A pet fox named Princess of Chaos was trapped in a recycling warehouse in Merion Village after a nearly two‑week escape and is being treated for suspected rat‑poison exposure.

The Fairfield County Health Department is conducting a tobacco use survey for residents to influence local tobacco control strategies, offering a gift card raffle as a participation incentive.

A wrong-way crash on I-71 in Columbus resulted in multiple collisions, the death of Sean Price, and the fleeing of the at-fault driver, Joe Howard, who was later found and hospitalized.

Merus filed concept plans to replace the State Library at 274 E. First Ave with five apartment buildings and a parking garage across nearly seven acres in Italian Village.

Columbus Speech & Hearing is handing off clinic-based speech therapy after more than a century, leaving families racing to secure new providers.

Detectives are asking for help identifying a man who claimed to have a gun during an early-morning Turkey Hill robbery on Winchester Pike. No injuries were reported, tips are sought.

A Columbus woman was sentenced to at least 15 years after pleading guilty in the Aug. 3, 2024, killing of Dajuan Rios in northeast Columbus.

Amy Acton accepted a major union endorsement in Columbus and demanded immediate property tax relief while criticizing last year’s income-tax cuts.

Wilmington food‑truck favorite Becker’s SMASH‑tastic Burgers is converting its trailer into a storefront at 31 S Fairfield St in Leesburg. A final health department sign‑off will set the opening date.

A waterline break left parts of Commercial Point under a boil alert, officials advise boiling tap water two minutes for 48 hours after service is restored.

Harold Moore was found shot dead in an apparent burglary turned murder. Suspect Roger Daugherty was arrested and charged. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office seeks more information.

Authorities are seeking help to find 14-year-old Ava Williams, who has been missing from Richwood, Ohio, since Wednesday night. She was last seen wearing a hoodie, sweats, and white Jordan sneakers.

The Franklin County Coroner's Office confirms six hypothermia deaths during an Ohio cold snap, affecting individuals aged 55-91, as the community comes to terms with the winter's lethal impact.