Cincinnati fire crews responded to a small fire inside the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Monday. It happened around 5:30 p.m. at the Safari Grill, according to a zoo spokesperson.

A catastrophe report has found that the US re/insurance sector is on the hook for more than half of the total economic loss in April resulting from severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and tornados.

The wind might be to blame for a brick wall collapse that smashed seven parked cars in north Columbus. It happened Friday afternoon at the Harvard Square apartment complex off of West Henderson Road. Some people spent the day digging out their cars from under the brick.

Grove City experienced high winds during Tuesday’s storms. The city says 450 homes and 20 power poles were damaged as a result of the powerful gusts from an EF1 tornado.

Heavy storm damage was reported in Grove City after this evening’s storm front moved through, triggering tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings across central Ohio.

A forklift accident at Fuyao Glass America killed an employee around five this morning.
The coroner identified the victim as 57-year-old Ricky Patterson. He was a forklift operator at the Moraine factory.

Authorities say a blinding, late-afternoon snow squall caused an 81-vehicle pileup on a major highway in central Ohio, but no one was seriously hurt.

Two class action lawsuit has been filed against University Hospitals following a refrigerator malfunction that has left the viability of 2,000 eggs and embryos in question.

Ice-covered roadways and blowing snow have led to numerous accidents with some fatalities on interstates in southwest Ohio.

Bryan Eubanks a former Newcomerstown Police Officer was sentenced Monday on felony charges for reporting he had been shot while on duty last April.

A fire destroyed an apartment building on Taywood Road and displaced 24 family units Sunday night, according to Clayton fire officials.

The investigative arm of the U.S. Congress is launching a probe into the safety of increasingly long freight trains being operated by CSX Corp (CSX.O), Union Pacific Corp (UNP.N) and other major U.S. railroads to boost profitability, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said.

Officials in Ohio say a 13-year-old boy trying to kill a bed bug sparked an apartment building fire that displaced eight people and caused $300,000 in damage in Cincinnati, AP reported.

The straight-line winds that hit Findlay on Nov. 5 caused at least $250,000 in damage to Findlay City Schools property, and that total is expected to rise, Superintendent Ed Kurt said at a special school board meeting Tuesday.

A powerful storm with at least nine confirmed tornadoes tore roofs off factories, ripped away storefronts and destroyed homes across Indiana, Ohio and into Pennsylvania.