Man approaches children at Newark school
Newark police are looking for a man who approached several children at an elementary school Monday, trying to entice them into his vehicle.
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Frayed flags replaced at National Veterans Memorial
The National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Ohio has installed fresh flags outside its building after a U.S. Navy veteran complained that the facility was disrespectfully displaying frayed versions of a U.S. flag, a POW/MIA banner and service flags.
Two assault victims die of injuries
Two men who died after being assaulted on the city streets have become the 29th and 31st homicide victims of the year in Columbus.
Mt. Carmel settles 3 overdose death lawsuits
Mount Carmel Health System, where an intensive care doctor is accused of ordering excessive painkiller doses for dozens of patients, is settling three of the resulting wrongful-death lawsuits.
Remains found in bag in Pike County
Authorities in Pike County are awaiting the results of an autopsy before they will know the identity, or even the gender, of the person whose badly decomposed remains were found in a bag in a rural area west of the of the southern Ohio town of Waverly Monday afternoon.
One dead during weekend spike in overdose reports
Columbus police and fire personnel responded to eight overdoses, one of them deadly, in separate locations in less than six hours Saturday.
Central Ohio a bright spot for gas prices
Despite large recent jumps, gas prices in central Ohio are more than 30 cents a gallon below the national average.
Bill would make teen drivers wait for licenses
A bill in Ohio’s Legislature requiring teenage drivers under 18 years old to use their learner’s permits for a full year would mean minors would have to be at least 16½ before they could get their probationary driver’s license.
Human trafficking ringleaders convicted
Two men have been found guilty of operating a human trafficking ring in central Ohio, using narcotics to control dozens of women authorities say were forced into prostitution.
Tyre King’s companions added to lawsuit
Four teenagers who were with a black Ohio boy before he was fatally shot by a white police officer are now third-party defendants in a lawsuit over his death.