It might seem like a nonstarter to think that cops should not send hundreds—if not thousands—of volts of electricity through the fragile bodies of still-growing children. But for one state lawmaker in Ohio, police officers using tasers on kids is apparently totally fine.

Last Thursday, 23-year-old Donna Castleberry, a mother and sex worker, was shot eight times by an undercover police officer in Columbus, OH. The police officer, Andrew Mitchell, shot Castleberry when she stabbed him in the hand in the back of his unmarked car. Castleberry later died in the hospital. Mitchell was…

Every vote really does count in the Ohio special election between Democrat Danny O’Connor and Republican Troy Balderson, which has yet to be called since yesterday’s election. While the country waits for the absentee and provisional ballots to be added to the total, O’Connor just snagged a few extra votes, narrowing…

Democrats were hopeful that candidate Danny O’Connor could win the special election in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District on Tuesday night, where he ran against Trump-endorsed Republican Troy Balderson. The seat opened up when Republican incumbent Rep. Pat Tiberi resigned to join the private sector. Winning it would…

Ohio state Senator Troy Balderson is running as the Republican in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District special election today. At most points over the past hundred years, this would mean that he was virtually entitled to the seat. But it’s hard to be the Republican candidate in special elections these days—Balderson is…

It’s been one of the many lingering questions as of late: How far are Trump supporters willing to go to stick it to the libs?

At a Republican campaign rally in Ohio on Saturday, accused sexual predator Donald Trump hugged and lavished praise on Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, who is accused of ignoring the sexual assault of dozens of athletes by a former physician at Ohio State University, when Jordan was an assistant wrestling coach in the…

President Trump tweeted his wholehearted support for Congressman Steve Stivers of Ohio in the special U.S. House election next Tuesday, praising Stivers for being “tough on crime & borders” and “big on 2nd Amendment” in an almost word-for-word copy of his previous Twitter endorsements.

Earlier this month, adult film star Stormy Daniels was arrested while performing at a strip club in Columbus, Ohio. She was accused of touching patrons while performing, which is illegal under Ohio law. The next day, the charges were dropped.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels, who’s currently on a national tour in the wake of her legal battle with President Trump, was arrested by undercover police officers on Wednesday night while performing at a strip club in Ohio.

A lot of people went to great lengths Friday to let Vice President Mike Pence know he’s far from beloved in Columbus, OH.

A Department of Justice spokesperson compared undocumented immigrants arrested during an immigration raid at a gardening business this week to actual bank robbers.

A plainclothes federal officer walked into an Ohio gardening store early Tuesday and allegedly lured workers to gather themselves by offering free donuts. Splinter has obtained a video recording of a 17-year-old worker describing the incident. She said a man carrying three boxes of donuts entered the store and claimed…

U.S. immigration officials on Tuesday sent about 200 law enforcement agents to raid two flower and gardening stores near Sandusky, Ohio.

Tuesday night saw primary elections in four different states. The biggest surprise was in how few surprises there were; for one night at least, the establishment wings of both parties got what they wanted.

In February 2016, fourteen-year old Austin Hancock opened fire at Madison High School in Butler County, Ohio and wounded two students. A little over two years later, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports, 43 students at Madison High School have been given detention after their decision to participate in the March 14th…

Donald Trump stood in front of construction machines and gave a talk about infrastructure in Ohio on Thursday. The speech contained many rambling asides: about banning bump stocks (he hasn’t yet); about being against the Iraq War from the beginning (he wasn’t); about the “sadists” working at the VA before he got there…

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed a lawsuit Thursday against a number of county prosecutors and state medical directors, attempting to stave off the implementation of an Ohio bill that bans abortions sought because the child has Down Syndrome. The bill, signed by Governor John Kasich, is scheduled to…

The Ohio House voted Tuesday to present voters with a ballot initiative in May that would amend the state constitution to try and prevent partisan gerrymandering.

During a speech in Blue Ash, OH, on Monday, President Donald Trump—a man who once described neo-Nazis as “some very fine people”—said that the Democrats who didn’t stand and applaud for him during his first State of the Union were traitors.