An Ohio man who was handcuffed and left facedown on the floor of a social club last week died in police custody, and the officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave. Police body-camera footage released Wednesday shows a Canton police officer responding to a report of a crash and finding Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old East Canton resident, by the bar in a nearby American Veterans, or AMVETS, post. The crash at about 8 p.m. on April 18 had severed a utility pole. Officer Beau Schoenegge's body-camera footage shows that after a passing motorist directed police to the bar, a woman ..read more

The Great Miami River running lazily beside Sherry Hoskins's business Petals and Wicks has become the bane of her existence in recent weeks. The infrastructure that keeps the river inside its banks through Hamilton, built and maintained by the Miami Conservancy District, suddenly threatened to get so expensive to maintain she feared she'd be put out of business. "There's no way we can sustain the increases," Hoskins said. The conservancy district has been reevaluating assessments for flood protections based on modern property values along the Greater Miami flood plain and Spooky Nook was hit w ..read more

Actor Ashley Judd and singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc who both lost loved ones to suicide are helping the Biden administration promote its new national strategy to prevent suicide. Judd's mother, country star Naomi Judd, died nearly two years ago. Blacc's frequent collaborator, Tim Bergling, died in 2018. They began their work with the Biden administration at an event this week with Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, who helped unveil the administration's blueprint for reducing suicides in the United States. Some 132 people a day die by suicide in the U.S., the White House ..read more

New York City residents may soon see warning labels next to sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants and coffee shops, under a law set to go into effect later this year. The rule requires food businesses with 15 storefronts or more to post a warning icon a black and white spoon loaded with sugar next to menu items containing at least 50 grams of added sugar. Businesses will also have to post the following written label to accompany the logo: Warning: indicates that the added sugar content of this item is higher than the total daily recommended limit of added sugar for a 2,000 calorie diet ..read more

The Cincinnati Bengals have selected Georgia OT Amarius Mims with the 18th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. One of the country's top-ranked offensive linemen while in Athens, draft analysis shows Mims will become a "good starter" within a couple of years. He did suffer an ankle injury in 2023, getting surgery before he finished the last three regular season games. Mims spent the past two seasons at right tackle, which is where recent signee Trent Brown is expected to play, but ESPN analyst Field Yates told us the Bengals should still be focusing on the offensive line in an effort to protect superst ..read more

A New Mexico man has gone missing, and is last thought to have taken a raft trip down the Colorado River with his dog. National Park Police say his abandoned 2001 Toyota Tacoma was found on April 21 at Lee's Ferry in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Thomas Lee Robison is thought to have taken that raft trip with his Welsh corgi on a raft he constructed himself, police say. Authorities said they did not have many more leads on Robison's whereabouts days after he was last seen, and released recent images of Robinson and his dog to urge the public to help. Robison is 58 years old with br ..read more

A cost-saving decision 10 years ago created one of the more shocking public health scandals in the country killing a dozen residents and exposing 100,000 others in Flint, Michigan, to poisonous water contaminated with lead all while city and state officials claimed the water was safe. When the errors were exposed more than a year later, city and state officials vowed to clean up the mess and replace the corroding pipes poisoning residents. But neither time nor tens of millions of dollars in funding not even orders by a federal judge have brought an end to this devastating chapter in Flint. Eve ..read more

Americans have a new hunger for weight loss drugs but at what cost? A third of Americans in need of weight loss have an appetite for prescription pills or injections to help with weight loss. But do they work? Are there hidden side effects? Scripps News investigates semaglutides, a class of drugs used for weight loss which millions of Americans have started taking in the past few years. Nearly 3 in 4 Americans over the age of 20 are classified as either overweight or obese, and a growing number are warming up to the idea that prescription drugs may be the answer. Nearly 1 in 3 Americans who th ..read more

The Chicago Bears picked the University of Southern California's star quarterback Caleb Williams No. 1 overall in Thursday night's first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Offensive players were expected to feature heavily in early draft picks this year. First-round offensive picks overall, and picks for quarterbacks and receivers in particular, could approach or even set new records. Nineteen offensive players went in the first round of the draft in 2009. Six quarterbacks were picked in 1983, and seven receivers in 2004. Thursday's draft order is determined by reverse order of how all 32 teams fini ..read more

At the Northside Transit Center, Steve White is taking advantage of his Metro day pass. Im going home to drop the groceries off. Then going to the doctor taking the bus there, too, White said. With doctors orders not to drive after an ankle operation, hes thankful for the connectivity and convenience. Its much improved since he moved to Northside in 1987, he said. They have more routes now going on. Ive seen that, he said. Theyre getting better. The wheels are going round and round on the reinventing metro plan, put into action after Hamilton County voters approved a sales tax levy of 0.8% in ..read more