The discovery of 16 siblings who authorities say were held at a home for years in squalid conditions is straining their rural Ohio county’s resources as it works to prosecute their parents and two grandparents and address the needs of so many children at once.

After an active stretch of weather, Metro Detroit is settling into a more comfortable summer pattern heading into the weekend.

A man shot by Taylor police appeared in court Thursday from his hospital bed.

Eight men have been indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House in June.

Police have released new photos that they say show the moments before four Taylor police officers shot a man wanted in connection with an alleged robbery in Ohio earlier this week.

Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea.

An investigation is underway outside a Taylor gas station after an attempted traffic stop for an outstanding felony warrant ended with a police shooting that left the driver injured.

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.

Crews are searching for an 11-year-old girl who went missing in Lake Erie.

The discovery of 16 siblings living in deplorable conditions in rural Ohio has left people wondering why the life-threatening squalor wasn’t detected earlier.

Authorities say 16 children from the same family who were rescued from a run-down home in rural Ohio were living in horrific conditions and were confined to just one room over much of the past four years.

Kroger is buying regional grocer Giant Eagle in a deal valued at $1.65 billion.

Authorities have arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in need of medical treatment in a rural Ohio home.

All lanes will remain closed while the crash is under investigation.

A federal judge has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit against Maryland that sought access to the state’s detailed voter records.

A man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the Toledo festival shooting that left 12 people injured.

In the words of the great philosopher, Marshall Mathers, “Guess who’s back, back again,” as Justin Verlander’s return to the mound is finally coming to fruition.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is using his bully pulpit to call for an end to the death penalty in his state.

Gov. Mike DeWine says he believes Ohio should abolish the death penalty.

After a stretch of heat and humidity, Metro Detroit is settling into a more comfortable weather pattern this week.

Pakistan announced that the U.S. and Iran reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.

Four Ohio men were sentenced on Thursday for the murder of a Pontiac businessman.

Police investigating a shooting that wounded 12 people at a neighborhood street festival in Ohio have issued arrest warrants for one suspect and are trying to confirm the identity of another.

Police in Ohio are still searching for suspects who opened fire near a busy street festival in Toledo and wounded 12 people over the weekend.

Toledo officials are urging the public to provide videos and information to investigators after a shooting near the city’s annual Old West End Festival left at least 12 people wounded.

Police said they are reviewing witness statements, victim interviews, and video evidence as they work to identify those responsible for a shooting that left 12 people wounded near Toledo’s annual Old West End Festival.

Twelve people were shot, including two who suffered critical injuries, during a shooting near Toledo’s annual Old West End Festival.

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Authorities say a shooting near a busy street festival in Ohio has wounded at least 12 people.

The hero of Alabama State’s first NCAA Tournament win and three of his teammates on the 2024-25 team have been ruled permanently ineligible for accepting payment from gamblers to fix the outcome of a game that season.

Ohio State University has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle hundreds of legal claims from former student athletes who said they were sexually abused decades ago by a doctor at the university.

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have taken scouting trips for the U.S. Open on their way to the Memorial.

An Ohio man hired to cut tree died after tree fell and struck the him.

Top American defender Chris Richards is uncertain for the World Cup due to an ankle injury.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Casey Mize is on the 15-day injured list with right adductor inflammation.

Algal blooms form wherever there is rapid growth of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, which are naturally found in lakes, rivers and ponds.

Ohio is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and train artificial intelligence chatbots.

The renovation, which began in early January 2025, includes major infrastructure upgrades, expanded animal exhibits, a new event space and more.

An Ohio coast guard station and Coast Guard Air Station Detroit assisted in the rescue three people near Kelleys Island on Lake Erie Tuesday.

Investigators are looking into what caused a small plane to crash into a house in northeast Ohio on Thursday, explode into flames and kill two pilots aboard.

Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller of Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and her legal team.

Duncan Robinson has been ruled out of the Detroit Pistons’ pivotal Game 5 matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference second round due to an injury.

A best-of-seven series is now a best-of-three. Bested in every way during a 112-103 runaway in Cleveland to even the Eastern Conference Semifinals in Game 4, the once certain, poised Pistons head back to Detroit in search of two wins and more answers.

Jurors in Ohio have convicted a former sheriff’s deputy of reckless homicide in the shooting of a Black man who was carrying sandwiches into his grandmother’s home.

Thirty former Ohio State football players, including some former NFL players, are agreeing to join a federal lawsuit against the university over the sexual abuse of student-athletes decades ago by a team doctor.

A jury has begun deliberating in the retrial of a former sheriff's deputy in Ohio charged with murder and reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. in 2020.

The top-seeded Detroit Pistons are set to open their Eastern Conference semifinals matchup against the No. 4 seed Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, with Game 1 tipping off at 7 p.m. at Little Caesars Arena on Peacock.

President Donald Trump is having some success in his latest attempt to politically punish Republicans who stand in his way.

Candidates for Ohio’s top elected offices will stand before voters in a statewide primary on Tuesday, although many of them are already looking ahead to the November general election.

The Michigan-Ohio border slices directly through one family’s property. It’s more than just a fun fact. It means more money out of their pockets in more ways than one.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the racketeering convictions of imprisoned former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in a $60 million bribery scheme.

Norfolk Southern railroad’s first-quarter profit fell 27% because it didn’t collect big insurance payments related to the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment and its planned merger with Union Pacific added to its costs.

