Ex-GOP Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years for role in $60M bribery scheme
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday for his role in the largest corruption scandal in state history.
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Smoke gets in your eyes
Central Ohio was under another Air Quality Alert Thursday as smoke from Canadian wildfires has lowered curtains of haze on broad swaths of United States, pushing into Ohio, southern Illinois, Indiana and parts of West Virginia.
MLS 2024 All-Star Game to be played in Columbus
The 2024 Major League Soccer All-Star Game will be played at Lower.com Field on July 17, the league said Wednesday.
NHL draft: From the Maize & Blue to the Blue Jackets.
With the third overall pick in the 2023 NHL draft Wednesday night, Columbus picked Michigan freshman Adam Fantilli.
Teens shot in downtown drive-by
Two teenagers are recovering from injuries suffered in a drive-by shooting on the downtown riverfront late Wednesday night.
State warns of BMV scam
State officials have issued a warning to Ohioans about a sophisticated identity theft scheme involving BMV’s across the country where fraudsters use stolen personal information to get driver’s licenses or state ID cards.
Columbus City Attorney blames state for blocking enforcement of gun safety laws
Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein cites a new study conducted by Nationwide Children’s Hospital to support criticism of state officials and pro-gun rights lobbyists who he says are preventing the city from enforcing its gun safety laws.
Canada wildfire smoke prompts more air quality advisories
For the second time in three weeks, drifting smoke from ongoing wildfires across Canada has created unhealthy conditions in central Ohio.
Amazon is investing another $7.8B in Ohio-based cloud computing operations, state leaders say
Amazon’s profitable cloud business will invest roughly $7.8 billion by the end of 2029 to expand its data center operations in central Ohio.
Supreme Court lets lawsuits over OSU team doctor’s sexual abuse proceed
The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss.