Columbus news

• Mansfield's first black officer & former chief leaves a legacy

  02-01-2017 23:47
  A man who broke race barriers and served his community longer than any other is being remembered.Former Mansfield Police Chief Lawrence “Bunker” Harper passed away at 90-years-old just before Christmas.He was known as mostly as Bunker, Larry to some and Harp to others, but one title to all.“Everybody, until the day he died, called him chief,” said son Rollie Harper.A title Harper earned.“Nobody will ever touch my dad’s 54-year record, that’s insane,&rdqu
  
  Read more

• Streaking Blue Jackets prep for Oilers

  02-01-2017 23:38
  The Columbus Blue Jackets are looking to extend their franchise-record winning streak to 16 as they face the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday evening inside Nationwide Arena.The Jackets haven't lost a game since November 26. Head coach John Tortorella, who took over early last season, has said he is not focused on the streak. Instead, he's taking each game one at a time."It brought some flavor to the game the other night in Minnesota, which is good. At the beginning of January, the middle of the season,
  
  Read more

• American wounded in Istanbul attack says he played dead

  02-01-2017 23:32
  
  GREENVILLE, Del. -- A Delaware man wounded in an attack at a New Year’s Eve celebration in Istanbul says he survived by playing dead.William Jacob Raak told NBC News he stayed silent and motionless during the attack at a popular nightclub, even after being struck.“When he shot me I didn’t move - I just let him shoot me,” he said. “I was shot when I was already on the ground. He was shooting people that he had already shot.”
  Raak, 35, is a small-business owner
  
  Read more

• New Fairfield County prosecutor hopes to move office past controversies

  02-01-2017 23:25
  The new year brings new leaders for some central Ohio communities.One of the positions with a direct impact on public safety is the county prosecutor.In Fairfield County, that office has been under a cloud of controversy.Monday marked Kyle Witt's first official day as Fairfield County prosecutor.He unseated former prosecutor Gregg Marx in the Republican primary in March.Marx's tenure had been marred by accusations of a toxic work environment, a backlog of unresolved cases, and poor relationships
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Twin boys born minutes apart arrived in different years

  02-01-2017 23:22
  
  Arizona twins born just minutes apart were welcomed into the world in different years, CBS Phoenix affiliate KPHO reports.One baby was the last to be born at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Arizona, in 2016 -- and the other was the first in 2017.Everett Jackson Schay arrived at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, said his father, Brandon Schay. Everett’s brother, Sawyer, arrived moments earlier -- at 11:51 p.m. in 2016.The couple got to the hospital on Saturday.“As it was happeni
  
  Read more

• Parents found dead near car had "no obvious signs of trauma"

  02-01-2017 23:16
  
  VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. --Investigators remain unsure how a married couple whose bodies were found near an SUV with their young children inside on New Year’s Eve died.Daniel Kelsey, 32, and Heather Kelsey, 30, of Ormond Beach, Florida were found near the vehicle after a state trooper saw it parked on the side of a road around 2 a.m. Saturday, according to deputies. The car had no obvious signs of damage, and the couple’s three children, all between 8 months and 4 years old, were unharme
  
  Read more

• Construction starts declined in November

  02-01-2017 23:13
  
  The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper. And it's available to subscribers before 6 a.m. every day.
  
  Read more

• Man who says he accidentally shot wife owed her $350,000

  02-01-2017 23:06
  
  ATLANTA — A well-known Atlanta attorney charged in the shooting death of his business executive wife owed her $350,000 at the time of her death, reports CBS affiliate WGCL.Claud “Tex” McIver bonded out of jail on Dec. 23, two days after he was charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and misdemeanor reckless conduct in the Sept. 25 shooting of Diane McIver.Court documents show a business owned by Diane McIver loaned the suspect money in December 2011. He was supposed to pay
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Man who says he accidentally shot wife owed her $350,00

