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Ohio is looking to reassert its political clout by pressing forward with three bids to host the Republican National Convention, competing against fast-growing states that have newer infrastructure and the more diverse electorate that the party is trying to attract.

A plan to be introduced this week calls for the city to demolish this building at 109 N. Front St. and replace it by 2017.

Columbus workers have already filled about 39,000 potholes this year, including this one on Genessee Avenue in North Linden.

In the most-recent flood, in December, the water came up a couple of feet. The worst flood was in February 2011, when the water came up 4 feet, almost to the doorknobs.

Not all of the young artists whose work is featured in the annual regional high school exhibition at the Mansfield Art Center will go on to professional careers.

The dog is wearing a new 2014 Lucas County dog tag. But the tag is so new that is wasn't in the system yet.

Columbus homicide detectives are investigating a death at a west Columbus motel room.

The fire started shortly before midnight in the 900 block of East Whittier Street near Ohio Avenue in southeast Columbus.

One person was arrested after driving the wrong way in north Columbus and trying to speed away from officers after a traffic violation.

Federal prosecutors say 17 members of an alleged gang with 2-decade-old roots in Columbus are preparing to plead guilty to drug dealing, illegal weapons possession and money laundering charges.

Work on the Mound Street connector in downtown Columbus will continue this weekend, and road closures are scheduled.

Police are investigating a deadly shooting in East Columbus. A man was shot to death in the 300 block of Kelton Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Friday.

Fire crews were battling a large house fire resulting from a reported explosion on the west side of Columbus Friday afternoon.

"It will be really hard," said Linda Burtch , an executive recruiter in business intelligence who has found her practice transformed with the emergence of Big Data.

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Columbus police plan to conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Sawmill Rd. at Festival Ln., starting at 9 p.m. Friday and running until 3 a.m. Saturday.

The anti-abortion group Ohio Right to Life says it has expanded initiatives on the East and Northeast sides of Columbus in an effort to reach minority populations.

The popular event Drums Downtown is back, celebrating its 10th anniversary of innovative collaboration, with performances at 8 p.m. Friday, April 4, and Saturday, April 5, at the Riffe Center's Capitol Theatre, 77 South High St. in downtown Columbus.

In November, 2012, 18-year-old Jordan Davis was sitting in a van with friends at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, listening to rap music.

Columbus continues to scratch its way higher in rankings of bedbug hot spots. The city is No.