More than two years after an Ohio judge declared a mistrial, a murder retrial has begun for a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged in the December 2020 killing of a Black man.

Nothing about Alex Ovechkin’s future is all that clear right now after the NHL’s career goal-scoring leader finished his 21st season.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright raised eyebrows Tuesday after saying the country “looks like we’re going in the wrong direction” in remarks hailing a new natural gas pipeline project.

The American Postal Workers Union is launching a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail.

Local opposition to solar has long been an obstacle for green energy developers in the United States, but some communities are working to reverse local restrictions.

A Michigan man is accused of driving into Ohio to pick up a missing 15-year-old girl and bringing her back to a hotel, the FBI said.

A former Michigan basketball player is transferring to Ohio State after a strong sophomore season.

A Michigan man drove from Grand Blanc, Michigan to Ohio and picked up a 15-year-old girl reported missing from her home, then brought her back across state lines to a hotel in Fenton, according to the FBI.

A jury has deadlocked in the trial of two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives charged for their roles in Ohio's $60 million bribery scandal.

A 46-year-old man from Toledo is facing charges after a Michigan man was killed at a Monroe County hotel.

The sight of travelers suffering through long security lines at U.S. airports this week have many people showing up way before their flights.

The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities.

The Whiskey Island salt mine in Cleveland is critically important to providing enough road salt to keep streets safe during the harsh winters of the Northeast and Great Lakes states.

Democrats are starting to treat Vice President JD Vance, not Donald Trump, as their number one focus among Republican leaders.

Sunday will be warm with some rain showers before Southeast Michigan turns chilly Monday.

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced a public-private partnership with SoftBank and AEP Ohio to develop a massive artificial intelligence data center and power complex at a former uranium enrichment site in southern Ohio.

Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman has won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos that used home security footage to mock them over a 2022 raid of his home.

Eian Elmer scored 23 points and Miami of Ohio beat SMU 89-79 in the First Four for its first NCAA Tournament victory in 27 years.

Tramon Mark hit a fadeaway jumper from just inside the 3-point line with 1.1 seconds left, and Texas survived a late rally to beat N.

Bryce Harris had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he sank a turnaround jumper with 13 seconds remaining that sent Howard to its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history, 86-83 over UMBC in the First Four.

March Madness tips off with the First Four, featuring one of this season’s best stories in Miami (Ohio) and a matchup of formerly embattled head coaches in Texas’ Sean Miller and NC State’s Will Wade.

The men’s March Madness bracket is set, and Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida have claimed the four No. 1 seeds in the tournament.

Roads could become slushy and slick Friday morning as light snow moves into Southeast Michigan.

No. 20 Miami (Ohio) dropped its Mid-American Conference Tournament opener to UMass 87-83, spoiling the last perfect record in Division I men’s basketball.

Ohio State has moved past the abrupt resignation of the university’s president by elevating its chief academic officer into the role.

Ohio State President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. has resigned abruptly after disclosing “an inappropriate relationship” with a person who was seeking public resources for her business.

Ally Sentnor scored in the 55th minute and the United States beat Canada 1-0 in the SheBelieves Cup tournament.

Dense Fog Advisories issued for parts of Southeast Michigan Wednesday morning

Pete Suder scored 19 points, Antowne Woolfolk added 14 and No. 19 Miami (Ohio) closed within a victory of a perfect regular season with a 74-72 win over Toledo that extended the RedHawks’ season-opening winning streak to 30 games.

Temperatures climb into the low 40s this afternoon under cloudy skies with 50s and 60s to end the week.

Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has started checking literacy skills during pediatric visits for kids as young as 3.

No. 1-ranked Michigan Wolverines (25-2) head coach Dusty May, Yaxel Lendeborg, and Morez Johnson Jr. spoke postgame following their 68-63 loss to No. 3-ranked Duke in Washington, D.C.

An Ohio man was taken into custody early Saturday morning after leading authorities on a chase in Monroe County, officials said.

A 36-year-old man from Illinois has been arrested for the murder of two Ohio men in Warren.

No. 1-ranked Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball head coach Dusty May addressed a viral video that has resurfaced, involving one of his talented players, ahead of a top-7 matchup against the Purdue Boilermakers at Mackey Arena.

Wendy’s is closing several hundred U.S. restaurants and increasing its focus on value after a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter.

The shooting happened in September 2025 on Kelly Road, near where 7 Mile Road turns into Moross Road.

Michigan basketball completely took over Ohio State’s arena over the weekend -- so much so that even the Buckeye cheerleaders joined in.

Cedar Point is gearing up for its 2026 season and is looking to hire 7,000 seasonal employees.

It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as TikTok: chicken nuggets lovingly topped with a dab of caviar.

The $4.3 million that Akron-based FirstEnergy paid veteran utility lawyer Sam Randazzo in 2019 is at the center of another criminal trial tied to Ohio's sweeping $60 million bribery scandal.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States.

A video alleging fraud in Somali-run child care centers in Minneapolis has drawn attention throughout the United States.

Happy 189th birthday, Michigan! You look great. Honestly, you don’t look a day over 125. What’s your secret? Pilates? Whatever it is, keep it up. It’s working.

The NHL has postponed the Columbus Blue Jackets’ home game against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night because of a major winter storm that created dangerous travel conditions across much of the United States.

Vice President JD Vance says he came to Minneapolis to help “lower the temperature” in the city.

When you think IMAX, chances are your mind goes to those immersive documentaries that take you inside volcanoes, deep under oceans or to distant planets.