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Medical alert device phone scam

The state attorney general says more than 200 Ohioans have reportedly received unsolicited phone calls with offers of medical alert devices.

Chase eliminates 300 jobs

Hundreds of JPMorgan Chase employees in central Ohio will be losing their jobs by the end of the year.

Food stamp cuts could impact thousands of Ohioans

A farm bill currently stalled on Capitol Hill includes deep cuts to the federal food stamps program that could reduce benefits for over 1.8 million Ohioans, according to a report from a progressive think tank.

Legionnaire’s disease claims 6th victim

A Reynoldsburg retirement home is testing water and installing special filtering shower heads in the wake of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has killed several residents.

CDC: Gun homicide rates up since 2006

a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds firearm homicide rates dropped in major metropolitan areas across the US, though not in Columbus.

Inmate on the loose

A state prison inmate was still on the lam this morning after escaping from his work detail Monday afternoon.