Firefighters in Ohio confiscate illegal fireworks (FOX 19 Cincinnati)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Columbus fire officials say cases of illegal fireworks worth about $10,000 were confiscated from a city home. Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Doug Smith says it's unheard of to find a cache as big as the one firefighters discovered Thursday night.

Police: Ohio fireworks accidents injure 3 (FOX 19 Cincinnati)
RIVERSIDE, Ohio (AP) - Police say a man lost part of his leg when fireworks went off inside his SUV in western Ohio. A police reports shows the vehicle was parked outside a bar in Riverside at about 3 a.m. Friday when the blast blew the windows out of the truck.

Fewer sophomores pass all 5 parts of Ohio Graduation Test (The Plain Dealer)
Good thing they have two more years to pass it. For the second time in as many years, the percentage of sophomores who passed all five parts of the Ohio Graduation Test dropped, according to preliminary state data. In...

Wallenda beats granddad's high-wire stunt in Ohio (WKYC Cleveland)
MASON, Ohio (AP) -- Thousands spending Independence Day at Kings Island watched in silence tonight as daredevil Rick Wallenda walked two-thousand feet across a cable suspended high above the Cincinnati-area amusement park.

Wallenda beats granddad's high-wire stunt in Ohio (FOX 19 Cincinnati)
MASON, Ohio (AP) - Thousands spending Independence Day at Kings Island watched in silence tonight as daredevil Rick Wallenda walked 2,000 feet across a cable suspended high above the Cincinnati-area amusement park.