Columbus Dispatch

City’s murder rate continues climb

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther has scheduled a Wednesday news conference to discuss public safety and community-police relations as the city’s murder rate eclipsed a 10-year high Tuesday with the death of a 26-year-old man in a shooting on the Southeast Side.

Buckeyes #6 in first CFP rankings

Despite ranking in the top four in both major college football polls, the Buckeyes did not crack the field in the initial College Football Playoff rankings of the season.

DeWine demands drug companies pay for opioid crisis

Attorney General Mike DeWine is demanding that drug makers and distributors pay a not-insignificant price as restitution for what he sees as their role in enslaving and killing Ohioans with prescription opioids.

Panel approves Medicaid funds

At Gov. John Kasich’s urging, the Republican-led state Controlling Board voted unanimously Monday to continue funding for taxpayer-financed health insurance for more than 3 million poor Ohioans.

The cost of addiction

A new study of the the state’s opioid epidemic by Ohio State University researchers shows a staggering economic toll of $6.6 billion to $8.8 billion a year — about the same amount the state spends annually on K-12 education.

Beware of dog flu

Like their owners, dogs can catch the flu — and a new, highly contagious strain of it is spreading throughout central Ohio.

Fans rally to protest Crew SC move

The Columbus Crew SC returns to the postseason for the third time in four seasons, facing Atlanta Thursday in the knockout round of the MLS Cup Playoffs.