School safety tip line
Officials in more than 200 school buildings have signed up for a free anonymous tip line designed to alert local law enforcement officials to school safety issues.
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Unemployment falls to 5%
Ohio’s unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level since 2001.
Caught after 22 years on the lam
Authorities say a man who escaped from a central Ohio prison more than 22 years ago has been arrested in Indiana.
Redistricting plan up to voters
A bipartisan agreement to overhaul the way Ohio draws its legislative districts now goes to the voters.
Shoe scuffle at Toledo mall
Police used pepper spray to disperse a crowd of people waiting in line for a shoe sale at a Toledo-area mall.
State’s first flu death
Ohio’s health department is confirming the first flu-related pediatric death of the flu season.
Record holiday travel predicted
Confident consumers, cheap gasoline and a longer holiday period will combine to make this the busiest Christmas/New Year travel period on record, according to the AAA.
$16.5M to help Columbus kids
The federal government is pumping more than $16 million over the next five year into an expansion of services to nearly 5,000 very young children in the poorest neighborhoods of Columbus.
Family in Wal-Mart shooting files suit
The family of a black man fatally shot by a white police officer as he held an air rifle inside an Ohio Wal-Mart has sued the officers involved, the police chief, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the city.
Herman to Houston
Ohio State offensive coordinator Tom Herman has been hired as Houston’s new coach.