Columbus News

Recruits from the 101st class of the Columbus Fire Division work together during water-supply training at the division's headquarters.

"Sometimes I think we get in our own way on High Street," COTA CEO Curtis Stitt said.

During a coast-to-coast road trip three years ago, Vanessa Jean Speakman dived into a dog-eared copy of Just Kids , the 2010 memoir of New York punk pioneer Patti Smith.

Mandy Bates still keeps her son Noah's cowboy boots in her kitchen where he always used to kick them off after walking in the door.

An 8,000-pound limestone sculpture of a sofa has been removed from its spot in a trendy Columbus neighborhood, after becoming a favored perch for homeless nappers.

Columbus plans to temporarily shut off water to homes and businesses around the intersection of E. 17th and Joyce avenues at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman and other local celebrities led cyclists on a 15-mile evening tour showcasing various city attractions.

Genia Wright works at the Brentnell Recreation Center. Employees usually know the neighborhoods well and can spot something out of the ordinary, officials say.

Nearly a dozen lawyers a year are convicted of felonies in Ohio, but few face the kind of charges that are likely to send Javier Armengau to prison.

Cathie Floch hardly took her eyes off her gleaming blue drag racer. The 7,500-horsepower engine, hoses, belts, pipes and giant rear tires draw observers.

Religious dignitaries and political bigwigs are lobbying Pope Francis to visit their hometowns, but the Rev.

Monique Mapp, left, and her mother, Gwendolyn Macon-Beck, look at the 240-foot mural on the new Long Street bridge.

Of the 54 homicides in Columbus this year, 14 percent of the victims are under 30 years old.

A top children's oncologist from Columbus was sentenced this morning to one year in federal prison for viewing child pornography.

Anagha Vyas came to Dublin last year to head up the local office of Persistent Systems Ltd., an India-based information technology company.

A judge is ready to sentence an Ohio pediatric doctor who pleaded guilty to accessing child pornography.

Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Bexley will host several events during the annual convention next week of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.

As you might have heard, Columbus resident Zack "Danger" Brown posted a request on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter for money to help him make potato salad.

A proposed law that would require an ignition interlock device for all OVI offenders got a push Thursday from the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.

The toddler pulled from a pool was brought by family members to the Franklinton fire station on W. Broad Street.