Oil price hike pushes gas prices higher
Gasoline prices in Columbus have followed those across the country in a post-4th of July jump due to a hike in oil prices.
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Judge limits anti-church pickets
A Columbus judge has left a temporary restraining order in place barring protests by a conservative Christian group in front of one of Ohio’s largest churches.
Whitehall feels furlough sting
Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department employees begin taking unpaid days off this week as part of mandatory budget cuts and that includes hundreds of workers at the Defense Supply Center Columbus in Whitehall.
Petro backing gay marriage ballot issue
Another prominent Ohio Republican says he is supporting an effort to overturn Ohio’s ban on same-sex marriage.
Ohio district OK’s guns in schools
An eastern Ohio school district will allow some employees to carry guns on school property beginning this fall.
Prosecutors join plea for mercy
Prosecutors and defense attorneys are both planning to ask the Ohio Parole Board to spare a condemned man who fatally stabbed a Cleveland woman 17 times.
Store customer tackles escaped inmate
An escaped inmate was recaptured after being tackled by an alert customer at a convenience store.
No suspects in North Side shooting
Police have listed no suspects or a motive in a murder early Wednesday morning.
6-year sentence for drug dealer
A Columbus man is headed to prison for six years for running a marijuana-selling operation out of at least three homes in central Ohio.
Speed limits, gas prices up for holiday
About a million Ohioans hit the road for a long holiday weekend enjoying higher speed limits, but also seeing higher prices at the gas pump and the grocery store.