -
The upcoming program is intended to give people with warrants an opportunity to come forward in a safe setting and have their cases dealt with on the spot.
