Fatal shooting may have been self-defense
The fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man on the South Side early Saturday is being treated as an act of self-defense.
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Mumps outbreak now “community-wide”
Health officials monitoring a central Ohio mumps outbreak say they consider the outbreak of the viral illness “community-wide.”
Oil leak raises concerns
Officials say a five-inch pipeline crack caused more than 10,000 gallons of crude oil to leak into a southwestern Ohio nature preserve, which environmentalists say is an example of unexpected hazards of petroleum development in Ohio.
Unemployment rate at 6-year low
Ohio’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in six years and dropped below the national jobless rate for the first time since June.
OSU, UC losses are bracket-busters
Losses by a couple of Ohio teams on the first day of March Madness lengthened the odds of winning the office tournament bracket pool or Warren Buffett’s billion-dollar prize.
Mumps cases up to 37
Five more cases of mumps are confirmed in the outbreak of the viral infection at Ohio State University, bringing the total to 37.
Home sales suffered in winter
Home sales in central Ohio in the dead of winter 2013 were warm and healthy. The winter of 2014 has been another story.
Bills add “safety” drills, expand expulsion rules
Two school safety measures reflecting concerns in the wake of shooting incidents have been approved by the Ohio House.
4 more OSU mumps cases
The number of mumps cases in the Ohio State University outbreak has climbed to 32 as officials try to trace how the people involved acquired the viral infection.
28 mumps cases now at OSU
Five more cases of mumps have been confirmed in an outbreak at Ohio State University, raising the total to 28.