Local News for Columbus Ohio from The Columbus Dispatch

Groveport Madison OKs cuts: $3.6 million, 24 jobs

Feb 10, 2012 5:31 am

Groveport Madison students will have to find their own way to high school and pay more to participate in athletics and other extracurricular programs starting next school year. The districts school bo...

Ohioans will get share of $25 billion foreclosure settlement

Feb 10, 2012 5:04 am

Tens of thousands of struggling Ohioans stand to benefit from a landmark settlement reached yesterday with the nations largest lenders. Ohios $335 million share of the $25 billion settlement will be u...

Banged-up Blue Jackets fall to Stars 4-2

Feb 10, 2012 4:49 am

The toughest question Blue Jackets interim coach Todd Richards faced in his postgame news conference tonight came when he was asked for a rundown on the clubs injured players. Seriously, who could kee...

Womens basketball: Illini stun Buckeyes 66-65

Feb 10, 2012 4:46 am

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Ohio State saved another bad performance for another road game tonight in Assembly Hall and lost for the third time in five Big Ten games away from Value City Arena. An energized, phy...

Firefighters, neighbors watch for ghostly arsonist on South Side

Feb 10, 2012 4:31 am

A South Side arsonist seems to be getting increasingly dangerous in a series of fires set during the past few months, fire officials say.

Two men shot on South Side

Feb 10, 2012 2:52 am

A shooting on a South Side street tonight has left two men wounded, one critically, police say.

Reynoldsburg police chief suspended

Feb 9, 2012 10:52 pm

Reynoldsburg Police Chief Dave Suciu has been suspended with pay, pending an investigation into departmental internal affairs.

Inventory: 97 guns stolen from Powell firing range

Feb 9, 2012 9:19 pm

Burglars punched a large hole in a wall to steal 97 firearms from a shooting range and gun-sales shop in Powell late Tuesday or early yesterday.

'Right to work' advocates can start petition drive

Feb 9, 2012 9:17 pm

A group seeking to bring a November statewide vote to make Ohio a right to work state got the green light to circulate its petition today.

Tussle continues over state's new election law

Feb 9, 2012 8:18 pm

A coalition of Democrats, unions and progressive groups that is trying to overturn a package of Republican-passed election law changes said today that if GOP lawmakers try to repeal the laws and repla...

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Huber Heights to cut $1.3 million from budget

Feb 10, 2012 5:22 am

HUBER HEIGHTS - The Huber Heights Board of Education voted Thursday night to cut about $1.3 million from its 2012-13 budget, but spared its JROTC program and two teaching positions.

State plane cleared by FAA to fly again

Feb 10, 2012 5:21 am

COLUMBUS - Air and ground training classes on a state-owned Partenavia P68 Observer airplane will begin for pilots in the coming weeks after the Federal Aviation Administration gave the Ohio Departmen...

Ohio to dedicate $75M for demolishing abandoned homes

Feb 10, 2012 5:14 am

COLUMBUS - Ohio cities and nonprofits will soon have a $75 million pot of money to knock down blighted and abandoned properties that often drag down housing values and become neighborhood nuisances.

1-2 inches of snow expected today

Feb 10, 2012 5:09 am

Up to two inches of snow is expected to fall across the region tonight prompting a Winter Weather Advisory for several counties.

Ohio receives $335M in housing assistance

Feb 10, 2012 4:06 am

Ohio will receive $335 million as its part of a landmark settlement with the nations biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that followed the collapse of the nations housing market, Ohio Att...

Emphasis on STEM fields helps students, businesses

Feb 10, 2012 3:43 am

DAYTON - In the past two weeks, Ohio has been lauded for receiving good grades in K-12 science education, listed as one of the states driving the nations recovery from the recession through manufactur...

Ohio leaders preparing defense of bases amidst closures

Feb 10, 2012 3:36 am

WASHINGTON - Days before President Barack Obama releases a budget expected to call for two rounds of military base closures within the next five years, the Ohio delegation has begun coordinating how t...

A&E show bungles Jungle Jims home

Feb 10, 2012 1:01 am

FAIRFIELD - Jungle Jims has been in the national spotlight before - but this week, the TV spotlight shone in the wrong direction.

City accepts reduced amount for airport lease debt

Feb 9, 2012 11:11 pm

DAYTON - The City Commission has approved a settlement that will pay the city less than half of the $52,537.93 it was owed in property taxes, utility bills and rent for leased space in a warehouse at ...

Job training program saved by area schools

Feb 9, 2012 10:19 pm

In a move triggered by federal funding cuts, Sinclair Community College and 27 area school districts plan to increase funding by $500,000 for a program that has become a pipeline for thousands of high...