Columbus news

• Security flaw found in Apple's iMessage software

  22-03-2016 23:55
  
  A team from Johns Hopkins University says it found a security bug in iMessage, the encrypted messaging platform used on Apple's phones and other devices.
  
  Read more

• Cincinnati Zoo cheetah who gave birth to 5 cubs in rare C-section dies

  22-03-2016 23:03
  
  The zoo said Tuesday that the cheetah named Willow had been lethargic since giving birth and stopped eating over the last few days.
  
  Read more

• Downtown building to be named after former mayor Coleman

  22-03-2016 23:01
  
  If Columbus residents ever forget Michael B. Coleman's accomplishments, a Downtown edifice will at least remind them that he once was their mayor. The eight-story, 196,000-square-foot office building going up at 111 N. Front St. will be called the Michael B. Coleman Governmental Center, the city announced Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Motorist convicted of lesser charge in pedestrian's death

  22-03-2016 22:43
  
  A 19-year-old driver who was charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a pedestrian at a North Side intersection was convicted on Tuesday of a lesser offense. William Kwak, of Wayne-Brown Drive in Delaware County, pleaded no contest to reckless operation as his trial was about to begin in Franklin County Municipal Court.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Franklin County sheriff investigating complaints of excessive force at training academy

  22-03-2016 22:43
  
  Several instructors at the Franklin County sheriff's training academy are under investigation for allegedly beating up recruits, including at least one who came away with black eyes and a swollen face. “There were some allegations made about excessive roughness during training scenarios and we’re looking into the allegations,” Franklin County Sheriff Zach Scott said Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Coleman latest ex-mayor to be honored on building

  22-03-2016 22:05
  If Columbus residents ever forget Michael B. Coleman's accomplishments, a Downtown edifice will at least remind them that he once was their mayor. The eight-story, 196,000-square-foot office building going up at 111 N. Front St. will be called the Michael B. Coleman Governmental Center, the city announced Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Woman charged in crash with Whitehall cruiser that hurt 3

  22-03-2016 22:01
  
  A motorist involved in a crash with a Whitehall police cruiser that sent two children to the hospital has been cited for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.
  
  Read more

• Newark man sentenced for locking 6 year old in basement

  22-03-2016 21:54
  
  Joshua Bergeron entered a no contest plea on charges of endangering children and having weapons under disability.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Husted defends his handling of ballot issue on drug prices

  22-03-2016 21:40
  
  Secretary of State Jon Husted says he's "more than a delivery person" in a court filing defending his handling of a ballot issue designed to control drug prices. Husted responded today to a federal lawsuit by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which is pushing the Drug Price Relief Act, an initiated statute ballot issue that, if approved by voters, would require state agencies to pay no more for prescription drugs than the lowest price paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Backers say th
  
  Read more

• Drug charges dismissed in 15 cases involving officer accused of dealing drugs

  22-03-2016 21:30
  
  Felony drug charges have been dismissed against 15 people after the Franklin County prosecutor's office determined that their cases were tainted by a former Reynoldsburg police officer who was accused of dealing drugs and then committed suicide.
  
  Read more

• Brussels attacks: Photo, wanted notice released for suspect

  22-03-2016 21:02
  
  A man wearing a thick light-colored jacket with a black hat and glasses is suspected of being a perpetrator who survived the attack at Zaventem airport on Tuesday morning.
  
  Read more

• Homeland Security: No 'specific, credible' threat to US

  22-03-2016 21:00
  
  As a precaution, the Homeland Security Department is stepping up security at major U.S. airports and rail and transit stations around the country.
  
  Read more

• U.S. Mormons, military family among injured in Brussels

  22-03-2016 20:25
  
  Several Americans are among the casualties of the attacks at an airport and metro stration in Brussels on Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• In Cuba, Obama calls for burying 'last remnant' of Cold War

  22-03-2016 20:08
  
  To Cuban President Raul Castro, watching from a balcony, he added, "I believe my visit here demonstrates you do not need to fear a threat from the United States."
  
  Read more

• Licking County man gets 4 years for locking 6-year-old in basement

  22-03-2016 19:15
  
  A Newark man accused of routinely locking a 6-year-old in an unfinished basement pleaded no contest to child endangering Tuesday and was sentenced to four years in prison. Joshua Bergeron, 39, was charged in October after the Licking County children’s services agency received a complaint. Bergeron’s girlfriend and the child’s mother, Angel Abrams, also was charged.
  
  Read more

• Study: Farming practices must change to save Lake Erie from toxic algae

  22-03-2016 19:04
  
  Farming practices in the western Ohio will have to undergo major changes if there is any hope of reducing toxic algae blooms that plague Lake Erie every summer, according to a new study.
  
  Read more

• Campground purchase put on hold

  22-03-2016 19:02
  
  Kate Crager Tobin, right, shows Madison County commissioners, from left, David Dhume, Mark Forrest and Paul Gross the survey drawing containing the line of the utility easement on a property she is purchasing at Choctaw Lake. The drawing had to be submitted for commission approval as well as approval by the county engineer.
  
