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Bad cop/bad cop

Federal prosecutors say a suburban Cleveland detective punched and kicked a suspect, drove him to a cemetery, wrapped a seatbelt around his neck and threatened to put him in the ground.

State wants to rein in painkiller use

Ohio Gov. John Kasich and a coalition of state medical leaders have announced guidelines meant to reduce the prescribing of painkillers for short-term pain.

Vigil for slain officer

More than 100 people attended a candlelight vigil honoring a police officer killed by a man who’s suspected of targeting the officer.

You can vote on polar bear’s name

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is giving the public a chance to name one of the zoo’s newest arrivals: A two-month-old female polar bear cub.

$3M bond for suspect in triple slaying

Wendell L. Callahan told Columbus police detectives that he has no memory of the incident in which he is accused of fatally stabbing an ex-girlfriend and her two children on Jan. 12.

Capitals 6, CBJ 3

Nicklas Backstrom scored twice, Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist and Braden Holtby earned his league-leading 30th win to lift the NHL-best Washington Capitals past the last-place Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3 on Tuesday night.

Ex-Buckeye pleads guilty to soliciting

An attorney for Adolphus Washington says the Ohio State defensive lineman’s misdemeanor solicitation charge will be dismissed under a plea deal if he completes a program in which men learn about victimization of prostitutes.

Town still reeling from officer’s death

Folks in this Knox County village know their police officers by first name. And so Officer Thomas Cottrell’s death Sunday night in an ambush was just that much more shocking.