The Columbus Dispatch Feed

North Side man charged in fatal stabbing

Mary Beth Lane — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:57:56 GMT

Columbus police charged a North Side man with murder this morning after a fatal stabbing late Friday night that occurred during a fight.

Another guilty plea due in Cuyahoga corruption

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:53:04 GMT

Another associate of Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo has been nabbed in the corruption probe.

Stabbing victim dies

Randy Ludlow — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:53:03 GMT

A man who was stabbed during a fight at a North Side apartment yesterday died late last night.

School site responds to rumor mill

Charlie Boss — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:46 GMT

Pickerington school leaders know the rumors are out there, and they want to hear them.

Too humid? You prefer Dust Bowl?

Caitlin McGlade — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:46 GMT

If August behaves like June and July, central Ohio is on track to have its warmest summer since 1934, in the Dust Bowl era.

Residents foot bill for sidewalk repairs

Dean Narciso — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:45 GMT

Nancy and Thomas Pine chose their home in Worthington for its quiet, wooded lot and ample room for their three kids.

Fire at Stewart Alternative will send students to another building

Jeb Phillips — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:45 GMT

Students from Stewart Alternative Elementary School will begin the academic year in another building, after someone set a fire that severely damaged the German Village school early yesterday morning.

Columbus firefighters found a man inside Stewart after they arrived about 1:40a.m. They had to drag the man out.

State inspectors find problems in salt inventory

James Nash — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:44 GMT

Some state transportation managers have done a poor job tracking their inventories of road salt, leading to the possibility of theft, a watchdog report concluded yesterday.

Metro Briefs

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:44 GMT

A Utica man died Thursday in the second tractor-related fatality involving a Licking County resident in less than a week.

Speeder has slow-motion chase

Jennifer Baker — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:44 GMT

AVONDALE, Ohio - A woman was arrested after an unusual police chase yesterday, Cincinnati police said.

Corruption suspects made campaign donations to both parties

Jim Siegel — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:43 GMT

When a major political player gets into hot water, one party often demands that the other return contributions from that donor.

Delaware councilman's funeral set for Tuesday

Randy Ludlow — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:43 GMT

Services will be Tuesday for Delaware City Councilman Jim Moore, who died in a plane crash Wednesday in the city he had served since 1999.

C. Ray Buck | 1927-2010: Past council president leaves legacy in park

Dean Narciso — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:43 GMT

C. Ray Buck, 82, a past president of the Grandview Heights City Council who died Tuesday, will be buried this morning.

Woman faces multiple counts of soliciting with HIV

John Futty — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:43 GMT

A Hilltop woman indicted in June on a charge of soliciting after testing positive for HIV has been charged with prostitution twice since then.

1 motorcyclist dead, 1 hurt after hitting deer

Collin Binkley — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:41 GMT

One man was killed and another was seriously injured after their motorcycles crashed into deer in separate incidents yesterday morning in central Ohio.

Weekend bike race closes some streets in Westerville, Downtown

Randy Ludlow — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:41 GMT

Hundreds of bicyclists will take to Westerville and Downtown streets this weekend for the seventh annual Garrett Wonders Memorial Bike Race, which will close several thoroughfares.

Students' behavior killed bus privilege

Bill Bush — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:39 GMT

State picks course of action to clean lake

Spencer Hunt — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:39 GMT

CELINA, Ohio -- A plan to clean the toxic algae choking Grand Lake St. Marys calls for dumping chemicals in the polluted water and placing new restrictions on area farms.

Main Street Bridge: Landmark opening

Gina Potthoff — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:39 GMT

Mayor Michael B. Coleman christened the new Main Street bridge yesterday morning by leading a group of bicyclists into Franklinton.

Coleman borrowed a bike and donned a helmet to ride across the Scioto River on the $60.1 million bridge that officially opened for traffic, although some pedestrians have used it for several days.

Parent of sextuplets are getting little help so far

Rita Price — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:52:39 GMT

One bedroom, three cribs, six babies.

The quarters are close but manageable, as the biggest of the McGhee sextuplets has yet to top 5 pounds.

Concert review: Jazz lineup of Sanborn, Duke a great fair treat

Gary Budzak — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:55:38 GMT

It isn't often that there's a jazz concert at the Ohio State Fair, but David Sanborn and George Duke put on a good one last night.

Concert review: Traditional hits rule at Picnic with the Pops

Barbara Zuck — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:46:34 GMT

A happy tradition continues this weekend. The Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Ohio State University Marching Band meet "on the field" the lawn at Chemical Abstracts Service - for their 10th joint performance at the orchestra's Picnic With the Pops series.