  02-01-2017 23:06
  
  ATLANTA — A well-known Atlanta attorney charged in the shooting death of his business executive wife owed her $350,000 at the time of her death, reports CBS affiliate WGCL.Claud “Tex” McIver bonded out of jail on Dec. 23, two days after he was charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and misdemeanor reckless conduct in the Sept. 25 shooting of Diane McIver.Court documents show a business owned by Diane McIver loaned the suspect money in December 2011. He was supposed to pay
  
  Read more

• Doppler 10 Forecast: Big area of rain moving our way

  02-01-2017 21:28
  This Evening: Cloudy and mild with areas of fog.
  Tonight: Showers likely after 4am. Mild with a low of 49. Wind: SE 5 mph.
  Tomorrow: Morning showers. Partly to mostly cloudy with a scattered thunderstorm possible. High 54. Wind: W 5-10 mph.
  Wednesday: Gradual clearing, windy and much colder. High 32. Wind: W 10-15 mph.Weather Resources: Interactive Radar | Weather Warnings | Closings, DelaysSpecial Information: Widespread showers will slow the return to work and school in the morning as rain is
  
  Read more

• Ohio State safety Malik Hooker to enter NFL Draft

  02-01-2017 21:10
  
  Sophomore safety Malik Hooker has decided to enter the NFL draft according to a series of post on Twitter."I have talked with my family and we have decided its best for me to forgo my remaining two years of eligibility and declare for the 2017 NFL draft" Hooker's post read.In 2016, Hooker recorded seven interceptions (three returned for touchdowns) with 74 tackles.His first season as a starter earned him unanimous All-American honors.You can read Hooker's full posts below.pic.twitter.com/lND6uVL
  
  Read more

• Bag washed ashore on Lake Erie confirmed to be from missing plane

  02-01-2017 20:26
  
  CLEVELAND - A bag that washed ashore near a private harbor has been confirmed as coming from a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland, authorities said Monday as they resumed a search for the missing aircraft.The city said there have been multiple reports of debris washing ashore east of Burke Lakefront Airport, where a plane carrying a family of four and two neighbors departed late Thursday. John T. Fleming, chief executive of a Columbus-based beverage di
  
  Read more

• Cops: Children, 4 and 1, among dead in S.C. family murder-suicide

  02-01-2017 19:57
  
  LEXINGTON, S.C. -- Authorities in South Carolina say four people were found dead in a home in what appears to be a murder-suicide.Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said in a news release that the dead — a man, a woman and their two children — were found Sunday around 8 p.m. Fisher says it’s believed all four died of gunshot wounds.The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said in a tweet that the deaths appear to be a murder-suicide and the investigation is ongoing
  
  Read more

• Hocking County village to get new sewage system

  02-01-2017 19:08
  
  Plans are moving forward to build a public sewer system in the former coal-mining village of Murray City in Hocking County, where partially treated or untreated sewage now flushes into Snowfork Creek. MURRAY CITY - After more than a century of flushing household waste into Snowfork Creek, this former coal-mining village in southeastern Ohio is poised to build a public sewer system.
  
  Read more

• For The Record: George Michael’s “Faith”

  02-01-2017 18:40
  
  Columbia Records 40867 Produced by George Michael When news of George Michael’s passing surfaced on Christmas Day, I felt compelled to write about him. It took me almost a week to figure out what angle I could possibly take in paying appropriate homage to his legacy; but since I’ve spent much of the last year […]
  
  Read more

• Cleveland police probing 'suspicious' death of 3-year-old

  02-01-2017 18:29
  
  CLEVELAND - Police say they're investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy found unresponsive in Cleveland.City police spokesman Det. Reginald Lanton says officers were called to the city's Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood on Sunday.Police say they found the toddler in cardiac arrest due to "suspicious circumstances."Officials say the toddler was declared dead at a hospital.Cleveland police homicide detectives investigate every child death in the city.Further details weren't immediately rele
  
  Read more

• Poll: Trump will start off term in historically weak position

  02-01-2017 17:52
  
  With just a few weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, he’s going to take office in a historically weak position, according to a Gallup survey released Monday.Less than half of people in the U.S., 46 percent, said they’re confident in Mr. Trump’s ability to handle an international crisis and 47 percent said they’re confident in his ability to use military force wisely. The poll also found 44 percent said they are confident in his ability to preven
  
