A Columbus police helicopter followed a speeding black SUV across I‑70 and I‑71 on Feb. 19. Four passengers were captured in Franklin Park and face felony drug and weapons charges.

Firefighters rushed to a church on the 1600 block of Moorefield Street in Springfield early Saturday. Officials are investigating, no injuries have been confirmed.

Morrow County deputies say a traffic stop behind the Duke and Duchess on Tuesday led to the seizure of suspected meth, about 175 grams of fentanyl, a loaded firearm and $5,570 in cash.

A two-vehicle crash on Pleasantville Road near SR 158 killed one person and left another critically injured, officials say.

A Worthington volunteer was sentenced to 160 months after investigators say they found terabytes of child sexual abuse material and caught him downloading during a search.

Surveillance photos show a man police say handed a teller a note and left a bank in the 2800 block of East Main Street on March 2; detectives are asking for tips.

Columbus police released surveillance photos after a Monday robbery in the 4800 block of Morse Road. Detectives are asking the public for tips.

Daveonte Dixon, accused of shooting two Mifflin Township officers during a May 28, 2025 traffic stop, is due in Franklin County court Thursday as prosecutors pursue attempted murder charges.

A federal judge has thrown out Jaylen Fisher's civil-rights suit after reviewing body-cam footage from a 2022 Columbus police shooting that shattered his testicle.

Postal inspectors and METRICH detectives say they intercepted a parcel with roughly 2 kilograms of pills that tested positive for meth, and a Monroe Township man was arrested. Bond was set at $1 million.

Defense lawyers say mass departures at Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office could push back the June 8 trial of Abdirahman Mohamud Ahmed in the Feeding Our Future case.

A stabbing on Sullivant Avenue left one person dead and a suspect detained in Columbus' Hilltop neighborhood, police say.

House Bill 345 would raise certain voyeurism offenses to felonies after a string of Cincinnati‑area cases involving secret recordings in stores and dressing rooms.