Man who was stabbed on North Side dies

Randy Ludlow — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:34:34 GMT

A man who was stabbed during a fight at a North Side apartment Friday night has died.

Superintendent: COTA passes were pulled for misbehavior

Bill Bush — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:34:37 GMT

Saying Superintendent Gene Harris has done "a disservice to our students," the vice president of the Columbus Board of Education will urge her colleagues Tuesday to order Harris to reinstate COTA bus passes for high-school students. Harris, speaking publicly for the first time since passes were abruptly pulled last weekend, changed the district's official stance on why they were pulled, saying today that student "misbehavior" on buses was behind it.

Man critically injured with punch to head

Randy Ludlow — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:18:14 GMT

A man was critically injured tonight when he was punched outside a North Side carryout.

Police identify man killed on North Side

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:58:37 GMT

Woman arrested 3 times for soliciting with HIV

By John Futty — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:48:43 GMT

Park is past Grandview council president's legacy

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:42:29 GMT

Funeral set for Delaware councilman who died in plane crash

Randy Ludlow — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:20:31 GMT

Two men killed in tractor incidents

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:47:49 GMT

Deputies plan DUI checkpoint on Dublin Road

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:33:38 GMT

State announces plans to address algae-choked Grand Lake St. Marys

By Spencer Hunt — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:13:46 GMT

State announces plans to address algae-choked Grand Lake St. Marys

By Spencer Hunt — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:42:31 GMT

Two bikers hit deer; one man killed, one injured

Collin Binkley — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:35:23 GMT

One man was killed and another was seriously injured after their motorcycles crashed into deer in separate incidents this morning in central Ohio.

Fire damages elementary school in German Village

By Jeb Phillips — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:03:18 GMT

Students from Stewart Alternative Elementary School will begin the academic year in another building, after someone set a fire that severely damaged the German Village school early this morning. Columbus firefighters found a man inside Stewart after they arrived about 1:40 a.m., said Battalion Chief Mark DeVine, a Fire Division spokesman. They had to drag the man out.

LeBron fan unhappy with treatment at Indians game

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:00:07 GMT

CLEVELAND -- A fan escorted out of a Cleveland Indians game while wearing a Miami Heat jersey of LeBron James says he's embarrassed and unhappy with the way he was treated.

Main Street bridge opened to traffic

By Gina Potthoff — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:25:47 GMT

Driver flees police, but obeys traffic lights

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:20:17 GMT

Patrol: Man killed in I-70 crash from Philadelphia

Brenda Jackson — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:37:43 GMT

The State Highway Patrol has released the name of a Pennsylvania man who was killed in a crash on I-70 in Licking County on Wednesday.

Mifflin police, fire departments seek levies

Dan Bender — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:31:35 GMT

Mifflin Township voters will see both a police levy and a fire levy on the November ballot.

Neighbors rescue girl pinned under SUV

Jim Woods — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:27 GMT

When a Dodge sport-utility vehicle plowed into a South Side apartment building last night, pinning a 12-year-old girl, Marvin Bostick sprang into action.

VITAL STATISTICS

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:27 GMT

BIRTHS

Dead Ohio baby had adult bite marks

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:25 GMT

TROY, Ohio (AP) - An 8-month-old boy who died from multiple injuries appeared to have adult bite marks, including one on the leg, police say in court records.

Coalition suggested to address violence

Jeb Phillips — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:25 GMT

Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman proposed a new coalition for nonviolence in a meeting yesterday with Blockwatch members, civic-association leaders and community activists about this summer's spike in violent crime.

Columbus City Council's ballot-issue wording faces criticism

Robert Vitale — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:25 GMT

Columbus City Council members want to discuss some of their business in private.

Mother jailed for deadly DUI

John Futty — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:25 GMT

Two dozen family members and friends of Jessica C. McKinley crowded into a Franklin County courtroom yesterday to ask a judge to show mercy in sentencing her for a drunken-driving crash that killed her 2-year-old daughter.

Deputy confiscates woman's cell phone

Randy Ludlow — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:24 GMT

When a deputy sheriff began questioning Melissa Greenfield's boyfriend at a Delaware County truck stop, she began recording video with her cell phone.

State's new, portable drunken-driving testers remain relatively unused

James Nash — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:24 GMT

The instrument that was supposed to revolutionize how police identify drunken drivers in Ohio - or that was supposed to entangle the state in lawsuits challenging its validity - has done neither.

