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The Voice of Pentecost, 106 Mendenhall St., Weirton, will host a special Pentecost Sunday service on May 19 beginning at 5 p.m. with guest speaker, the Rev.

Columbus Police were investigating a homicide after a man was shot dead in Northeast Columbus Friday evening.

Medics transported a man to Mount Carmel West Hospital after being stabbed early Saturday morning.

A man and a woman are rushed to the hospital after a double shooting in Southeast Columbus.

A proposed state law singles out Columbus City Schools taxpayers to shoulder part of the tax burden for charter schools even though thousands of Franklin County's charter-school students live in suburban school districts.

Allergies to tree pollen are in full bloom in the Midwest-and when spring allergy season begins, it comes on fast, according to local allergists.

By RYAN DUNN staff writer OTTAWA -- Prosecutors on Friday accused 17-year-old Michael A. Fay of killing two teenage brothers he lived with in an Ottawa trailer and will seek to try him for murder as an adult.

Westlake High School' s Hanna Tegel earned the Robert F. Lucas Award at the Key Club Ohio District Convention held April 12-14 in Columbus.

Joseph M. Fultz, 26, was jailed on charges of felonious assault and endangering a child after police say he beat 17-month-old Leah L. Sowards on Monday.

Columbus Fire Department Lt. Ken Peters talks about the police shootout in the parking lot of the Clintonville fire station where he works.

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In this episode of Sidebar, The Columbus Dispatch 's podcast on Columbus-focused events, movies, music, dining and more... Dispatch staffers Susannah Elliott, Kevin Joy and Ally Manning discuss Smashing Pumpkins, smashing tomatoes, Lou Seal's gender and the city's identity crisis.

Columbus police have released the names of the seven officers that opened fire during a shootout Wednesday morning in Clintonville.

Afternoon Update, sent weekday afternoons, keeps you up to date with breaking news and updates from later in the day.

Columbus attorney Jeffrey Lee Terbeek was ordered permanently disbarred by the Ohio Supreme Court today for misappropriating a client's funds.

Columbus schools would be required to place a levy on the ballot in the fall that would share cash with charter schools, under a bill two state lawmakers introduced today.

Columbus plans to seek voter approval for a bond package in the Nov. 5 election, an initiative that, if approved, will fund infrastructure improvements without raising taxes.

A school bus was involved in a crash in east Columbus, according to police. The crash was reported on Kenwick Road and Berwick Blvd.

Afternoon Update, sent weekday afternoons, keeps you up to date with breaking news and updates from later in the day.

Leonard Park residents have accepted that whatever comes out of their faucets is going to be orange and cloudy.