Investigators posted photos after a business fire at N. High St. and Morse Rd. in Columbus. Fire investigators are asking the public to help identify a person of interest.

Surveillance video shows a man demanding cash at the Red Roof Inn on West Broad. Franklin County detectives are asking the public for tips.

Patricia Flesch — known locally as “Panda” — was sentenced to 135 months for running a drug network that prosecutors say moved fentanyl, meth and cocaine across Columbus. Court filings describe motels, stash houses and weekly multi‑pound shipments from Texas.

Prosecutors asked for a four-day continuance in the April 28 trial of Caleb Flynn after providing an expert report, the defense has objected and a final pretrial hearing is set for April 16.

Two men were sentenced Thursday in the University District shooting that killed Jerry T. Harper. One received nearly three decades, the other will serve about a decade.

Inspectors found hazardous safety violations at a Linworth learning center, and a court ordered the unlicensed daycare closed pending repairs.

A Clark County grand jury returned indictments for 11 people Monday, naming suspects in rape, drug, weapons and other criminal cases. The filings now head to Common Pleas Court.

A 20-year-old Columbus woman was arrested and charged with felony assault after police say she stabbed her live-in partner at an east-side apartment complex. Court documents allege the dispute began over suspected infidelity.

A two‑year Ohio wildlife probe ended with 11 convictions in a deer‑poaching ring. Five defendants were Michigan residents who received fines, license revocations and other penalties.

A person was struck and killed after walking into the southbound lanes of I‑71 near Polaris Parkway Sunday night. Columbus police are investigating.

A fire damaged the Thurman Cafe in German Village on Sunday, firefighters responded and crews assessed smoke and water damage.

A Peoria Heights man pleaded guilty after prosecutors say he exchanged more than 141,000 messages with a Zanesville teen and traveled to meet her, federal officials say.

ODOT outlined technology upgrades and engineering reviews after a March I‑270 crash that killed one driver. Officials say expanded detection systems aim to cut risk.