2 killed in Cleveland robbery attempt

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:23 GMT

The State Highway Patrol has released the name of a Pennsylvania man who was killed in a crash on I-70 in Licking County on Wednesday.

Developers, officials indicted in Youngstown corruption case

Peter H. Milliken — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:23 GMT

The interaction of public officials with private interests over Mahoning County's purchase of a medical-center site for use as a county office complex has led to the indictment yesterday of seven people and three business entities, including the Cafaro Co., a privately owned shopping-center developer.

Westerville council postpones final vote on 'smart meters'

Lisa Aurand — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:23 GMT

Westerville residents will have an extra month to weigh in on whether they want "smart meters."

One killed in North Side shooting

Theodore Decker — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:23 GMT

Police are trying to make sense of a North Side shooting that left one man dead and another wounded yesterday.

Photo: Bubbles of fun

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:22 GMT

Robert E. Netzley | 1922-2010: Legislator hounded officials on spending

Lee Leonard — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:22 GMT

Robert E. Netzley, a western Ohio Republican who battled big government and wasteful programs as the longest-serving state representative, died Wednesday evening at age 87.

Dublin official takes job in North Carolina

Holly Zachariah — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:22 GMT

Dublin needs a new police chief because Mike Epperson is headed south.

Islamic veils: free choice or oppression?

Meredith Heagney — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:20 GMT

Sarah Tajammul is like any other young American mother, except for what she wears.

Algae may be killing pets

Caitlin McGlade — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:18 GMT

State and local health officials are investigating reports that at least nine people have become ill and at least three dogs have died after coming in contact with the toxic blue-green algae choking Grand Lake St. Marys.

Ohio oil spills relatively small but add up

Doug Caruso — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:54:16 GMT

Ohio isn't immune to oil spills.

State's new, portable drunken-driving testers remain relatively unused

James Nash — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:26:25 GMT

The instrument that was supposed to revolutionize how police identify drunken drivers in Ohio - or that was supposed to entangle the state in lawsuits challenging its validity - has done neither.

Girl, 12, critical after struck by out-of-control SUV

Jim Woods — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:03:01 GMT

City Council ballot issue's wording faces criticism

Robert Vitale — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:18:43 GMT

Coleman seeks coalition to calm violence

Jeb Phillips — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:59:48 GMT

Deputy confiscates woman's cell phone

Randy Ludlow — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:50:22 GMT

Lake's toxic algae might be killing pets

Caitlin McGlade — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:44:06 GMT

Wednesday crash victim identified

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:28:27 GMT

The State Highway Patrol has released the name of a Pennsylvania man who was killed in a crash on I-70 in Licking County early Wednesday morning.

New Main Street bridge set to open

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:18 GMT

Police probe homicide; family mourns Lorenzen Wright

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:29:26 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis police say they are investigating the discovery of a body that family members have said is missing NBA player Lorenzen Wright as a homicide.

Mother gets 3 years in drunken-driving death of her toddler

By John Futty — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:33:17 GMT

A mother whose drunken-driving crash killed her 2-year-old daughter was sentenced today to three years in prison.

Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:20:49 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week.

LeBron fan taunted for wearing Heat jersey at Indians game

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:43:40 GMT

Senator: 6,000 graves at Arlington could be wrong

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:55:30 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate Democrat says that as many as 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery could be misidentified because managers there didn't do their job properly.

Dublin police chief quitting

By Holly Zachariah — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:35:24 GMT

Dublin Police Chief Mike Epperson is headed out of town.

Man shot to death in car on North Side

By Theodore Decker — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:29:52 GMT

Columbus police have little to go on in the city's 64th homicide of the year.

Toyota recalls 412,000 cars in U.S., 16,000 in Japan

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:17:11 GMT

TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S., and another 16,420 vehicles in Japan for steering problems, the automaker said Thursday.

Cincinnati officer who ran over woman had good record

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:34:09 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) - City officials and personnel records give good reviews to the veteran Cincinnati police officer authorities say fatally drove over a woman lying in a park.

More Ohio voting by mail means more mistakes

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:09:21 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) - Elections officials in major Ohio counties say a surge in people voting by mail has been accompanied by a rise in ballot errors that cost time and money.

Washington C.H. drops plan to ban smoking in cars

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:07:53 GMT

WASHINGTON C.H., Ohio (AP) - An Ohio community has pulled back on banning smoking in cars when children are passengers.

Storms whack State Auto's bottom line in 2nd quarter

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:40:44 GMT

State Auto Financial Corp. today reported a much bigger second-quarter loss than a year ago as severe spring storms caused extensive hail and wind damage in some of the states it serves.

