A Marion man was killed early Sunday after his motorcycle went off the road on Presidential Drive, troopers say.

A motorcycle passenger was killed Friday at the US‑33/SR‑65 intersection in Clay Township; two others were hospitalized.

The Ohio Supreme Court suspended former Montgomery County Judge Richard Skelton after finding he arranged a convicted felon’s early release and violated judicial rules. The ruling faults secret contacts and manipulation of case assignment.

A morning shooting on the 1900 block of Cleveland Avenue in Linden left one person dead and another hospitalized.

A man already jailed on a separate violent case was arraigned June 13 in the 2019 Olde Towne East beating that left Steven McClure dead; bond set at $1M.

An adult was killed in a north Columbus shooting on Saturday. Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers.

State and local officers disabled about 146 suspected illegal slot machines in Cambridge during a multi‑agency raid; the probe is ongoing.

A Mason man pleaded guilty in a federal case that paired fentanyl distribution with fraudulent Employee Retention Credit claims; nine people are now convicted.

Delonte Robertson pleaded guilty in federal court to a straw‑purchasing scheme prosecutors say used straw buyers to move more than 20 Ohio‑purchased guns into D.C. and Maryland.

A Portsmouth woman was arrested after a June 4 Lucasville stabbing left a man critically injured and flown to a trauma center.

U.S. Marshals have renewed a search for Gordon Eugene Lambert, the Ohio inmate who escaped from Orient Correctional Institution in 1987. Authorities are offering a reward and urge anyone with tips to contact the task force.

A Columbus man pleaded guilty in federal court after admitting he supplied firearms that were later trafficked to buyers in West Virginia and Tennessee; investigators recovered several guns from his home.

Curtis Wilson, 61, was struck and killed on the 1400 block of Dublin Road near Grandview Heights. Police are seeking witnesses and video to help their investigation.