Ohio

A six-year-old boy battling cancer received a surprise round of applause from his classmates on his first day back at school after finishing his chemotherapy treatments.

“In these divided times, as this election year begins, I encourage you to have faith,” Pence said. “Have faith in this president, whose drive and vision have made America great again.”

President Donald Trump will hold his first 2020 campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday evening. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern.

The rally is expected to begin at 7:00 p.m. EST.

An Ohio couple who had stayed married for more than 64 years died within five hours of each other on Christmas Eve, holding hands as each took their final breath.

The only blind marching band in the world will be the lead musicians in the Outback Bowl Parade on New Year’s Eve in Ybor City, Florida.

Opioid deaths sharply rise in American communities where multinational automakers have closed their United States plants, the latest medical study confirms. 

The hunt for a 14-year-old Ohio boy Harley Dilly, who has been missing for ten days, has gone national, a report says.

The baby animals at the Cincinnati Zoo received a special visit from Santa this week, complete with presents and holiday cheer.

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s father is facing a slew of serious charges after his illegally owned serval cat got loose and attacked a dog.

A police officer’s widow and son no longer have to worry about paying off their mortgage thanks to a foundation’s generous gift. 

A Salvation Army bell ringer in Noblesville, Indiana, recently found a coin worth more than he ever imagined inside his red kettle. 

The owner of an Ohio business who committed $8.5 million in food stamp fraud was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Wednesday.

Multinational automaker General Motors (GM) is planning to hire about 1,100 American workers in Lordstown, Ohio, for an upcoming electric vehicle battery plant while laying off more than 800 of its workers in Detroit, Michigan. 

A mysterious good Samaritan has secretly dropped a gold coin worth $1,200 into a Salvation Army kettle in Springfield, Ohio, for the fifth consecutive year.

Ohio University has decided to rescind a social media ban regarding suspended student organizations after receiving a letter from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) warning the publicly-funded school that the ban does not uphold its students’ First Amendment rights.

A Georgia man was reunited with his cat recently after it disappeared from a truck stop in Ohio last July.

A young man with Down syndrome got a big surprise when he went looking for a job in Hyde Park, Ohio, this week.

A beauty store clerk at Royal Beauty Supply in Akron, Ohio, shot a masked robbery suspect in the head, killing him.

An Ohio Catholic high school announced it would drug test all of its students every year starting in January 2020.

A former teacher was indicted Wednesday for alleged sex acts with a 13-year-old male student she was tutoring in Franklin County, Ohio.

Neighbors in Fairview Park, Ohio, have stepped up to replace an autistic man’s bicycle that was stolen from him November 5. 

An Ohio woman found dead in her residence last week was likely killed by both of her Great Danes, authorities said Monday.

Authorities seized almost 45 pounds of illegal fentanyl in Montgomery County, Ohio, during the week of October 21.

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) experienced another gaffe during a stop in Iowa over the weekend, briefly claiming that he was in Ohio while campaigning in the Hawkeye State.

An Uber driver in Columbus, Ohio, has been accused of raping a rider, reports say.

President Donald Trump ridiculed Rep. Tim Ryan Friday after the Ohio Democrat congressman ended his presidential campaign.

An Ohio high school cross-country runner was disqualified from a competition because she was wearing a hijab.

Moderate Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) dropped out of the 2020 race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination Thursday.

A McDonald’s employee threw a blender at a woman in Colerain Township, Ohio, after she complained that her order was not correct.