Columbus Dispatch

Former Sebring water system operator charged

The former operator of the Sebring water system is facing criminal charges and a maximum fine of more than $2 million for allegedly failing to notify residents about potentially hazardous lead levels in their drinking water.

Officials encourage Narcan use for addicts

Calling the sudden increase in heroin and opioid overdoses this past weekend a “public health epidemic,” Columbus officials urged addicts and their loved ones to buy an anti-overdose drug and said the city is planning a new rehab center.

No stopping Pokemon GO

Across central Ohio — and the world, for that matter — people are walking for miles as if they were zombies, pointing their phones at you, your car, your office, your house in order to capture cartoon creatures that aren’t really there.

911 texting available soon

Franklin County residents should be able to text 911 for help by the end of the year, city and county officials said.

City Hall to study charter changes

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, at the urging of a new and younger city council and some residents, will appoint a seven-member committee to determine whether the city should change the way it is governed.

Nitrate warning lifted

Go ahead and drink the tap water. Columbus has canceled an advisory it issued Thursday when the drinking water at the Dublin Road Water Plant tested unacceptably high for nitrate levels.

Nitrate warning

The city of Columbus issued a nitrate advisory for residents who get their drinking water from the Dublin Road Water Plant.

6 holdups in 8 hours

A man who robbed six Franklin County gas stations within an eight-hour period beginning Tuesday night might resort to violence, authorities fear.