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Breakup may have sparked Kostageorge suicide

Police records show an Ohio State University athlete who had just gone through a breakup texted suicidal messages to his ex-girlfriend before he was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Dublin Bridge Park plan OK’ed

Plans for a major facelift on the banks of the Scioto River in Dublin took a big step forward Tuesday when the City Council approved preliminary plans for the 30.9-acre Bridge Park development on the east side of the river, north of state Route 161.

Police review celebration response

A Columbus police spokesman says an internal investigation continues into officers’ use of tear gas and pepper spray to disperse crowds following Ohio State’s football championship victory.

Help sought in solving homicide

Columbus homicide detectives are asking for help tracing the last movements of a 50-year-old man who was found shot to death inside his truck on the East Side early Tuesday.

Overpass collapse kills one

Fire and emergency medical officials say a construction worker was killed and a tractor trailer driver injured when an interstate overpass undergoing demolition collapsed in Cincinnati.

Westerville vet invited to State of Union

A wounded veteran from Westerville will be one of the guests in First Lady Michelle Obama’s box for the president’s State of the Union address to Congress Tuesday night.

Shooting victim found in truck

Police are looking for whoever shot a man whose body was found slumped over the wheel of a truck at an East Side intersection early Tuesday.