  Read more

• Md. teen dies after boy shoots her inside her bedroom

  02-01-2017 16:59
  
  BALTIMORE — Howard County is mourning the loss of a teenage girl, shot and killed in her own bedroom early Sunday morning, CBS Baltimore reports. Police are saying the suspected shooter, a 15-year old boy, shot the girl, her mother and then himself.Police say it happened around 2 a.m. New Year’s Day at the 4800 block of Knoll Glen Road in Ellicott City. Police say they believe the mother heard a scuffle in her teenage daughter’s bedroom. She entered and saw the suspect, who fir
  
  Read more

• Native Cold Pressed & The W Nail Bar Expanding to German Village

  02-01-2017 16:58
  
  The intersection of Jaeger and Thurman in German Village is getting a healthy dose of new local businesses in 2017. We’ve already announced that Fox in the Snow Cafe and STUMP will be opening second locations in the building at the northeast intersection this year, and today Native Cold Pressed and The W Nail Bar […]
  
  Read more

• Construction Roundup: Downtown Columbus

  02-01-2017 16:51
  
  A new year is upon us, and a whole lot has changed since last year. A quick look back to January 2016 reveals exactly how much progress has been made on Downtown Construction projects, as several have wrapped up and others are just getting started. This month we’re taking a look at the latest on […]
  
  Read more

• Police seek man in gas station shooting

  02-01-2017 15:03
  Columbus police are looking for a gunman who followed a man out of gas station and shot him during an attempted robbery. The shooting occurred just before 8 p.m. on Dec. 21 after the pair rounded the corner of the Mobil Gas Station near the intersection of Parsons Avenue and E. Columbus Street.
  
  Read more

• Animal advocates work with county after dog-shelter controversy

  02-01-2017 13:12
  
  The summer distemper controversy at the Franklin County Dog Shelter sparked a movement that united animal advocates, helping them gain political clout and bring improvements. "We wanted to leverage our influence to create the change," said Mary O'Connor-Shaver of Ohio Voters for Companion Animals. In September, Franklin County officials learned of a distemper outbreak at their dog shelter, an open-admission facility that accepts all dogs — more than 10,000 in 2015. The respiratory virus th
  
  Read more

• Letter: Newsies, city come through for kids

  02-01-2017 13:01
  
  The Dispatch welcomes letters to the editor from readers. Typed letters of 200 words or fewer are preferred; all might be edited.
  
  Read more

• Delaware County village enacts income tax for full-time policing

  02-01-2017 12:40
  
  Ostrander is a quiet village of about 800 residents on the western edge of Delaware County. Its big events are Fourth of July and Halloween celebrations and an annual car show. Its "active citizenry" belong to three churches, business associations and a Masonic Lodge, according to its website.
  
  Read more

• 35 Russian diplomats ordered out by Obama depart U.S., state department says

  02-01-2017 12:40
  
  The State Department is confirming that the 35 Russian diplomats President Barack Obama ordered out of the country have departed the United States. Mr. Obama expelled the diplomats, saying they were really spies, and ordered new sanctions on Russian spy agencies for alleged Russian hacking of political sites during the presidential election.The State Department said Sunday that the 35 Russian diplomats, along with their family members, have left the United States. Mr. Obama also shuttered two Ru
  
  Read more

• Law passed in France to ban work-related emails after work hours

  02-01-2017 12:29
  
  Did you answer any work emails over the weekend? If you worked in France, you wouldn’t have to.In fact, your boss would be breaking the law if he or she emailed you after work hours or over the weekend.A new law was just passed in France making it illegal for companies with more than 50 employees to send after-hours and weekend emails.Lawmakers stress that the “right to disconnect” is vital to keep happy employees.”Benoit Hamon, a member of the French National Assembly, e
  
  Read more

• Illinois law goes into effect enlisting hairstylists to help prevent domestic abuse

