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State tests Ebola preparations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the Ohio Department of Health’s laboratory qualified to conduct initial testing for the Ebola virus, according to health officials who briefed reporters during a readiness exercise Tuesday.

Early voting lagging

After two weeks of early voting in Ohio’s Nov. 4 general election in Franklin County, in-person balloting is running ahead, and voting by mail running behind, the pace at the same point during Ohio’s most recent gubernatorial election in 2010, according to data released Tuesday by the Board of Elections..

5 charged in ice bucket prank

Charges have been filed against five teens accused of dumping a bucket of urine, tobacco and spit on an autistic teen who thought he was participating in the ice bucket challenge for charity.

Watching for Ebola

As health officials try to understand how a nurse in Texas contracted Ebola from a patient who died, Ohio health officials are planning a briefing for the media Tuesday morning on the precautions that are being taken in the state.

Springer politicks

Television host Jerry Springer plans to stump this week for an Ohio Democrat vying to be the state’s elections chief.

Below $3 a gallon

Gas prices in central Ohio are at their lowest levels in nearly two years, thanks to cheap crude oil, but they are not likely to stay there.

Police ID suspects killed

Columbus police have identified the two robbery suspects who were shot and killed by officers after an armed robbery at a South Side Dollar General store.

Fire-breather says she’ll be fine

A 23-year-old Columbus woman who was burned during her fire-breathing performance in the Arena District Saturday says her injuries are minor and she will be “just fine.”

Voters’ signatures allegedly forged

Elections officials have asked the Union County Sheriff’s Office to launch a criminal investigation into an organization that circulated petitions on behalf of a liquor permit request by a Marysville Kroger store,

Ebola: Ohio is ready

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Amid concerns about the spread of the Ebola virus in the United States following the death of […]