Columbus Dispatch

Shelter confirms more distemper cases

The Franklin County Dog Shelter now is telling people who adopted dogs that might have been exposed to distemper to take their pets to a private veterinarian instead of returning to the shelter with them.

Ohio incomes rise in 2015

Ohio’s poverty rate dropped and the median household income rose last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau reports.

Big plans for the North Market

The North Market has seen many changes during its 140-year history in what’s now the fashionable Short North neighborhood. But the biggest may be at hand.

Abortion-is-murder petitions denied

Backers of a proposal to define abortion as murder in Ohio will have to collect another 1,000 signatures if they expect to see the issue on the ballot in November.

ITT closure leaves students in the lurch

Blaming hefty sanctions levied in late August by the federal government, ITT Technical Institute announced on Tuesday morning that all 137 of its campuses nationwide — including those near Hilliard and on the East Side — are closed permanently.