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Probate court judges would be given the authority to order outpatient treatment for people struggling with mental illness under a bill approved by the Ohio House.

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A Columbus police officer who recently resigned from the Police Division entered a plea agreement in federal court today, admitting that he possessed child pornography.

In this May 1, 2013 file photo, Lori Ballman holds a tribute to her late daughter, Deanna, at her home in Pataskala, Ohio.

What would you call a 10,000-square-foot building in Indian Hill and an 8,000-square-foot building in Madeira with unmarked exits, no sprinkler system and no handicap access? Fire traps? Affronts to the Americans with Disabilities Act? Madeira & Indian Hill Joint Fire District officials call them Station 64 and Station 65, respectively.

The Red Cross is helping a Southeast Columbus resident after fire burned a hole through his mobile home.

A 29-year-old Columbus man who had been living in Steubenville for several weeks was arrested early Wednesday morning during a crackdown on an alleged statewide drug distribution ring.

Like a good argument? I've been asked what wild meats I like best. After eating wild game nearly all of my life, my tastebuds prefer the following in descending order.

President Barack Obama greets the 2012 Democratic Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Experience Columbus and city officials think Columbus is in a position to host one of the two political party's conventions in 2016.

Columbus police have confirmed that officers shot and killed a suspect just east of downtown.

A 40 percent difference in the number of cyclones could be important to anyone who lives north of 55 degrees latitude -- the area of the study, which includes the northern reaches of Canada, Scandinavia and Russia, along with the state of Alaska.

An autopsy has confirmed that dog bites caused the death of a baby at her West Side home yesterday.

Horse racing tracks offering slots-style video lottery terminals will debut Thursday in Lebanon northeast of Cincinnati and next Wednesday in Northfield north of Akron.

A Franklinton family is at least temporarily homeless after a fire gutted their S. Princeton Avenue house early this morning.

Federal, state and local law-enforcement officers and agents fanned out across central Ohio and West Virginia this morning to arrest more than a dozen people on federal drug-trafficking and gun charges.

MORNING WEATHER DISCUSSION Date: Dec. 11 Time: 4:00 a.m. Meteorologist: Josh Poland Your Doppler 10 Forecast This Morning: Partly cloudy and cold with morning lows in the teens and single digits.

"She's messing with the family and we're taking her down. That's it. And that's why we didn't tell you about this," says the actress.

A South Side man was sentenced today to life in prison with no chance of parole for 28 years for his role in the burning death of a crack-house doorman in 2005.

UnSaid Fate risked almost everything at The Black Sheep, on Dec. 8. They were the opening act along with Public Display of Aggression and Ionia.

Toledo Police continue to look for the suspects responsible for a double murder Monday night.