  Read more

• New downtown building to be named after former mayor Coleman

  22-03-2016 18:55
  
  The eight-story office building at 111 North Front St. will be called the Michael B. Coleman Governmental Center and is scheduled for completion in December 2017,
  
  Read more

• Real Madrid, Paris St. Germain will face off at the Horseshoe this summer

  22-03-2016 18:34
  
  Ohio Stadium is set to host the first ever international soccer match this summer between two of the top teams in the world.
  
  Read more

• Columbus Hopes to Plant 20,000 New Trees in April, 300,000 by 2020

  22-03-2016 18:20
  
  Spring is finally here, and Columbus can now start on the city’s Branch Out Program’s goal of planting 300,000 trees by the year 2020. The Branch Out program, introduced by Green Columbus, had a waiting season after its launch last September. As the days get longer, Columbusites will soon have an opportunity to participate in […]
  
  Read more

• Hyde Park Crosswoods Redevelopment to Include Hotel

  22-03-2016 18:10
  
  The Hyde Park Steakhouse at Crosswoods has announced a new major renovation that will include a new hotel. The two-acre site at 55 Hutchinson Avenue is readying itself to undergo a major redevelopment under the helm of Saw-Four Ltd., real estate holding company for the Hyde Park Group. The redevelopment plan is still in its […]
  
  Read more

• Witnesses describe blood, dust and chaos in Brussels attacks

  22-03-2016 17:42
  
  Witnesses described chaotic scenes of blood, dust and flying glass as the blasts hit transport hubs in the middle of a busy rush hour. Here are some of their accounts.
  
  Read more

• Study: Despite the jokes, blondes aren't dumb

  22-03-2016 17:41
  
  New research out of Ohio State University aims to blow up the misconception that blondes have a lower IQ with a bold finding: blond women, in fact, aren't dumb after all.
  
  Read more

• Lancaster family credits smoke detector for saving their lives

  22-03-2016 17:37
  
  Their survival is thanks to a smoke detector that alerted them to wake up and get out.
  
  Read more

• Targeted interventions might cut Ohio fentanyl deaths, CDC suggests

  22-03-2016 17:31
  
  A federal report about fentanyl-related drug overdose deaths recommends targeting eight Ohio counties as well as high-risk populations — primarily white males with a history of substance abuse and mental health issues.
  
  Read more

• Court dismisses 15 drug cases in wake of officer’s arrest, suicide

  22-03-2016 17:04
  
  After a veteran Reynoldsburgpolice detective was arrested on drug charges and later hanged himself last month, the state has moved to dismiss 15 pending cases that Ty Downard was involved with.
  
  Read more

• Report: Ohio clean energy jobs rose 13 percent last year

  22-03-2016 16:50
  
  Ohio had 100,782 jobs related to clean energy last year, up 13 percent from the prior year, according to a survey from industry groups. The report also projects that these type of jobs will increase 5 percent this year.
  
  Read more

• Rob Ford, former Toronto mayor, dead at 46

  22-03-2016 16:19
  
  Rob Ford, the pugnacious, populist former mayor of Toronto whose career crashed in a drug-driven, obscenity-laced debacle, died Tuesday after fighting cancer, his family says. He was 46.
  
  Read more

• New City Office Building to be Named After Former Mayor Coleman

  22-03-2016 16:06
  
  A new eight story building is under construction at the southwest corner of Front and Long Streets Downtown, which will host new offices for multiple City of Columbus departments, including Building and Zoning services, Public Service, Development, and Public Utilities. Another thing it will host is the name of former mayor Michael B. Coleman, as […]
  
  Read more

• Concert Preview: Coleman Hell at A&R Music Bar

  22-03-2016 15:55
  
  Growing up listening to Canadian radio, I experienced a somewhat different pop music palate than my friends to the south. If I rattled off names like The Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, Honeymoon Suite, 54-40, The Matthew Good Band, or Sloan, there may only be a handful of you reading this that would actually recognize them. […]
  
  Read more

• Central Ohio unemployment rate dips to 4.5 percent in February

  22-03-2016 15:34
  
  Central Ohio’s jobless rate fell to 4.5 percent in February, according to state figures released this morning that shows the region continuing to have the lowest unemployment rate of any metro area in the state. The rate for the Columbus area was down from 4.7 percent in January.
  
  Read more

• Ohio Wyndham Rebrands as M Star Columbus North

  22-03-2016 14:46
  
  Magnuson Hotels, America's fastest growing hotel brand, announced today the complete re-branding of the M Star Columbus North . Formerly the Knights Inn Columbus, Ohio, the hotel will upgrade its local, regional, and national market to attract travelers via an affiliation with Magnuson Hotels' global portfolio of over 1,000 hotels.
  
  Read more

• Girl, 6, removed from foster home over Native American bloodline

  22-03-2016 14:41
  
  A 6-year-old girl who spent most of her life with California foster parents was removed from her home under a court order that concluded her Native American blood requires her placement with relatives in Utah.
  
