Husted wants updated voting machines by 2020
Ohio’s elections chief wants counties to modernize their voting machines before the 2020 presidential election, and he’s urging the governor and state lawmakers to foot much of the bill.
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Charges upgraded in death at white nationalist rally
The Ohio man accused of ramming a car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally this summer in Charlottesville has had his most serious charge upgraded to first-degree murder.
2 dead, 3 hurt in Delaware Co. crash
Authorities say two people from Columbus have been killed and three others seriously hurt in a multi-vehicle crash in Delaware County
CBJ 6, Islanders 4
Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist to power the Blue Jackets over the New York Islanders 6-4.
Cavs 121, Lakers 112
LeBron James recorded his 59th career triple-double, leading the Cavaliers to a 121-112 win over rookie Lonzo Ball the Los Angeles Lakers.
2 homicides add to city’s death toll
A man killed during a vigil for a another murder victim and a 20-year-old man shot to death on an East Side street raised the total number of homicide victims in Columbus for 2017 to 133, 6 short of the record of 139 set 26 years ago.
166 cats — alive and dead — found in “deplorable” conditions
Columbus Humane, with assistance from Gahanna police, found 55 dead cats at an Olde Ridenour Road house where they also removed 111 live cats Wednesday morning.
OSU team studies ancient ice core that may hold climate clues
Researchers at Ohio State hope a 1,000-foot long chunk of ice that’s more than a half-million years old will yield clues to the Earth’s climate history.
Court OK’s withholding Pike Co. autopsy reports from media
The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday rejected requests from two newspapers for unredacted autopsy reports in the case of eight members of a Pike County killed in 2016.
1 dead, 3 hurt in shooting during murder victim’s vigil
One person has been killed and three others wounded in a drive-by shooting in Ohio during a vigil for a man who was killed on the same street earlier this week.