Franklin County News

Franklin County health officials confirmed that three mosquito pools have now tested positive for West Nile Virus.

Following a Columbus Dispatch series which exposed flaws in Ohio's inmate DNA testing program, a man who served 18 years behind bars for a rape he says he didn't commit may go free.

A Mount Sterling man was killed yesterday afternoon after he lost control of his car on I-71. Eric B. Welsh, 30, died after hitting a guardrail just north of I-270 at around 1:15 p.m. Jackson Township medics ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - With the economy down and the cost of lawyers high, more people are choosing to represent themselves in divorce cases.

Columbus police investigate a shooting at 641 W. Chapel St. in Franklinton in which a man reportedly from out of state was killed during what they say was a robbery attempt.

Whitehall police shot and killed a pit bull that attacked another dog and repeatedly charged an officer Saturday, July 12 at a residence in the 600 block of Beechwood Road.

A pool of mosquitoes in southern Franklin County has tested positive for West Nile virus, the Franklin County Board of Health announced Friday.

A plea agreement has been reached with Robert MacMichael, charged with killing his mother and her boyfriend last year and a former girlfriend who disappeared four years ago.

A judge set bond on Wednesday at $1 million for a man who allegedly admitted to forcing hundreds of prostitutes to have sex with him.

Prosecutors in Ohio's most populous county have accused a voting machine company of breach of contract, fraud and negligence.

An elderly East Side woman was found dead last night, her body stuffed into a decorative wishing well behind a duplex that she owned in German Village.

Kevin M. Chapman, also a former teacher, had admitted to sex acts involving a teen starting 14 years ago.

Health officials on Friday were trying to determine the source of nearly 100 cases of shigellosis -- a disease that triggers diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps.

As a national salmonella outbreak reaches the majority of U.S. states, some central Ohio shoppers on Thursday said the cases weren't changing which foods they shop for.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - The Ashland County Park District is making final preparations for the Aug.

A Franklin County jury has convicted a man of negligent homicide after hearing testimony about the unintentional shooting of his friend last year.

Payday lenders fighting to repeal a statewide crackdown on their industry on Monday sued two of Ohio's top elected officials, arguing that repeated hurdles the lenders have faced in getting the issue on the ...

A Madison County man who told police he has had sex with hundreds of women has been charged with raping one Columbus woman and kidnapping another.

A man suspected in what authorities called a "monumental" string of sex-related crimes faced a Franklin County judge Saturday morning, two days after he was involved in an early morning chase.

Two soldiers accused of killing a Huntington minister have waived extradition in Ohio and are expected to be brought back to West Virginia before week's end.