On April 21, 1930, Easter Monday, a fire tore through the Ohio State Penitentiary, killing 322 inmates and injuring about 130 others. Investigators later determined the blaze was intentionally set as ...

The iconic backdrop to the 1994 film “The Shawshank Redemption” has long been a popular historic site. However, the stories behind the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield rival the tale of Andy and ...

His hand was never forced, either in the Ohio National Guard or in brief stints with the Champaign County Sheriff’s Department. And no one is more pleased with that than Howard Brust. But 47 years ago ...

Charles Daniels, 45, of Cleveland was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for running a drug ring from his Ohio prison cell. 879 days ago Adam Ferrise Cleveland fentanyl dealer ran Wooster drug ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 21, 1930, Easter Monday, a fire tore through the Ohio State Penitentiary, killing 322 inmates and injuring about 130 ...

Ohio Penitentiary fire was worst in US history, but no historic marker exists Nearly a century ago, the deadliest prison fire in U.S. history unfolded in Columbus on the site where the Arena District ...