Man found dead inside East Side apartment
Police were looking for clues after an out-of-state 911 caller alerted them to an apparent homicide inside an East apartment.
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Statehouse all-nighter produces redistricting plan
A bipartisan agreement to overhaul the way Ohio draws its legislative districts has passed the state Senate after negotiations carried into Friday morning.
Bargain booze
Year-end clearance! Rock-bottom prices!! They’re selling out to the bare walls!!! At the state liquor store.
Bills curb tanning, traffic cams
Before adjourning for the year, the Ohio Senate approved measures restricting the use of red-light cameras and prohibiting the use of tanning beds by minors without their parents’ permission.
Execution bill clears Senate
An Ohio bill that supporters say is needed to restart executions in the state has passed the Senate.
15-day sentence for school data czar
A former top data official for the Columbus City Schools has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for his role in the attendance scrubbing scandal at the state’s largest district.
NE Side ramp changes
Construction crews are wrapping up work for the year on the ramp at I-270 and Cleveland Avenue on the Northeast Side and it should be completed by the Friday morning commute, weather permitting, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
New approach to child abduction response
Ohio law enforcement officials revamped the state’s approach for responding to reports of child abduction.
Red-light cameras restricted; silencers OK’ed
A bill critics say would make red-light cameras all but worthless won approval in the Ohio House Wednesday.
Nothing to crow about
Thousands of crows roosting at night in a western Ohio city’s downtown leave some residents comparing the crow-laden landscape to the Alfred Hitchcock movie “The Birds” as they work to drive away the flocks.