A former Columbus pastor was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to sexual battery involving two minors, the court ordered lifetime Tier III registration and fined him $5,000.

Rep. Mark Hiner unveiled HJR 7 to amend Ohio’s constitution and exempt owner‑occupied homes from property taxes, a change he says would deliver more than $10 billion in relief. The measure now heads to committee as officials weigh local budget impacts.

A Franklin County grand jury indicted six people in a probe that reportedly recovered more than $1 million in cash, guns and hundreds of pounds of suspected drugs. The alleged leader has pleaded not guilty.

The University Baptist Church on Lane Avenue was demolished to clear the way for a 246‑unit mixed‑use student housing project from American Campus Communities. The two‑building plan will pair retail with student apartments near OSU.

ODOT's draft study narrows the long‑discussed US 23–I‑71 connector to five corridors north of Ashley and will take public comment through April 14. Open houses begin in early March.

A New Concord man was charged in federal court after investigators say child sexual abuse material was found on his phone six days after his release from prison.

Sen. Bernie Moreno introduced S.3746 to bar public-assistance recipients from sending remittances abroad and attach fines up to $100,000, a Senate objection left the bill in committee.

Parsec filed a WARN notice that its Columbus terminal will close by May 1, eliminating 115 jobs after the company said it lost a key customer contract.

A barn fire near London destroyed two barns and killed an estimated 6,000 pigs, officials said, prompting a large multi‑agency response and an ongoing investigation.

Organizers delivered roughly 30,000 signatures to put a charter amendment on the May ballot that would create a 24/7, health‑led crisis response team in Columbus.

Police released images Tuesday of four people investigators want to identify in the Jan. 27 West Side killing on S. Richardson Avenue. Detectives say the subjects may be armed.

Columbus police released photos of four people tied to a Hilltop shooting, the victim's mother said, seeing the images made her “feel something shift.”

A Zanesville father has sued Nationwide Children’s Hospital after his 27‑day‑old daughter fell from a crib in the CTICU and later died, according to court filings. The complaint alleges negligence and wrongful death and is pending in Franklin County.