Dayton shooting, one year later: Officer who tried to save gunman’s sister returns to face his trauma

On Aug. 4, 2019, a little after 1 a.m., a 24-year-old wearing a bullet-proof vest Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

Nearly a fourth of Dublin students — so far — choose online instruction

About 24% of Dublin City Schools students plan to learn remotely via an online academy for the first semester of the 2020-21 school year.As of Friday, about 4,000 students had opted into the academy, said Tracey Deagle, Dublin City Schools deputy superintendent.That number is expected to increase because the district has extended the deadline for…

Murder victim one of three women raped by South Side man

Troy L. Hairston could be sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole after pleading guilty to the rape and murder of one woman and the rapes of two others. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

Ohio coal giant Murray Energy is $100K dark money donor ’Company B’ in federal probe

Now-bankrupt Ohio coal giant and House Bill 6 supporter Murray Energy Corp. provided $100,000 in “dark money” involved in the alleged racketeering and bribery scheme that ensnared former House Speaker Larry Householder and four others.The criminal complaint states “Dark Money Group 1,” previously identified by The Dispatch and The Cincinnati Enquirer as the for-profit company…

Dems, GOP lash out as stimulus package talks turn sour, $600 unemployment boost ends

WASHINGTON – The discussions over another stimulus package turned testy Friday as Democrats and Republicans each blamed the other for their inability to come to an agreement just hours before a $600 weekly unemployment benefit for Americans officially ends. In dueling press conferences, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows laid into Democrats for rejecting a short-term deal to continue the…

FBI seizes Ex-Ohio Speaker Larry Householder’s property in connection to bribery probe

A framed nuclear plant photo, Team Householder cap and thank you letters were among the items seized from former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on Friday.The FBI executed a search warrant Friday for Householder’s property at the Riffe Center, where state representatives have their offices. The property fit into six boxes and four envelopes.The FBI…

Fund drawing money, plans to get more Columbus households online

A new fund established at the Columbus Foundation will support efforts to shrink the digital divide among city households. One pilot effort aims to blanket an entire Near East Side neighborhood with WiFi. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

Coronavirus: Ohio reports record number of new daily cases

Ohio reported more new COVID-19 cases Thursday than it has any day prior. The previous record was set July 17. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder indicted in federal bribery case

A federal grand jury indicted former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others in what investigators say was a $61 million bribery scheme.Householder and four others face racketeering charges for an alleged conspiracy that funneled money from businesses, such as FirstEnergy, through dark money groups and PACs. The aim: elect Householder as speaker, pass…

Summit County Republican suspends campaign until local GOP addresses its role in state corruption scandal

The Republican candidate for Summit County’s top political post is pausing his campaign until local GOP leaders step down and “take responsibility” for their role in a public corruption scandal involving FirstEnergy and the former speaker of the Ohio House.Republican John Chapman, an attorney and former prosecutor, told colleagues at the […] Top Featured Tags:…

How dark money fueled Larry Householder’s campaign for Ohio House speaker

Just days before the 2018 general election, the attack ad was launched on the airwaves: Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley had been pulled over and received a speeding ticket after telling police he drank a beer earlier that day.The ad ran on Dayton area television stations and suggested that Foley, a Democratic candidate for the…

Mike DeWine’s biggest concern is what fans do before, after Ohio State football games

DeWine told reporters at his news conference on Tuesday that it was “too early” to know if the proposal from Ohio State to have stands at 20% capacity was safe, an issue that is to be sorted out in the weeks ahead. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

Ohio’s county fairs focus on livestock, youths after DeWine order

Gov. Mike Dewine announced on Tuesday that the state health department will issue an order to prohibit games, rides and other carnival activities scheduled to start or occur after Friday. The only activities allowed to continue would be the junior fair livestock showings. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

Columbus schools will be entirely online this fall

At a Tuesday news conference, Columbus City Schools Superintendent Talisa Dixon announced all students will learn online to start the 2020-21 school year. Other central Ohio districts, such as South-Western and Hilliard, are also shifting plans. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

John Ivanic, city spokesman, former news anchor, dead at 52

John Ivanic had worked as a weekend anchor for WCMH-TV (Channel 4) in Columbus before joining the city as a spokesman for the city council in 2007, hired by then-President Michael C. Mentel. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

Planet Fitness will require you to wear a mask while you work out starting Aug. 1

The gym chain Planet Fitness is the latest company to announce that it will require visitors and members to wear masks amid the pandemic.The gym franchise with clubs across 46 states announced the plan on Monday, saying that everyone working out at its facilities will have to wear face coverings starting August 1. Currently, all employees are required…

Columbus officials set earlier closings for bars, restaurants; recommend against in-person learning

The Columbus City Council will vote Monday to close bars, nightclubs and restaurants beginning at 10 p.m., rather than 11 p.m., because of spike in coronavirus cases. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

Ohio House GOP will decide Tuesday whether to dump Householder as speaker

Ohio House Republicans are meeting Tuesday to decide whether to remove Larry Household as speaker.The group, which will meet in private, plans to conduct a secret ballot on the issue. Only a simply majority is needed to dump Householder from the top job, although he would remain a member for now.At this point, a replacement…

Man killed, woman injured in Union County crash

A Columbus man was killed Sunday night and a woman critically injured after the vehicle they were in crashed on a rural road in Union County.Authorities were called just before 6 p.m. to an area west of Route 38 in Union Township. A preliminary investigation indicates that a 2005 Honda Accord was eastbound on Middleburg…

Dr. Deborah Birx meets with state, local officials to talk about COVID-19 hot spots in Ohio

Days after raising alarms about the rising rate of positive COVID-19 cases in Columbus and Cleveland, White House Coronavirus Response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx stopped in Columbus to meet with state and local health officials.Last week, Birx warned officials in a private call that the positivity rate was trending up in […] Top Featured Tags:…

Is Columbus looking into police officers’ social media posts?

While city officials and hired investigators scrutinize the behavior of Columbus police officers during the Downtown protests in late May and early June, a second investigation is also being done. But this one is not on the official books.Multiple police officers say the city is looking into social media postings made by officers, and BakerHostetler,…

Fight the bites: How to keep central Ohio’s plentiful mosquitoes in check this summer

Even in a year dominated by COVID-19 and lock-downs, pesky mosquitoes won’t let us forget about them. Top Featured Tags: – Ohio News Press Release Distribution Service

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