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Inmate Amber Short records a story for her children. The recording will be copied onto a CD and sent to her children, allowing them to listen to their mother read to them even as she serves her sentence at the Ohio Reformatory for Women.

A man accused of participating in the shooting death of a South Side man during a robbery last month was arrested today.

Passion drives two fledgling businesses in Marion, one whose owner recently put renewed emphasis on her photography career and another whose proprietor is in his fourth decade as a tattoo artist.

A former Willard resident who was arrested after a buy-bust entered "not guilty" pleas to three related felonies Monday.

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Mayor Michael B. Coleman brought Plan A: transform public education in Columbus by raising property taxes 24 percent, share part of it with charter schools for the first time, and vastly expand pre-kindergarten classes.

Columbus police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in the Gahanna area tonight that appears to have stemmed from some sort of domestic dispute.

Gordon Gee is eager to put his 2 cents in at West Virginia University, even though his second stint leading the school is expected to be short.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON WEATHER DISCUSSION Date: Dec. 7th Time: 3:00pm Meteorologist: Eric Elwell Your Doppler 10 Forecast This Evening: Mostly clear and cold.

Reservations are going fast but Clevelanders still have time to experience a Victorian Christmas celebration inspired by British author Charles Dickens at the historical Ohio Village in Columbus, Ohio at their multiple Dickens of a Christmas holiday events.

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.