  Read more

• Woman critically injured after SUV strikes bus shelter on North Side

  22-03-2016 14:15
  
  A woman remains critically injured after her SUV struck a COTA bus shelter on Karl Road on the North Side. Deja Ackerman, 20, was driving northbound on Karl Road near Northland Park Avenue on Monday morning shortly after 6 a.m. when her vehicle traveled off the roadway, striking the bus shelter and overturning, Columbus police said.
  
  Read more

• Library book overdue nearly 50 years returned to University of Dayton

  22-03-2016 13:50
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A library book overdue by nearly 50 years has been returned to a university library in southwest Ohio. The University of Dayton says a former student who borrowed the “History of the Crusades” in 1967 has sent it back with an apology for the late return.
  
  Read more

• Ohio Politics Now: Polls show Kasich beating Clinton but most in GOP want him out

  22-03-2016 13:16
  
  Ahead of today’s primary in Arizona, GOP caucus in Utah, and the Democratic primary in Idaho, the candidates had a busy day of speeches in Washington, D.C. as well as appearances on CNN and Fox News. “One of the major issues of the day was, not surprisingly, ignited by Republican Donald Trump. He said the U.S. must rethink its involvement in NATO, the military alliance between the U.S. and many European nations forged shortly after World War II,” Dispatch Public Affairs Editor
  
  Read more

• Don’t Call It a Comeback: Dine Originals Restaurant Week Returns

  22-03-2016 13:00
  
  Columbus’s pioneering restaurant week is making a comeback this spring: Dine Originals Restaurant Week has been resurrected. Dine Originals was established in 2003 — a nonprofit where independent restaurants could join forces to promote the importance of choosing the city’s independent dining scene over chain restaurants. Dine Originals membership criteria are that restaurants must be independently […]
  
  Read more

• Evening Forecast: Clear to partly cloudy, low of 45

  22-03-2016 12:18
  
  Tomorrow will be partly sunny and warmer with highs in the middle 60s.
  
  Read more

• One critically hurt after crash with Whitehall cruiser

  22-03-2016 11:32
  
  A person has been critically injured after a crash involving a Whitehall police cruiser on the East Side tonight. Columbus police were called to the intersection of Shady Lane and E. Livingston Avenue just after 9:30 p.m. One person, whose name isn't available at this time, was taken in critical condition to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center.
  
  Read more

• Woman dies after SUV strikes bus shelter on North Side

  22-03-2016 10:52
  
  A woman has died after her SUV struck a COTA bus shelter on Karl Road on the North Side. Deja Ackerman, 20, was driving northbound on Karl Road near Northland Park Avenue on Monday morning shortly after 6 a.m. when her vehicle traveled off the roadway, striking the bus shelter and overturning, Columbus police said.
  
  Read more

• Islamic State claims deadly bombings in Brussels

  22-03-2016 10:37
  
  Islamic extremists struck Tuesday in the heart of Europe, killing at least 34 people and wounding scores of others in back-to-back bombings of the Brussels airport and subway that again laid bare the continent's vulnerability to suicide squads.
  
  Read more

• ISIS claims responsibility for Brussels attack that left at least 31 dead

  22-03-2016 10:37
  
  Bombs exploded Tuesday at the Brussels airport and in the city's subway, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
  
  Read more

• Explosions rock Brussels airport, subway; at least 13 dead

  22-03-2016 10:37
  
  Explosions rocked the Brussels airport and the subway system Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and injuring many others just days after the main suspect in the November Paris attacks was arrested in the city, police said.
  
  Read more

• Signs point to spike in Columbus-area flu cases

  22-03-2016 10:07
  
  One of the ways health officials determine that flu cases are on the rise is when people start buying thermometers. And guess what? Last week, people bought thermometers.
  
  Read more

• Justice Insider: Security shakes up routine on call checks

  22-03-2016 10:04
  
  If you listen to the police scanners in the capital city for any length of time, you've probably heard the seemingly endless radio checks done by Capital Crossroads each day as they touch base with security forces throughout the Downtown area.
  
  Read more

• PUCO asked to delay AEP profit-guarantee ruling

  22-03-2016 10:01
  
  Opponents of a proposed profit-guarantee for some American Electric Power plants are asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to wait on making a decision until federal regulators weigh in.
  
  Read more

• Consumer watchdog group seeks to block Huntington-FirstMerit deal

  22-03-2016 09:52
  
  A New York-based consumer watchdog group is challenging Huntington Bancshares’ proposed purchase of Akron-based FirstMerit, saying the plan to close 107 offices as part of the deal will hurt consumers and small-business owners.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Islamic State threatens more countries after Brussels

  22-03-2016 08:48
  
  The statement promises "dark days" for countries allied against the Islamic State, threatening that "what is coming is worse and more bitter."
  
  Read more

• The Latest: French president calls emergency meeting

  22-03-2016 08:48
  
  Police say at least one dead and many injured after two explosions at Brussels airport.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Brussels strives for normalcy after attacks

  22-03-2016 08:48
  
  As Brussels woke after its worst violence in decades, joggers ran loops and dog walkers chatted as usual in Brussels' 18th-century Warandepark across from the country's parliament. But gardeners on duty said the atmosphere was different, and the mood around town was jittery as sirens frequently wailed.
  
  Read more

Follow @Colombus_News on Twitter!