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Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said yesterday that Zachary R. Ruppel, 27, was indicted on single counts of compelling prostitution, importuning and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles and on 10 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor.

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2012 file photo, Jay-Z performs at the grassroots rally in support of President Barack Obama at the Nationwide Arena, in Columbus, Ohio.

The Gateway Film Center, near the Ohio State University campus, is showing a sack full of traditional movies this holiday season at some pretty nontraditional prices.

Mr. and Mrs. George Lumley attend a liquor store opening on Huron Street. Liquor stores had to be state-owned until the 1990s.

It's weird how these things play out. Sam Brown had already done stints drumming for seminal Columbus garage punk bands Gaunt and New Bomb Turks when he joined pop-minded alt-rockers the Sun on a whim back in 2002 days before their showcase with Warner Brothers.

A courthouse encounter between two acquaintances led to the robbery and shooting death of a South Side man last month, Columbus police said in a court document.

Columbus water officials said the foul odors and flavors some customers are reporting are not harmful and are were caused by temperature changes that stirred up the Hoover Reservoir.

A wrong-way, head-on crash temporarily closed the northbound lanes of Rt. 315 late last night at the Interstate 670 interchange.

Her young daughter had a severely bruised face and was unresponsive, but the mother waited more than three hours before calling 911, Columbus police say.

Authorities in central Ohio say a search at a Columbus home turned up large amounts of cocaine and marijuana, with an estimated street value of more than $500,000.

A Franklin County grand jury has indicted a former Catholic high-school choir director on 13 sex charges.

Temperatures in the 50s and 60s across much of the state were expected to plunge 30 to 40 degrees by the weekend.

Ariel Anthony Castro was too angry at his father to visit him while he was in prison.

Columbus police said they arrested a man Wednesday night suspected of robbing two stores in different parts of Franklin County Wednesday morning.

Doors open at 9 p.m. at The Bank, 27 W. Second St. Disc jockey entertainment of electro house, progressive, techno and bass music will be provided by B-Funk, of Athens; NetworkEDM, of Columbus; OZMTZ, of Cleveland; and .Harry.

There is rare issue of agreement in the 2014 gubernatorial campaign: Both Republican incumbent John Kasich and his likely Democratic challenger Ed FitzGerald oppose legislative efforts to eliminate the death penalty in Ohio.

Democratic Reps. Nickie J. Antonio of Lakewood and Dan Ramos of Lorain appeared Tuesday with representatives from the Catholic Conference of Ohio, Temple Israel, and St. John's Episcopal Church of Columbus, to back legislation to replace capital punishment with life without the possibility of parole.

The Columbus school-bus driver accused of driving her route while drunk - and with kids on board - has resigned.

From The Plain DealerJobsOhio doesn't have to respond to a public-records request seeking information on the economic development nonprofit's finances and potential conflicts of interest, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.In a unanimous decision, the state's high court dismissed a complaint filed by Columbus attorney Victoria Ullmann seeking ... (more)

A homeless man who fatally stabbed a stranger outside a downtown Columbus hotel last year has been committed to a mental hospital.