Home sales heat up with rising temperatures
The housing market in central Ohio showed signs of coming out of hibernation last month, with increases in listings and sales.
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Mumps cases top 250
Health officials say a mumps outbreak that began at OSU in January has now spread to more than 250 people, more than half of the nation’s 438 reported cases last year.
Coach to plead in Steubenville rape case
A volunteer football coach whose house was the scene of a party that preceded the rape of a girl by two high school football players is expected to plead no contest to charges that arose from an investigation into the rape.
Prices continue climb
Gas prices in central Ohio are higher for the fifth week in a row.
Jobless rate at 6-year low
The state says Ohio’s unemployment rate dropped in March for the fifth straight month to its lowest level in six years.
2 mumps cases at Columbus State
Health officials say they’ve confirmed two cases of mumps at Columbus State Community College as an outbreak of the illness continues to spread.
Heroin deaths reach new high
The state says a record number of Ohioans died from heroin-related overdoses in 2012 as it released the newest available figures for a problem that’s been called an epidemic and public health crisis.
13 indicted for tax fraud
As millions of American mailed in their 2013 income tax returns, federal grand juries were at work, preparing tax-fraud indictments against a dozen people from central Ohio who allegedly took part in two different schemes.
Auto accident behind Hilliard power outage
An overnight auto accident has damaged a utility transformer on Walcutt Road on the Far West Side, knocking out power to thousands of customers
Woman shot on NE Side
Columbus police said early Thursday morning that a woman shot outside a Northeast Side apartment complex was not expected to survive her injuries.