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Ohio State defensive lineman Haskell Garrett was taken to a hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to his face in the university district early Sunday morning, authorities said.Columbus police responded to reports of a shooting in the 400 block of Chittenden Avenue about 12:30 a.m.Garrett, 22, was found in an apartment with a gunshot wound…

Elyjah Johnson, 13, and his mom, Heather Johnson, made the trek to the nation’s capital for Friday’s March on Washington. Elyjah originally tagged along because he feared his middle school would cancel his eighth-grade trip to D.C. this spring. But he discovered this moment, and movement, was so much bigger than he realized. Top Featured…

Pediatricians have been seeing a lot of mental health ramifications related to the coronavirus pandemic. For younger children this can manifest as behavioral problems or temper tantrums, and it can manifest into anxiety and depression in teenagers. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty gave a speech at the Lincoln Memorial during Friday’s “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks” Commitment March. Beatty noted that 57 years ago — when Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on those same steps — women did not have a “prominent role.” Top Featured…

Columbus police were investigating after a youngster was hit in the back by a bullet fired into a home south of Downtown early Saturday morning.The 5-year-old girl was in her bed in a house on the 1800 block of South Fifth Street after 4 a.m. when multiple rounds were fired outside, according to police.She was…

A virtual meeting will be held online Wednesday to present for public comment the latest updated study information on aircraft noise levels in areas around John Glenn Columbus International Airport.The Columbus Regional Airport Authority has for months been updating the airport’s Part 150 Noise Compatibility Study — a voluntary noise abatement program established through the…

CHICAGO — A man known for his love of skateboarding, a Texas transplant to the state and a college student acting as a volunteer medic were killed or wounded this week by a 17-year-old gunman amid chaos on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin.Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, has been charged with fatally shooting two protesters…

After Franklin County downgraded to a Level 2 coronavirus advisory Thursday, officials with central Ohio school districts wasted no time altering their reopening plans for the upcoming school year.Less than 24 hours later, three districts — Hilliard, South-Western and Whitehall — have already announced dates to start what they’re calling “hybrid learning,” a combination of…

LAKE CHARLES, La. — The remnants of Hurricane Laura unleashed heavy rain and twisters hundreds of miles inland from a path of death and mangled buildings along the Gulf Coast, and forecasters warn of new dangers as the tropical weather blows toward the Eastern Seaboard this weekend.Flooding and more tornadoes were possible Friday as the…

A Columbus man is facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted on federal drug charges in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of another man.Diamondo Valdez Butler, 39, of the city’s Driving Park neighborhood just southeast of Downtown, was indicted on nine felony counts of distribution of fentanyl, according to court documents unsealed…

For the first time, Franklin County is no longer at a red Level 3 advisory for coronavirus. Gov. Mike DeWine said last week that he expected Franklin County to be downgraded to a Level 2 advisory. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to tell voters that Democratic rival Joe Biden would pursue the “most extreme set of proposals ever put forward by a major party nominee” when he delivers his acceptance speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention.Trump has complained that the Democrats’ message was too dark and pessimistic when…

New cases of COVID-19 increased by 1,089 on Wednesday after three days of cases below 1,000. Newly reported coronavirus deaths also pushed Ohio past the 4,000 mark. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

A 2-year-old girl was accidentally shot by her 4-year-old brother on the Northeast Side early Wednesday, according to Columbus police.Officers responded after being called to a home in the 2300 block of Brentnell Avenue around 1:15 a.m., a post on the Columbus police twitter account said.Police said the 2-year-old had been transported to Nationwide Children’s…

Columbus police homicide detectives on Wednesday provided more details about a shooting Sunday night which wounded a pregnant 15-year-old girl and killed her baby.A 911 call at 7:30 p.m. Sunday brought officers to the area of Joyce and Denune avenues, where a pregnant 15-year-old girl who had been walking with 31-year-old Diarice Fitzgerald was shot…

A fiery crash killed one person, closed traffic on state Route 8, sent smoke billowing across Akron and prompted the evacuation of nearby homes and businesses.The fire also spread from a storm sewer to the Cuyahoga River before it was extinguished.The crash happened at about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday on state Route 8 North, between Tallmadge…

ZANESVILLE — U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson stressed the importance of early voting during a Trump campaign rally Tuesday morning at American Pride Power Equipment.The 10 a.m. event, geared toward bringing residents together to support the president’s re-election campaign, drew a crowd of approximately 70 people. Representatives from Zanesville City Council, the Muskingum County Republican Party…

This week’s Republican National Convention has speaking slots for U.S. senators from at least Arkansas, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee; both a senator and governor from Iowa; a governor from South Dakota; and former statewide officeholders from several other states.And let’s not forget the Honorable Robert Vlaisavljevich, mayor of Eveleth, Minnesota.With Republicans occupying every statewide…

Tracy Ocasio resigned from her position as chief academic officer at Columbus City Schools late last week, according to the district. She had also been working in a similar position for the Philadelphia school district. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

Some of Ohio’s most conservative lawmakers want to impeach Gov. Mike DeWine over how he’s handled the novel coronavirus.Discontent brewing since DeWine ordered the polls closed in March came to a head Monday morning. Several GOP lawmakers drafted articles of impeachment against DeWine, who is also a Republican.But even Rep. John Becker, R-Union Township in…

Columbus police are looking for the driver of a vehicle who struck and killed a male pedestrian early Monday morning on the Northeast Side and then fled the scene.Police and medics were called just after 1 a.m. Monday to Agler Road just east of Cassady Avenue near the Columbus Christian Center on a report that…

Defying a veto threat from President Donald Trump and opposition from other party leaders, a quartet of Ohio Republicans voted for a House measure Saturday to provide $25 billion to the U.S. Postal Service.The House, meeting in a rare weekend session, approved the bill Saturday that also would forbid the U.S. Postal Service from making…