Court upholds AIDS assault law
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a law requiring HIV-infected individuals to tell partners about their status before having sex.
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The cost of addiction
A new study of the the state’s opioid epidemic by Ohio State University researchers shows a staggering economic toll of $6.6 billion to $8.8 billion a year — about the same amount the state spends annually on K-12 education.
Beware of dog flu
Like their owners, dogs can catch the flu — and a new, highly contagious strain of it is spreading throughout central Ohio.
Bill to loosen concealed-carry penalty passes House
The Ohio House has approved a bill that would cut the penalties for concealed-carry permit holders who don’t tell police they have a weapon when they’re detained by authorities.
Westerville man leads guilty to threatening Stivers
A Westerville man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to threatening a Congressman.
Woman indicted in 12-year-old’s overdose death
A woman has been indicted on involuntary manslaughter and child-endangering charges in the death of a 12-year-old boy who authorities say died from a fentanyl overdose during a sleepover at her Ohio apartment.
Police try to discourage non-emergency calls to 911
Columbus police are reminding residents: Save the 911 emergency phone number for real emergencies, not botched fast-food orders or barking dogs.
White supremacist’s backers make good on lawsuit threat
An associate and organizer of campus tours for white nationalist Richard Spencer is suing Ohio State University after school officials refused to rent campus space for Spencer to speak.
NE Ohio officer killed on duty
An Ohio police officer has been fatally shot while responding to a domestic disturbance in the northeastern part of the state.
Lawmaker wants to ban “bump stocks”
A Democratic state senator from Cincinnati has introduced a bill in the Ohio Legislature to ban the manufacture, sale and possession of a gun accessory called a bump stock used by a gunman to kill 58 people during a mass shooting in Las Vegas.