COLUMBUS, Ohio – A construction worker was struck and killed on Tuesday morning on the southwest side. According to police, a person was struck in a construction zone at Interstate 270 at Georgesville Road around 9 a.m. The Ohio Department of Transportation said that the person killed was an employee of Shelly and Sands. He was […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio – A southwest Ohio mother has been charged with driving at 95 mph while intoxicated with four children in her car. Cincinnati police said 40-year-old Kami Rice of Golf Manor was arrested early Friday on charges of child endangering, driving while intoxicated and having an open container – a 24-ounce can of Natural Ice […]
OTTAWA, Ohio - A 17-year-old boy is being arraigned after his indictment on adult murder charges in the slayings of two teen brothers in northwest Ohio.…
The Dublin community came together this Independence Day not to just celebrate the holiday, but to support a certain program within the school district. The idea behind the fundraising effort all started as a practical joke. This past school year, a couple friends from Dublin Jerome High School had an idea. “Zip tying people’s backpacks […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An advocacy group for people with developmental disabilities is trying to get the word “handicap” dropped from new accessibility signs in central Ohio. Advocates say they prefer the word “accessible,” the wheelchair symbol or an updated icon that looks like a wheelchair figure on the move. Cincinnati officials have a similar resolution on […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The City of Columbus says it is reviewing a proposal to bring passenger rail service to downtown Columbus. Members of the Northeast Indiana Rail Association recently presented their feasibility findings to city officials. “Over a period of 30 years, we are projecting that 26,800 jobs could be created. That is the equivalent to […]
COLUMBUS (Kellie Hanna) — A male was dragged by a car after a robbery attempt in the parking lot of Dick`s Sporting Goods store near Easton. The victim said he was meeting two people in the parking lot after placing an ad on Craigslist to sell the shoes. Instead of actually buying them, the suspects […]
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 […]
JACKSON, Ohio – The Jackson County Coroner said on Thursday a 12-year-old boy shot and killed his 9-year-old half-brother before shooting and killing himself. Autopsies were conducted on Thursday on the bodies of two young boys found dead inside their grandparents’ home on Wednesday. The boys’ bodies were found in an upstairs bedroom at a house […]
