Consultants to probe prison suicides
Ohio has commissioned a review of two high-profile prison inmate suicides by two of the country’s leading criminal justice experts.
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More “smart” parking meters installed
Another 1,800 coin-operated parking meters will be replaced by new “smart” meters today
“The Big Give” begins
Central Ohio’s biggest fundraising effort is underway.
Guards faulted in inmate suicide
An Ohio report says that one and possibly two prison guards apparently falsified an electronic log documenting checks on a death row inmate who committed suicide.
New downtown traffic patterns
New traffic patterns are taking effect this week downtown and in Franklinton as part of a plan to spur business at area merchants.
AAA: Gas below $3/gal. “may be automotive history”
Motorists hoping to see the price of gas drop below the $3-a-gallon mark will be disappointed, according to the head of the nation’s largest auto club.
Projects could mean North Side traffic headaches
Drivers in northern Franklin County and southern Delaware County will find their morning and afternoon commutes seriously disrupted, starting Monday, when two major road-construction projects.
6 killed in NW Ohio mobile home fire
A friend says the mother of five young children killed in an Ohio mobile home fire identified them and kissed them goodbye.
School board president targets Morrison book
The president of Ohio’s state school board says her characterization of Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” as “pornographic” was a personal opinion not a board position.
27-year sentence in murder-for-hire scheme
A Lockbourne man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for charges stemming from a murder-for-hire plot targeting his ex-wife.