DNA leads to arrest in assault on teen
A 36-year-old Columbus man was scheduled to appear in court Friday morning on charges he raped a 13-year-old girl who was waiting for a school bus on the Northeast Side.
A 36-year-old Columbus man was scheduled to appear in court Friday morning on charges he raped a 13-year-old girl who was waiting for a school bus on the Northeast Side.
A quickly-obtained DNA match that led to an arrest in the rape of a 13-year-old Columbus girl was an example of how efforts by the state to use DNA evidence to solve more crimes, including those committed as many as 20 years ago, are paying dividends.
There were plenty of people around when O’Shequen Strickland was shot, but no one has been arrested in the death of the 18-year-old man on the East Side Thursday afternoon.
The McKinley Presidential Library and Museum is hurriedly fundraising in hopes of buying a tiara that once belonged to President William McKinley’s wife from the stars of a reality show.
A man who bilked central Ohio’s two largest school districts out of more than $100,000 will spend a year and a half behind bars.
Kent State University officials say the freshman who fired a gun and prompted a campus lockdown shot himself in the hand and was taken into custody at a hospital after he sought care for his wound.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 37 shots for his fourth shutout of the season, leading the Blue Jackets to their first win in Philadelphia, 2-0 over the Flyers.
The St. Louis Cardinals overcame another long delay and Todd Frazier’s two homers on Thursday, holding on to beat the Reds 7-6.
The Clippers’ home opener was delayed by a day when rain forced the team to cancel its April 3 game against the Indianapolis Indians.
David Letterman, host of the Late Show on CBS, has announced that he is retiring in 2015.