After several sightings over the summer, black bear tracks recently were spotted in the snow in southern Ohio.

There was an increase in black bear sightings in recent years, due in part to the fact hunting black bears is illegal in the ...

OHIO — Black bears are slowly returning to Ohio, decades after disappearing from the state in the mid-1800s. While still considered endangered here, recent sightings suggest that a natural ...

A bear was spotted in Fancher-Davidge Park on Sep. 22, according to an evening alert by the City of Middletown that instructed the residents to avoid the area, saying the police department was ...

SALEM – A Hampton Place resident reported seeing a black bear between Hampton Place and Countryside Drive in the early evening Sunday. But authorities say the bear has probably left the area. Perry ...