CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Youth Services, on Friday, announced it will be building four smaller juvenile detention facilities ... two of the new 36-bed centers on Rockside Road ...

Mike DeWine to improve juvenile justice in Ohio. The task force recommended smaller detention centers focused on rehabilitation. “We’ll be closing 180-bed Cuyahoga Hills facility in Cuyahoga ...

A 14-year-old who admitted to breaking into 23 cars and other crimes was sentenced last week to serve two years in a state ...

NBC4's David DeGuzman chats with sports director Joe Nugent, who is in Atlanta covering the Buckeyes ahead of Monday night's national championship game against Notre Dame.

In November 2024, the former DYS director told News 5 that scaling down facilities was the first of 26 recommendations to improve safety and outcomes in the state’s juvenile justice system.“It’s ...

The Lake County commissioners recently adopted a resolution authorizing a partnership agreement between the Lake County Common Pleas Court, Juvenile Division, and Ashtabula County to temporarily ...

YOUNGSTOWN — A juvenile boy was taken to the Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center on a possible aggravated arson charge after he is believed to have tried to set fire to the facility where he ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Reports say a Youngstown teen on Thursday was arrested for aggravated arson after he tried to set ...