COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's unemployment rate fell for the ninth consecutive month, to 7.4 percent in April from 7.5 percent in March, according to data released this morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
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Nonfarm employment fell by 3,400 jobs over the month, but the number of workers actively seeking work was 431,000, down
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Same street, different day. For the second night in a row, Columbus police officers have exchanged gunfire with a suspect on S. Champion Avenue.
Police say a man opened fire on officers from a second-story window of a home at 1652 S. Champion Avenue after they chased him into the home just after 8:30 Thursday night.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A New Albany man who served as treasurer for charter schools in Columbus, Youngstown and Dayton faces up to 10 years in prison as the result of a plea-bargain with federal authorities who have charged him with embezzlement.
Carl Shye, Jr., 57, is accused of stealing federal funds from 10 charter schools over a six-year span from 2005 to 2011, according to US Attorney
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police are looking for a 35-year-old man with a long criminal history who opened fire on officers on the city's Southeast Side Wednesday night.
They say Richard Ward (above) fired on officers investigating a fight involving as many as 40 people at the intersection of S., Champion Avenue and Forest Street.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus police are still looking for the man they think opened fire on officers amid a large crowd at a Southeast Side intersection Wednesday.
One or two officers were forced to open fire when gunshots rang out in the crowd of 30 to 40 people gathered at S. Champion Avenue and Forest Street where a large fight was underway, Sgt. David Pelphrey
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Delaware's police chief is being tapped to become the county's next sheriff.
The county's Republicans selected Russ Martin to succeed disgraced former Sheriff Walter Davis, who resigned last month amid an investigation into misspent funds.
Martin, 54, has been a police officer in Delaware for 31 years, the last eight as chief of the
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A rare flower known for its disgusting smell is about to bloom at Ohio State.
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A titan arum is due to bloom next week, casting its foul stench throughout the Biological Sciences Greenhouse, coordinator Joan Leonard said Wednesday.
