Franklin County News

The Grandview Heights City Council unanimously approved a three-party agreement last night on financing for the Grandview Yard development.

Developers are asking a Franklin County court to strike down Ohio's prevailing-wage law, saying it is unconstitutional to allow labor unions to determine wages paid on public construction jobs.

Franklin County commissioners yesterday unanimously approved a $2.6 million loan, to be repaid over 30 years, to develop the Central Park of Gahanna atop the old Bedford landfill.

A Latino group is asking a judge to prevent state officials from canceling the registrations of more than 40,000 vehicles apparently driven by undocumented immigrants.

A group of central Ohio lawmakers is advancing a plan to beef up cities' rights against four casinos that Ohio voters authorized in November.

More than 31 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the Nov. 3 election, according to results certified by the Franklin County Board of Elections this afternoon.

A Hilliard man charged with assault eight years ago after spraying a mixture of oil and urine on women in Upper Arlington could have served up to six months in jail.

The parent-organized sixth-grade band practices after school at Reynoldsburg High School, led by co-director Travis Damicone, right, and Andrew Armour, 17, standing at left.

CLEVELAND -- Ohio's most populous county has just two sheriff's deputies to regularly check on 1,416 of the worst sex offenders, an issue highlighted by charges against a serial murder suspect who was living in a house with 11 bodies.

The state's largest teachers union and the Ohio Republican Party have gone to court over a GOP request for the names and addresses of all educators.

Franklin County Municipal Court Judge David Tyack set bond at $100,000 today for a robbery suspect who was shot by a Columbus police officer on the East Side after a traffic pursuit Wednesday night.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office confirms that they are investigating an Obetz police officer accused of rape.

Columbus and Franklin County health departments announced Thursday they will expand H1N1 vaccination availability to some adults, 10TV News reported.

A Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a three count indictment on the Reynoldsburg police officer accused of robbing a private dancer at gunpoint.

A woman charged with killing a man during what police say was a robbery attempt had long feared he would harm her, her attorney said in court this morning.

Sneaky or forgetful government employees may cost Franklin County taxpayers as much as $2.3 million a year in fraudulent health-insurance coverage.

A landlord filed a lawsuit this month against Delaware County, claiming that the auditor and commissioners breached a lease agreement on a now-closed Bureau of Motor Vehicles office in Lewis Center.

A former supervisor at a Franklinton psychiatric hospital admitted in court this week that he had sexual contact with a 17-year-old patient.

Two years ago, the social-activist group BREAD labeled truancy a major problem, urging the Franklin County prosecutor's office to help keep kids in school by notifying their parents when they weren't. The KEY Truancy Program was begun and has since reduced chronic truancy in six pilot schools by 55 percent.

When the Franklin County commissioners launched a discount-drug card last year, they said they wanted to ease residents' pain and anxiety at the cash register.