Former Shawnee cop pleads to obstructing justice

LIMA — A former Shawnee Township detective and one-time school resource officer at Apollo Career Center on Monday pleaded guilty to a Bill of Information charge of obstructing justice, a felony of the fifth degree.

‘Oppenheimer’ crowned best picture at an Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES — “Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowned best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan.

High school wrestling: St. Marys’ Hisey lives out dream with state championship

COLUMBUS – When St. Marys’ Tate Hisey placed fourth at last year’s Division II wrestling state tournament in the 113-pound weight class, he immediately started the countdown for this year’s state tournament.

Why you should stop texting your kids at school

Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes:

Surge of illegal homemade machine guns fuels violence

WASHINGTON — Eleven-year-old Domonic Davis was not far from his mom’s Cincinnati home when a hail of gunfire sprayed out from a passing car. Nearly two dozen rounds hurtled through the night at a group of children in the blink of an eye.

Nationwide review finds patchwork, ‘broken’ systems for resolving open records disputes

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in Alabama for years, but never was her pay as low as it was at Huntsville Hospital.