A Columbus, Ohio 911 dispatcher is getting a flaccid slap on the wrist for telling a rape victim who dialed the emergency line immediately after being violently assaulted last weekend to "quit crying." » 6/13/14 1:20pm 6/13/14 1:20pm

A woman in Ohio is suing a hospital after her ex-boyfriend posted the results of an STD test to Facebook. » 6/08/14 11:52pm 6/08/14 11:52pm

Go ahead and grab a tissue, because this real-life version of the couple from The Notebook is almost certainly going to bring tears to your eyes: An Ohio couple who'd been married for seven decades recently died within a day of one another. » 4/21/14 10:20am 4/21/14 10:20am

Move over, baseball and apple pie: enacting draconian laws that severely infringe upon women's access to abortion — without technically infringing upon their constitutional rights — is on its way to becoming America's favorite past time. » 3/31/14 6:15pm 3/31/14 6:15pm

After city officials forced a family to remove a service animal used by their daughter, a family in Ohio has filed a lawsuit alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. » 2/19/14 11:30pm 2/19/14 11:30pm

The day in which we all must sacrifice our young upon an altar to corporatocracy looms ever closer: Ohio State University is planning to name its new emergency department after Abercrombie & Fitch, a clothing company that peddles jean shorts and graphic tees about being horny and/or drunk and/or confused to teenagers. » 8/27/13 1:20pm 8/27/13 1:20pm

Ariel Castro — the Ohio man accused of kidnapping, imprisoning, and repeatedly raping Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight — is allegedly in talks regarding a plea deal that would rule out the death penalty. There's a chance he'll accept the deal during a Friday pre-trial hearing. » 7/26/13 12:00am 7/26/13 12:00am

A 35-year-old registered sex offender has been arrested after Ohio police found three bodies wrapped in plastic in the same 300-yard radius on Friday and Saturday. All three victims are believed to be black females who were killed in the last six to ten days. » 7/21/13 11:56am 7/21/13 11:56am

An Ohio man who loves summer, like, more than a friend, was charged with public indecency after several children witnessed him having sex with a pool toy this week. How does that even work? What is going on? » 7/10/13 5:45pm 7/10/13 5:45pm

In this powerful PSA, rape survivor Audrey Imes puts a face on the multitudes of women who will be severely impacted because of Ohio's ridiculous budget cuts to Planned Parenthood. » 7/10/13 10:50am 7/10/13 10:50am

A friend posted this gem on Facebook... it made me laughcry. » 7/08/13 10:00pm 7/08/13 10:00pm

35 Ohio House Republicans introduced an exhaustive anti-abortion bill yesterday that would require doctors to lie to women and force them to pay for unnecessary medical procedures, among other fun doctor-patient trust exercises. » 6/14/13 1:20pm 6/14/13 1:20pm

The 26-year-old leader of Anonymous's "Operation Roll Red Roll" made the Steubenville Ohio rape case go viral. Now he's being targeted by the FBI for hacking and identify theft. They take the forcible penetration of computers very seriously! » 6/07/13 3:10pm 6/07/13 3:10pm

A Cleveland after-school program teaches teens to talk to other teens about emotionally and physically safe sex instead of pretending premarital boning never happens. Imagine that! » 5/28/13 6:15pm 5/28/13 6:15pm

Anna Louise Inn opened its doors to ambitious and independent women in Cincinnati looking to start their careers and lives in 1909. Situated in the historic Lytle Park neighborhood, the dormitory-like building has classic, Federal and Victorian style architecture and is surrounded by plenty of green lawns. For the… » 5/20/13 4:15pm 5/20/13 4:15pm