Marijuana Are pot-smoking parents disciplining their kids more?dispatch.com - Rita Price Pot-smoking parents might not be as chill as they think. A study co-authored by an Ohio State University professor found that, on average, California …
Zach Werenski seeking three-year contract at $5 million-plus annually, source saysdispatch.com - Brian Hedger Rather than a long-term journey to unrestricted free agency, Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski is apparently looking for a shorter bridge to …
Schools DeWine creates Ohio School Safety Center to help prevent shootingsdispatch.com - Randy Ludlow Gov. Mike DeWine announced the creation of the Ohio School Safety Center on Wednesday in hopes of providing a centralized resource to help detect …
Students Heres primer on graduation requirementsdispatch.com - Jennifer Pignolet Beacon The continually changing rules around graduation requirements have confused parents and students for years. The legislature cemented new requirements …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoStudents Here's primer on graduation requirementsdispatch.com - Jennifer Pignolet Beacon Journal/Ohio.com The continually changing rules around graduation requirements have confused parents and students for years. The legislature cemented new requirements …
Policing Survey: Black community has concerns about Columbus police, and minority officers agreedispatch.com - Bethany Bruner While most white residents in the city approve of the job being done by Columbus police, many black residents feel the division could improve, survey …
Discrimination Columbus police use force disproportionately against minorities, study findsdispatch.com - Bethany Bruner Columbus police have a "significant disparity of use of force against minority residents" that the city must address, according to a consultant's …
Recycling Study focuses on reducing garbage contamination in recyclablesdispatch.com - Beth Burger With the temperature topping 90 degrees, workers tore open the garbage bags and began sorting through the rotting debris, which emitted a pungent …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRecycling Study focuses on reducing garbage contamination in recyclablesdispatch.com - Beth Burger With temperatures topping 90 degrees, workers tore open the garbage bags and began sorting through the rotting debris that emitted a pungent …
Loans FHA loan changes open door for condo buyers, especially entry-leveldispatch.com - Jim Weiker New federal regulations could fuel condominium sales in central Ohio, especially for low-price buyers. The Federal Housing Administration announced …
Three African lion cubs born at Columbus Zoodispatch.com - Rebecca Reis The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has announced the surprise birth of three African lion cubs. The zoo said in a news release that the cubs and their …
Forensics, old-fashioned police work lead to suspect in attempted murderdispatch.com - Holly Zachariah Using a discarded cigarette butt, evidence from an old shirt and a DNA profile from a genealogy company, Logan County authorities have arrested and …
Ohio Senate LaRose says 10,000 voters so far avoiding purgedispatch.com - Rick Rouan Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Tuesday nearly 10,000 voters who were among 235,000 registrants that could be purged in September already …
Death Penalty House speakers support of death penalty is being testeddispatch.com - Randy Ludlow Amid Ohio's difficulty in securing a legal means of execution, House Speaker Larry Householder says he is becoming "less and less supportive" of the …
Abortion Abortion providers seek to permanently block heartbeat lawdispatch.com - Marty Schladen The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and abortion clinic operators went to court Tuesday in an attempt to permanently block the enactment of …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAbortion Abortion providers seek to permanently block 'heartbeat' lawdispatch.com - Marty Schladen The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and abortion clinic operators went to court Tuesday in an attempt to permanently block the enactment of …
Homicide 2 teens charged in girl’s shooting death originally blamed on intruderdispatch.com Two teenage boys are facing charges in the June shooting death of a 15-year-old girl that witnesses originally blamed on an unknown intruder. Sirrae …
Guitarist with autism wows listeners with brilliant performancesdispatch.com - Mike Wagner The only audience Zayne Harshaw trusted when he started playing the electric guitar was the darkness. He locked the bedroom door, turned off the …
Columbus is a cheap place to diedispatch.com - Clare Proctor When you die, Columbus isn’t a bad place to do it in. Columbus has the lowest average cremation cost among the 15 most populous U.S. cities at $2,747, …
Ryan Flaherty home run lifts Clippers over Batsdispatch.com - By Jeff Thitoff Ryan Flaherty just missed on a home run that could have blown the game open earlier, but he didn’t miss in connecting on a solo shot in the seventh …
Preservation officer resigns amid questions over German Village Societys missiondispatch.com - Mark Ferenchik The German Village Society's historic preservation officer has resigned as questions have risen about the society's direction. Nancy Kotting, who had …
Developers work with neighbors on Coughlin Crossingdispatch.com - Dean Narciso DELAWARE — The goal is to create a fresh new scene for the city's southern entrance, a mix of shops, restaurants and almost 200 new homes. That's led …
First-grader pointed gun at student, email that superintendent forgot saysdispatch.com - Dean Narciso A first grader who found his grandmother’s loaded gun at school this spring pointed it at another student, according to an email released Monday by …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSchool Administration First-grader pointed gun at student, email that superintendent forgot saysdispatch.com - Dean Narciso A first-grader who found his grandmother’s loaded gun at school pointed it at another student, according to a statement released Monday by Highland …
Therapy Dogs Columbus polices newest recruits pushing division forward one paw at a timedispatch.com - Bethany Bruner For Columbus police Officer Mike Paulins, being a part of the division's first therapy dog unit is personal. Paulins worked for 15 years as an …
Parenting Teens Student killed in wrong-way crash wanted everyone to be happydispatch.com - Holly Zachariah Nobody could ever miss Joshua Fyffe Jr. — whether he was in the hallways or classrooms of Teays Valley High School or behind the counter at the …
Ohio Politics Democrat Jennifer Brunner announces run for Ohio Supreme Courtdispatch.com - Randy Ludlow With political control of the Ohio Supreme Court on the line, a pair of familiar Democrats will seek election as justices next year. Columbus …
Fertility Fertility can be maintained while being treated for cancerdispatch.com - JoAnne Viviano When Leeanne Mako was diagnosed in 2013 with a rapidly progressing form of leukemia, her oncologist wanted to begin treatment right away. The focus …
Nursing Known for caring for patients, nurses sometimes struggle with self-caredispatch.com - Megan Henry Mariska Roussell remembers reaching her breaking point after working 10 straight 12-hour shifts as a nurse. She cried in her car after finishing her …
