Two dead in separate shootings
One man has been arrested and police are looking for another in connection with a shooting near the OSU campus early Friday that left a 25-year-old man dead and a sent a second man to the hospital.
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Ohio GOP advances making constitutional changes tougher
A contingent of Statehouse Republicans in Ohio pressed forward Wednesday with their plan to make it harder to amend the state’s constitution, an effort aimed most immediately at thwarting an abortion rights amendment in the works for this fall.
Winning Powerball ticket sold in NE Ohio
Someone in Ohio went to bed $252.6 million richer, before taxes, after hitting the Powerball jackpot.
Teen arrested in slaying on Statehouse lawn
A 17-year-old is in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center, charged with the fatal shooting of another teenager on the Ohio Statehouse lawn last May.
Former Columbus vice officer acquitted in woman’s 2018 death
A former vice squad officer has been found not guilty of murder and voluntary manslaughter charges stemming from the death of a woman he shot while working undercover almost five years ago.
Teen among 2 shot to death on NE Side
An 18-year-old man is under arrest for a double shooting on the Northeast Side last night that left a teenager dead.
Rail CEO repeats derailment apologies before Ohio Senate
Norfolk Southern’s CEO repeated his apologies for the East Palestine train derailment and toxic chemical release, as well as vows to make things right, during his first testimony at the Statehouse since the fiery accident.
No charges for officers in Jayland Walker police shooting
A grand jury declined to indict eight police officers who fired 94 shots in the death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who fired at least one round at officers during a car and foot chase last summer, the state’s attorney general announced Monday.
Backers of Ohio minimum wage hike OK’d to gather signatures
A proposal to raise Ohio’s minimum wage to $15 an hour cleared another hurdle Monday on its way to the statewide ballot.
Norfolk Southern CEO to testify in Ohio Senate
Norfolk Southern’s CEO is set to testify before an Ohio Senate rail safety panel Tuesday, more than two months after a fiery train derailment including hazardous materials rocked the village of East Palestine.