Franklin County News Archives

By LuAnn Stoia, Colin Smith & Ken Robinson, Newsradio WTAM 1100. Sunday, October 25, 2009 It's an innovative program many communities around Ohio will be watching.

Plans to redevelop the land where Columbus City Center once stood could get an unexpected financial boost, but the funding will likely come with strings attached.

Despite the fact that most economists believe the recession is officially over, the unemployment rate remains high and jobs are still scarce.

Troopers made 84,632 DUS arrests statewide from 2006 through 2008. According to the statistical recap from the Patrol's Statistical Analysis Unit, during this three-year period troopers made 3,656 DUS arrests in Franklin County and 2,789 arrests in Scioto County .

One person died in a fire early today in a fire in W. Broad St. building. Firefighters from Prairie Township and the City of Columbus battled the blaze at 5311 W. Broad St., which broke out shortly after 4 a.m. According to the Franklin County Auditor's Office, the building contains a real-estate office on the ground floor, with apartments on the ...

Six acres in the middle of Downtown will remain parkland forever under a deal in which Franklin County commissioners would provide the last dollars needed to redevelop the site of the City Center mall.

Citing a limited supply of H1N1 vaccine, the Franklin County Board of Health announced today that they will delay the start of clinics for school-aged children.

COLUMBUS - An Ohio judge has ordered the state to supervise the telephone and Internet use of a teenage girl who says she ran away to Florida because she feared her father would harm or kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity.

Franklin County voters are being asked to approve Issue 4 or risk cuts to some of children's services more important programs, 10TV's Lindsey Seavert reported Friday.

Click here to learn about all the races and issues on the Nov. 3 ballot. Just one out of every four dollars spent so far to keep incumbent Democrats on the Columbus City Council has come from the candidates' own campaigns.

Certain high-risk groups will have another chance Thursday to receive the H1N1 vaccine, but it could be several weeks before it becomes widely available to the general public.

When an armed robber barged into a North Side motel room Wednesday night and ordered the six people there to the floor, he put a 70-year-old woman closer to her handgun.

More than 2,300 people received the H1N1 vaccine on Tuesday. H1N1 Virus: SPECIAL SECTION: H1N1 Ohio Department of Health H1N1 Hotline: 1- 866-800-1404 Resources For Pregnant Women Centers For Disease Control Vaccination Resources VACCINE AVAILABILITY: For more information on vaccine availability, check the ODH Web site or call the Ohio Department ...

Franklin County will receive $2.25 million in federal stimulus money to help pay for services for adults through the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

Anyone hired after Jan. 1 to work for Mayor Michael B. Coleman will have to begin contributing toward retirement.

ZANESVILLE - A man involved in a standoff with police Sunday pleaded not guilty to several misdemeanor charges in Zanesville Municipal Court Monday.

Health officials on Monday announced the dates of central Ohio's first community H1N1 influenza vaccination clinics.

A man charged in Columbus with killing his mother and wounding his sister on Saturday, Oct.

Holding a controversial poster designed by Issue 3 foes, Mark Drum, left, of the Ohio FOP, makes his point with the Rev.

Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman and his wife, Frankie, married in 1984. Mayor Michael B. Coleman and his wife, Frankie, are ending their 25-year marriage.

A central Ohio judge has ruled that the state will take custody of a girl who ran away to Florida saying she feared she'd be killed for converting to Christianity from Islam.

Bar owners who try to keep their customers from smoking can't be penalized under the state's anti-smoking law just because a patron disobeys, an appeals court ruled yesterday.

A national canvassing group has resigned from a pro-casino ballot campaign in Ohio after turning over evidence of alleged fraud by a temporary employee.

COLUMBUS -- Ohio can take custody of a girl who ran away to Florida, saying she feared she'd be killed for converting to Christianity from Islam, a judge ruled Thursday in a decision clarifying the girl's legal status once she returns.

The Ohio Department of Health now knows of five deaths in Franklin County attributed to the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, said spokesman Kristopher Weiss.

Rape and kidnapping charges against an Eastmoor Academy senior have been dismissed in Franklin County Municipal Court while county prosecutors and Columbus police review evidence, Prosecutor Ron O'Brien has confirmed.

A Florida judge said Tuesday he planned to send a teenager back to Ohio after she ran away from her home to Florida because she feared physical harm for converting from Islam to Christianity.

Franklin County officials are investigating possible fraud involving absentee ballots for the Nov.

A limited number of swine flu vaccine shots have been received in central Ohio and will be given to health care and emergency workers who have direct contact with patients.

A new controversy has developed over on an old issue in Franklin County. Abortion opponents argue that abortion provider Planned Parenthood should not be involved in teaching school children sex education.

As the agency that runs central Ohio's landfill marks its 20th year, it is shucking the starry ideas of its youth for a conservative approach.

Ground was broken Monday for a new Franklin County animal shelter. NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.

S outh-Western City Schools, like most districts, should do more to cut costs, notably by aligning employee benefits closer to the private sector.

In the wake of a 14-year-old boy's H1N1-related death, medical experts are urging people to be vigilant and take necessary action to protect themselves against the virus.

A 14-year old Columbus boy has died from complications of the H1N1 flu, Ohio's first pediatric death from the virus.

The first doses of the H1N1 vaccine will be given to central Ohioans on Friday. The Ohio Department of Health said anyone who wants the vaccine will eventually be able to get it, but health care workers will be the first ones to receive the vaccination, 10TV's Patrick Bell reported.

Columbus firefighters, who delayed 2009 pay raises to help balance the city budget, now might become the first city workers to accept a higher share of their pension costs.

A man has been charged with the deaths of his uncle and a woman whose bodies were found in a South Side house last weekend.

A state tax agent fired in February for theft has been ordered to repay the $67,657 she stole from taxpayers over 14 months.

Three people were taken into custody early Tuesday morning after a pursuit that began on the city's south side and ended in Pickaway County.

Trixie is outfitted with the appropriate headgear for the groundbreaking at the new Franklin County dog shelter site.

Most Franklin County school employees pay less for health care than the average American -- and other people working in public and private schools, at universities and in other education jobs across the country.

The chief lawyer for the Ohio attorney general's organized-crime unit testified yesterday that his office played no role in seizing gambling machines from a West Side club in October 2007.

A man accused of being an accomplice in a Hilltop murder said he went to the house only to buy marijuana from Michael T. Willis, a small-time drug dealer.

COLUMBUS - Democrat Marilyn Brown has withdrawn from the race to become Ohio's next elections chief.

Anybody reading Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's 12-page decision about state Sen.