UPDATE: Challenges to Ohio’s new congressional map reach state’s high court
The Ohio Supreme Court has pushed back at lawyers arguing whether the state’s new congressional map is unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans.
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Death of missing imam ruled a homicide
Columbus police have confirmed that a body found last week inside a van on a wooded lot at a Northeast Side business on Christmas Eve was that of a missing imam, and the case has been ruled a homicide.
Holiday travel bounces back
Holiday travel is expected to make a big rebound this year despite worries about new variants of the coronavirus.
Ohio unemployment falls to under 5.0%
Ohio’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.8% in November as employers added jobs for the third consecutive month.
Missing: 1 bridge. If seen, call Akron PD
Police in Akron are asking for the public’s help locating the city’s missing bridge.
Muslim organization fires leader for working with anti-Muslim group
The nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization has fired its central Ohio chapter leader for ethical and professional breaches that it says include a yearslong secret association with an anti-Muslim group.
Baby’s arrival interrupts orientation for new judges
A judge from northeast Ohio took time out to give birth in the middle of a weeklong judicial education program she was hosting for the Ohio Supreme Court.
Remains found in 1982 are those of former O’Jays guitarist
Investigators say skeletal remains found nearly 40 years ago have been identified as those of a guitarist who once played with the R&B group The O’Jays.
Ewers goes back to Texas
Former five-star recruit Quinn Ewers, who skipped his senior year of high school to enroll at Ohio State in the hopes of cashing in on endorsement deals, has committed to transfer to Texas.
Man faces new charges of running unlicensed funeral homes
A man accused of running unlicensed funeral operations in four counties across Ohio has been indicted on seven new charges.