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Portman takes lead in Senate race

Republican Rob Portman leads Democrat Ted Strickland in the race for Portman’s U.S. Senate seat, one Republicans would like to hold onto to maintain their control of Congress.

Jeni to scoop up graduation speech

Jeni Britton Bauer, who dropped out of college to open her first ice cream store, will be the speaker at Ohio State’s summer commencement.

Crew SC 1, Toronto FC 1

Jordan Hamilton tied it in the 64th minute and Toronto FC held on for a 1-1 draw with the Columbus Crew SC Wednesday night.

Poll: Trump & Clinton still tied in Ohio

As the major political parties prepare to raise the curtains on their national presidential nominating conventions, a new poll show Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump are still locked in a dead heart among Ohio voters.

Officials encourage Narcan use for addicts

Calling the sudden increase in heroin and opioid overdoses this past weekend a “public health epidemic,” Columbus officials urged addicts and their loved ones to buy an anti-overdose drug and said the city is planning a new rehab center.

Man’s body found behind dumspter

Columbus police are looking for a man they think shot Jaime Martinez to death early Tuesday morning and left his body in a pool of blood behind a garbage dumpster in the parking lot of a Northeast Side apartment complex.

No stopping Pokemon GO

Across central Ohio — and the world, for that matter — people are walking for miles as if they were zombies, pointing their phones at you, your car, your office, your house in order to capture cartoon creatures that aren’t really there.

2 teens, adult shot on East Side

Police say a 12-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl were among three people shot and injured when someone repeatedly fired into a home on the East Side early Tuesday