The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center is using fecal transplants to treat a serious intestinal infection. Dr. Razvan Arsenescu, medical director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic at OSU, has been using a donor’s stool sample to relieve the effects caused by the infection. The intestinal infection, called C. diff, causes severe diarrhea and fatigue in […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The city of Columbus has a new security measure to protect families during Red, White, and Boom. Police said that there are 50 public safety cameras that have been placed discreetly around downtown. The cameras will serve as extra eyes for officers at the city’s Emergency Operations Center. Officials can review all 50 […]
WASHINGTON – Interest rates on some new federally backed loans for college students are now double what they were last week. Subsidized Stafford loan interest rates went to 6.8 percent on Monday because Congress didn’t strike a deal to keep them low. That translates to an extra $2,600 per student in costs. It affects roughly a […]
A total of $10.6 million was approved by the board of trustees of the Community Shelter Board to help prevent homelessness, give emergency shelter and to link those in need to housing during the organization’s upcoming fiscal year. COLUMBUS, Ohio – The fiscal year begins July 1, and the allocations are the first step made to […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gas prices have been rising and falling this summer, dropping by almost $1 per gallon in the last two weeks after reaching nearly $4 per gallon in mid June. The online app GasBuddy.com can find you cheaper gas, but analysts with the company study the industry relentlessly and are relied upon to predict […]
GROVE CITY, Ohio – Grove City Police said they arrested a man accused of selling drugs to minors. The investigation took a year before police arrested Zackary J. Ford. “It does take time because not everyday, they’re actually selling the drugs,” said Grove City Police Captain Jeff Pearson. Investigators say Ford originally caught their attention after […]
The Wexner Center for the Arts showcased Annie Leibovitz’s 1979 portrait of the famous Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd and JohnBelushi, in her popular photography exhibit last fall. This fall, theWexner Center will be singing the blues. In its Fall 2013 Preview released Sunday on its website, the WexnerCenter announced the major interdisciplinary exhibition “Blues for Smoke” will be featured in its galleries beginning […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police missing persons detectives are searching for a woman last seen in east Columbus on June 19. According to police, Shaniece M. Briggs, 26, has been reported missing. Briggs is described as a black female who is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 129 pounds. She has black hair and […]
Easton Town Centre is a place you go to shop, eat, be entertained; and now, there are 50,000 additional square feet to do all of that in. Fenlon Square opened Friday. It’s the newest addition to the Easton shops. Aside from all the retail stores, there is an interactive fountain kids can play in to […]
// <![CDATA[ __ // ]]>A man was recently banned from the Tuttle Swimming Pool after he was allegedly caught videotaping people in their swimsuits. Columbus…
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police detectives say a shooting victim was found more than a half mile from the scene of the shooting Tuesday evening. Officers and medic personnel were dispatched to the 5600 block of Ironwood Court shortly after 5:15 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a shooting. At 5:22 p.m., additional medics were […]
Pizza Driver Robbed Over Night A pizza delivery driver was robbed and gunpoint overnight. The call came into police just after midnight about the robbery…
