The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for most Ohio counties from tonight through Wednesday.
Snow will begin tonight with an inch or less accumulating by tomorrow morning, but the snow will continue through tomorrow, possible mixing with rain late, and leaving an additional 3 to 5 inches on the ground.
Snowfall Tuesday night into Wednesday could bring the total up to 6 to 8 inches.
As much as a foot of snow is forecast in Toledo, Cleveland and Youngstown.
The week has begun without snow coming down but with bitterly cold temperatures.
At 6:00 AM Monday, it was 4 degrees in Columbus, 1 in Lancaster and -4 in Newark.
Ohio State University says a background check on a janitor who shot two supervisors didn't reveal a criminal record, even though Nathaniel Brown had spent five years in prison.
Unemployment in central Ohio in January was at its highest level in nearly 27 years, flirting with double digits for the first time since 1983, according to figures released by the state Wednesday.
Personnel records show the OSU janitor who shot two supervisors, killing one of them before killing himself, early yesterday morning was going to be fired on Saturday.
OSU officials say they are pleased with the response time of university police officers and their campus emergency alert system in the wake of a shooting that left two men, including the gunman, dead.
Columbus City Schools officials say the latest financial review by the state auditor indicates steps the district is taking to improve its accounting are paying dividends.
An OSU maintenance employee opened fire on co-workers this morning, killing one and injuring another before turning the gun on himself, university officials said.
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