Gas prices easing for now
Although the price of a gallon of gasoline plummeted 15 cents during the first week of 2018, it began the second week about 8 cents higher than the price just before Christmas.
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Winter of discontent
Brutal winter weather that’s brought subzero temperatures to parts of the U.S. is threatening to dump snow and ice across parts of the South that rarely see flurries, much less accumulation.
Highway Patrol reports fewer holiday traffic deaths
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says traffic deaths were down compared to last year during the just-concluded extended holiday weekends.
Shivering in the New Year
Ohioans welcomed the New Year with the numb fingers of people who have spent the past several days in bitterly cold weather.
Minimum-wage workers get 15-cent raise
Ohio’s minimum-wage workers will get a bump in pay next month when they get a raise to keep pace with inflation, though one group says it will still leave many of them living in poverty.
911 texting capability coming in new year
Central Ohio residents with emergencies will soon have the option to text 911 instead of placing a call.
2018 starts with big chill
Ohioans saw an unusually cold beginning to the new year.
Americans mostly (slurred) talk on drunk driving
When it comes to driving drunk, Americans talk the talk but a new study indicates they don’t walk the walk. Or, should we say, stagger the stagger.
Police: Killing was in self-defense
The man met a violent end, but the victim of the 142nd homicide of the year in Columbus was apparently not murdered.
Cold can be deadly
As a deep freeze sets in across half the country, officials are urging people to help those most vulnerable, especially the homeless and the elderly.