Statehouse pot bill on fast track
Ohio lawmakers plan to legalize medical marijuana by summer in an effort they say is more responsible and comprehensive than any ballot proposal.
Columbus Dispatch
Couple accused of livestreaming sex assault
A lawyer for a North Side woman charged with using the social media app Periscope to livestream the alleged sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl says his client “categorically” denies the charges.
Pump prices will ease for summer
Don’t worry about the recent jump in central Ohio gasoline prices. The bigger trend looks much better: Summer pump prices are on track to be the lowest in 12 years.
Fruit crops weather winter snap
Last weekend’s low temperatures and snow had fruit farmers in central Ohio and elsewhere worried, but it doesn’t appear those conditions did any significant damage to their crops.
New anti-abortion offensive
After a string of legislative victories, including passage of a bill blocking tax money from Planned Parenthood, abortion opponents this spring are pushing more restrictions on women seeking an abortion.
OSU may freeze 2016-17 room rates
Ohio State University students and their families likely are getting a reprieve on the cost of college next year: What was to be a 2 percent hike in room rates for next fall has been dropped from a set of tuition and fee recommendations.
Kasich heads to NY after State of the State
Governor John Kasich is wasting no time returning to the presidential campaign trail a day after sounding a unifying theme to Ohio and the nation in his annual State of the State address.
Anti-government activist injured preparing bomb, says investigator
An anti-government activist who lost his hands in an explosion was building a bomb to use as a diversion during a bank or armored-car robbery, according to charges filed by a Columbus Fire Division investigator.
Dogs, drugs, guns, suspects seized in dogfighting bust
Animal cruelty investigators seized 45 dogs and Columbus police took 11 people into custody this morning in multiple raids across the city, all part of a dogfighting investigation that began more than a year ago.
Life term for murders of mom, girlfriend
For the family and friends of Jaime Linn Barber and Sandra Stelk, it might not matter that Travis Bonham confessed to killing his mother and girlfriend or that he was sentenced to prison for a very long time.