Court filings say 36-year-old Malcolm Hunter, a registered sex offender, was charged with rape and grooming after a 16-year-old reported an alleged March 13 assault in Madison Township.

Two people were shot early Saturday on the 900 block of Scott Street in Columbus, one is in critical condition and police are seeking tips.

A 33-year-old motorcyclist, identified as Joshua Pagett, died April 24 after a minivan failed to yield on Farmers Road near Murphy Road, state troopers and local reports say.

Police are investigating after a bus driver reported seeing someone armed near a Columbus City Schools depot early Friday. No injuries were reported as officers checked the scene.

A Bremen scrap‑hunter found three cannonballs last Monday, prompting a bomb‑squad response and a brief neighborhood evacuation. Officials say the rounds were destroyed for public safety.

A Columbiana County judge granted Lowell Horst narrow driving privileges for work, church and a weekly shopping window under strict hours and paperwork after his 2024 conviction.

Federal marshals arrested a Columbus man wanted in a March Oakland Park Avenue shooting after tracing him to Sandusky. He’s in custody awaiting transfer to Franklin County.

State investigators say the Columbus semitruck driver who caused a deadly I‑71 pileup used alternate identities; records were turned over to ICE while criminal charges continue.

Five puppies were found tied inside a box outside the Clark County SPCA in Springfield; the shelter is seeking tips and donations.

A two-vehicle crash at Havens Corners and N. Waggoner left one driver dead and another hospitalized; a downed power pole complicated rescue efforts.

A wrong-way head-on crash on I-270 early Thursday left one person dead and another critically injured, county deputies say.

Ohio State revoked the Kappa Delta Rho chapter after student-conduct findings that allege hazing, underage drinking and dangerous behavior. The revocation runs through May 5, 2030.

Westerville Public Library's X account was briefly hijacked on Tuesday and posted calls for violence against Nigerian politicians, staff say the account was hacked and posts were removed.