Teacher Fired for Sleeping, Said She Was Resting Her Eyes

Ohio - A northwestern Ohio school board is firing a longtime teacher after an investigation concluded she slept in class and repeatedly arrived late. The Sandusky Register reports students had testified class was “unruly” when Smith was late and that they played computer games when she slept. She testified a condition required her to rest her eyes...More

Stupid News:Dynamite sticks from movie spark bomb alert

Ohio - Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said the device, resembling two sticks of dynamite with wires, was detonated by a bomb squad and turned out to be harmless. Sheriff Abdalla said that he suspected it was a prop left behind by a film crew that making Unstoppable, a thriller about a runaway train. Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway workers had found the item earlier in the day along tracks near Rayland, about 120 miles east of Columbus....More

Mom of Ohio suspect: Pipe bombs are his hobby

AKRON - The mother of a former doctor accused of making pipe bombs in his northeast Ohio apartment says her son made the bombs to detonate in remote areas as a hobby. On Thursday, Mark Campano was ordered held without bond on a federal charge of illegal possession of a destructive device. Campano was taken into custody Nov. 23 after two explosions at his apartment complex in Cuyahoga Falls. Authorities say they seized about 35 pipe bombs plus firearms and ammunition.--...More

Ohio football mom blasts school with sign in yard

BERLIN HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio mother who says her son got a raw deal from his middle school's football program has put her feelings on a marquee-style sign in her yard. Amy Ortner's bright yellow sign in Berlin Heights in northern Ohio has letters about six inches tall and the message, "Berlin football - Shame shame - We don't play those kind of games!"...More

Ohio couple gets car stolen after auto accident

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio couple got a double dose of bad luck when their car was stolen while they were hospitalized from a car accident on the same day--...More

Police: Ohio robbery suspect asked victim for date

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio police said a suspect in a robbery was arrested when he returned to the home about two hours later to ask the victim out on a date. Police say 20-year-old Stephfon Bennett of Columbus was among three men who robbed a couple late Sunday...More

Ohio judge silences defendant with duct tape

CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio judge unhappy with repeated interruptions from a robbery suspect ordered a deputy to put duct tape over the defendant's mouth....

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Man spells out marriage proposal in Ohio field

KALIDA, Ohio – A wheat farm has become a field of dreams for an Ohio woman whose boyfriend spelled out a marriage proposal on the land and took her up in a plane to see it. Aleasha Decker, 23, said she was excited and stunned when she read the question, "Aleasha, marry me?" in 20-foot, sheet plastic letters. They sat atop a harvested field in Kalida, about 60 miles southwest of Toledo in northwestern Ohio.

New husband-to-be Jason Kahle got some help from his father, who farms the land and flies a small plane. When they took Decker into the air on Aug. 9, they said the purpose was to photograph some relatives' houses.

After Decker spotted the message, she turned to find Kahle with a ring.

A June 5, 2010, wedding is now in the works.