House friendly to “Heartbeat Bill”
With 50 co-sponsors, a renewed legislative effort to pass a much more restrictive ban on abortions appears to be a slam dunk in the 99-member Ohio House.
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3-year-old dies in Marion fire
A three-year-old boy died Tuesday morning in a fire in a trailer home near Marion.
Area economy perks up
Central Ohio’s economy shook off a brief slump and added more than 12,000 jobs in the final three months of 2014, reducing the unemployment rate to 4.0 percent, well below state and national rates, according to a quarterly report from the regional development group Columbus 2020.
Ohio students take first Common Core tests
New standardized tests based on the national Common Core standards are being introduced in U.S. schools and Ohio students will be the first to take them beginning Tuesday.
Supply squeeze pushes gas prices higher
Gas prices continued their upward trend, rising for the third consecutive week in central Ohio.
Bronze Age returns
Years ago, it was common for young parents to send off their baby’s first shoes for bronzing as a forever keepsake. But like many popular commodities, bronzed baby shoes fell out of fashion.
2 dead in weekend accidents
A 37-year-old woman and an unidentified man were killed in separate traffic accidents in Columbus Sunday.
Flu falloff continues
Ohio health officials say the number of flu-related hospitalizations fell slightly last week as an unusually bad season continues to taper off.
Police shoot, injure man with knife
Columbus police say officers confronted by a man who threatened them with a knife and a pipe shot the man in the arm inside a West Side apartment early Friday morning.
Bulls 113, Cavs 98
Derrick Rose scored 30 points, and the Chicago Bulls handed Cleveland just its second loss in 16 games, beating the Cavaliers 113-98 last night.