Delaware County News

Seven Ohio children who attended summer camps last month have confirmed or probable cases of the swine flu.

A Delaware County judge sent two participants in a multicounty burglary ring to prison yesterday and ordered them to repay their victims.

DELAWARE - A 13-year-old Powell boy has a confirmed case of Novel H1N1 Influenza.

Federal, state and local law enforcement worked together to arrest three individuals suspected of cultivating large crops of marijuana inside Central Ohio homes.

A former supervisor at the Delaware County 911 center was sentenced today to serve five years of community control for a theft-in-office conviction.

A public auction this morning in Delaware appeared typical on the surface, but all of the items for sale came from a Delaware County couple charged with conning friends and family out of $800,000. Melanie and Phylip Chen are accused of falsely claiming that Phylip had cancer and needed money for medical treatment.

COSHOCTON - A Warsaw man faces life in prison if convicted of rape, while his wife faces up to a year if convicted of an obstruction of justice charge.

Another fugitive wanted for his alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar mortgage-fraud scheme was arraigned and bonded Wednesday.

After ignoring objections by the county prosecutor, Delaware County commissioners approved a $3.13 million contract to study whether they should build and operate a facility that would convert septic waste into fuel.

Detectives seized furniture, electronics, jewelry, luggage and other expensive items from the Powell home that Melanie and Phylip Chen shared before the couple were charged last year in an elaborate cancer hoax.

MARION - The Delaware, Knox, Marion, Morrow Solid Waste District will recognize numerous curbside programs for their achievements in 2008 at an awards ceremony July 21.

The Pickaway County Visitors Bureau is proud to announce that the Delaware County Tractor Square Dancers will be making a return visit to Pickaway County to entertain at the Pickaway County Fair on Thursday, June 25, at approximately 8 pm.

When he'd had enough of the guy from Cleveland who was trying to beat a speeding ticket, Municipal Judge R. David Picken didn't raise his voice to get his point across.

A family's alleged series of thefts ended in Delaware County last month, and four of the family's five members were arraigned Thursday.

Timothy "T.J." Downing, a former offensive lineman for the Buckeyes, now has a felony record in Franklin County.

An abandoned newborn boy will be placed with a foster family as authorities try to determine how he ended up alongside a busy road in Delaware County on Tuesday.

Authorities said a body was found at O'Shaughnessy Dam Wednesday morning. NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.

The Delaware County Department of Job and Family Services filed court paperwork today seeking temporary custody of a newborn boy found abandoned but unharmed along a Lewis Center road yesterday.

The Golf Club of Dublin has filed bankruptcy but its operators say patrons should expect to see no disruption in services.

Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:02 AM WCLT News Staff Investigators in Delaware County continue looking for who left a newborn baby along side of a road Tuesday.