Independent investigation issues scathing 111-page report about police response to Columbus protests, last summer; Ohio Democrats call on Republican legislators to heed Gov. Mike Dewine’s calls for police reform; Ohio GOP introduces four
Ohio will lose one of its 16 congressional seats next year, because of U.S. Census data; Democratic Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan makes Senate run official; faith leaders support efforts in Columbus to reform policing following the shooting of a
Prosecutors in Pike County say Jake Wagner’s guilty plea in the deaths of eight members of the Rhoden Family in 2016 solidifies their capital murder cases against his brother, mother and father; Gov. Mike Dewine considering alternate metrics
In a surprise hearing, Jake Wagner agrees to plead guilty in connection with the murders of eight members of the Rhoden Family on the fifth anniversary of the slayings; Columbus releases body camera footage, 911 calls connected to the incident
A 16-year-old black girl was fatally shot by a Columbus Police officer responding to a 9-1-1 on Tuesday afternoon, less than an hour before the verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial was released; body cam footage from the scene appears to show
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin found guilty of all counts, including murder, in the death of George Floyd; Ohio activists say they have prepared to demonstrate peacefully in response; Lt. Gov. Jon Husted says he held a private
Police investigating block party that turned violent near Ohio State campus, resulting in seven cars being flipped; one woman killed, five injured as gunfire interrupts vigil remembering a Columbus-area person killed by gun violence; authorities
Gov. Mike Dewine says Ohio is heading in the wrong direction to consider relaxing public health orders related to COVID-19; southwest Ohio coroner says U of Cincinnati’s student was most-certainly not caused by Johnson and Johnson vaccine,
Gov. Mike Dewine says plans to vaccinate college students before they leave campuses for the summer will go forward with two-dose vaccines; body camera footage reveals more about officer-involved shooting that left a man dead at a Columbus-area
Ohio’s health officials say concern over Johnson & Johnson vaccines should instill confidence in safety-first approach, but complications are exceedingly rare; vaccine providers forced to scramble to maintain appointments, following
