Would-be streaming gunmen get 6 months
Two men accused of live-streaming a threat to shoot up their Columbus neighborhood if their video feed scored enough viewers have been sentenced to six months in a low-level correctional facility.
Columbus Dispatch
What now? Post-election stress
Anyone who expected the nation to begin healing immediately after the stunning election of Republican Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States has been sorely disappointed.
Election results
Republican Donald Trump clinched his victory in Ohio on Tuesday with support from all parts of the battleground state.
Chicken dance: New urban farm rules
Columbus health officials have tweaked draft regulations for farmyard animals that will lower the proposed permit fees and allow more room for chicks in yards where adult chickens are raised.
State’s new HS graduation requirements may flunk
Ohio’s new high-school graduation requirements likely will be lowered even before they take effect because of worries so many students can’t meet them.
Ex-cop sentenced for selling stolen drugs
A former Knox County police detective who was accused of drug trafficking and pleaded guilty to a federal extortion charge has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Probation for man who beat wife’s heroin supplier
A man convicted of beating his wife’s heroin supplier with a baseball bat has been sentenced to probation by an Ohio judge who noted extensive support for the defendant from a community fed up with drug problems.
Buckeye ticket prices going up
Ohio State football and basketball fans will pay more for some tickets next fall and winter if the university’s Board of Trustees approves a proposed pricing plan Friday.
Supreme Court turns back final voting law challenge
The last pending legal challenge to Ohio’s voting laws died a quick death Monday when it was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Police familiar with house where toddler died
Four people were shot in a Southwest Side house Tuesday night, including a little girl who died just days after celebrating her second birthday. Neighbors suspected drugs were being sold there.