Second brother arrested in slaying

Theodore Decker — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:27 GMT

Two brothers who promised to sell an acquaintance a flat-screen television robbed and killed him instead, Columbus police said yesterday.

Boy's family, teacher settle arm-burning suit

Dean Narciso — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:27 GMT

The family of a boy who said his eighth-grade science teacher burned a cross on his arm with an electric lab instrument and taught Christian doctrine in the Mount Vernon classroom has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit against the teacher.

Mayor proposes broad curbside plan as money-saver

Robert Vitale — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:07 GMT

Mayor Michael B. Coleman set aside much of the save-the-planet talk yesterday in announcing a curbside recycling plan for Columbus. Instead, he went right to the bottom line:

VITAL STATISTICS

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:07 GMT

Photo: They be grad students, matey

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:07 GMT

$114 million bond issue to go to Groveport Madison voters

Charlie Boss — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:06 GMT

Groveport Madison schools are appealing to voters this fall to support the district's first tax request for new buildings in five years.

2 men get 3 years for guns in tavern

John Futty — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:06 GMT

Two men who avoided murder charges for their involvement in a fatal shooting at a Near East Side bar have been sentenced to three years in prison for gun crimes.

GOP faults Cordray election-cash shuffle

James Nash — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:05 GMT

Republicans yesterday challenged Attorney General Richard Cordray's shifting of hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash to county Democratic Party organizations.

High bids for deaf, blind schools raise labor issue

Bill Bush — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:05 GMT

The Ohio School Facilities Commission will have to rebid contracts to replace the state's schools for the blind and deaf after bids came in at least 41percent over the estimated cost of construction.

Court asked to let judicial candidates identify party, raise money

James Nash — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:05 GMT

Judicial candidates in Ohio will appear on the ballot as Democrats and Republicans this November and will be able to speak more freely on political issues if a coalition of liberal interests prevails in a court case filed yesterday.

4 years in prison, no driving for life in woman's death

John Futty — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:05 GMT

Curtis R. Conley told a packed Franklin County courtroom yesterday that the death of a woman who fell from a moving car with him at the wheel was an accident.

Mosquito spraying on hold as traps go empty

Doug Caruso — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:04 GMT

The spray guns have fallen silent in Franklin County's war on mosquitoes.

Delaware councilman killed trying to land plane

Randy Ludlow — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:04 GMT

DELAWARE, Ohio - A Delaware City Council member was killed yesterday afternoon when his small plane crashed less than a mile from the airport he constantly strived to improve and promote.

Nursing mom says store tried to move her, despite 2005 law

Rita Price — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:04 GMT

Unlike the models for most fashion retailers, Bonnie Morris says, she wasn't showing any skin.

Deputy denies texting threats to girlfriend

Theodore Decker — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:04 GMT

A Franklin County deputy sheriff whose job already is on the line because of a 2008 dispute with his girlfriend faces new charges that he threatened to kill her.

Man dies in three-car crash on I-70

Jim Woods — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:02 GMT

A Pennsylvania man was killed in a three-vehicle accident on I-70 in Licking County early yesterday morning.

Leaders of marriage-fraud ring sent to prison

Collin Binkley — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:02 GMT

They said they wanted to stay in America, but now the ringleaders of a sham-marriage scheme just want to go home.

Art Gish | 1939-2010: Athens, peace groups will miss internationally known activist

Josh Jarman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:02 GMT

Art Gish, internationally known for his work as a peace activist, died yesterday in a tractor accident at his Athens County farm. He was 70.

Woman's death in popular park might be suicide

Theodore Decker — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:02 GMT

A woman found dead Monday night in a car at Anheuser-Busch Sports Park on the Northwest Side probably shot herself, police say.

Rare garage-sale finds inspire treasure hunters

Caitlin McGlade — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:00 GMT

It all began at the Newark dump, where Robert Milhoan and his childhood friends used to unearth old toys, swords and war helmets.

Clarett among hundreds of felons admitted to Ohio schools

Encarnacion Pyle — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:53:59 GMT

Former Buckeyes running back Maurice Clarett's return to classes this week is generating a lot of buzz, but he's hardly the only person with a criminal record attending a central Ohio college.

Brown breaks with Senate norm to blast Portman

Jack Torry — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:53:57 GMT

WASHINGTON - In an unusual attack by a U.S. senator, Sherrod Brown yesterday assailed Republican Senate nominee Rob Portman, saying there is "no candidate running anywhere in the country'' more responsible than Portman for the sluggish economy.