  02-01-2017 12:21
  
  An Illinois law that took effect Sunday aims to take advantage of the trusted relationship between hairstylists and their clients to prevent domestic violence.
  Stylists, barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, hair braiders and nail technicians in Illinois will receive an hour of mandated abuse-prevention training as part of the licensing process. The law does not require them to report any violence, and it shelters them from any liability.
  Instead, the training provides beauty professionals wit
  
  Read more

• Under three weeks left: Obama in closing stretch of presidency

  02-01-2017 12:11
  
  His last presidential vacation behind him, Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump.Obama returns to Washington midday Monday from Hawaii with about two-dozen work days left. His final days will largely be consumed by a bid to protect his endangered health care law, a major farewell speech and the ongoing handover of power to Trump.In
  
  Read more

• Police negotiator never sure how efforts will turn out

  02-01-2017 11:08
  
  Dope-sick and desperate, Jeremy Davis barricaded himself inside a Columbus police cruiser and screamed that he was ready to die. At the same moment across town, Sgt. Rich Weiner, a 21-year veteran with the Columbus Police Division, was kicking dirt at second base on a ball field.
  
  Read more

• Teen pregnancy: Christian program plans to expand central Ohio outreach

  02-01-2017 11:04
  
  When Kaelyn Conkey became pregnant at age 13, her mother knew she couldn't continue attending public school where they live in Franklinton.
  
  Read more

• Will industry plan further harm bats?

  02-01-2017 11:01
  
  Nature’s pesticide is dying in droves. A single little brown bat can eat as many as 2,000 insects in a single night. But the species has suffered an estimated mortality rate of as high as 99 percent, driven by a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome
  
  Read more

• Search ends for medically furloughed inmate

  02-01-2017 09:42
  Police say the search for a medically furloughed inmate who fled from a deputy at Wexner Medical Center has ended but the man is not in custody.Deputies say Jeff Adkins Jr. was in the Ross County Jail for failing to serve 25 days on a misdemeanor theft charge.According to Lt. Mike Preston with the Ross County Sheriff’s Office, Adkins hurt his finger while in custody and was transported to Wexner.A judge granted Adkins a temporary medical furlough from January 1 through January 9 for treatm
  
  Read more

• Furlouged inmate identifed after fleeing near OSU campus

  02-01-2017 09:42
  OSU Police issued a warning early Monday after an inmate who was on Temporary Medical Furlough when he fled from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.The alert was sent around 3:30 a.m. Monday, stating that the suspect was in custody for theft.The suspect has now been identified as Jeffrey Adkins, Jr. He was described as a white male, 28 years old, and weighing 155 lbs. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and red jumpsuit.Adkins was granted a Temporary Medical Furlough from Chill
  
  Read more

• Escaped inmate near OSU campus

  02-01-2017 09:42
  
  OSU Police issued a warning early Monday after an inmate escaped from the OSU Wexner Medical Center. The alert, sent around 3:30 a.m. Monday, said that the suspect was in custody for theft. He is described as a white male, 28 years old, and weighing 155 lbs. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and red jumpsuit.Police are asking residents to call 911 if they spot the suspect. Stay with 10TV and 10TV.com for the latest on this developing story.
  
  Read more

• Dick Clark Productions rejects Mariah Carey's sabotage claim

  02-01-2017 06:39
  
  NEW YORK -- Dick Clark Productions is hitting back against Mariah Carey's claim it sabotaged her live performance on its "New Year's Rockin' Eve" special.Carey's disaster during the annual New Year's Eve special in Times Square made international headlines: The superstar vocally stumbled through her short set, failing to sing for most of it despite a pre-recorded track of her songs playing in the background.Carey was visibly upset during the performance and afterward tweeted "(expletive) happens
  
  Read more

• Crash closes part of SR-104 in south Columbus

  02-01-2017 04:43
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WBNS-TV) - The eastbound lanes of SR-104 are shut down near Alum Creek Drive Sunday night as a serious crash is investigated by the Columbus Division of Police.Police dispatchers told 10TV they received a report of an SUV flipped over around 10:00 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of SR-104 in south Columbus.Police said SR-104 eastbound is closed between Lockbourne Road and Alum Creek Drive.One person was taken to Grant Medical Center in critical condition.Stay with 10TV.com for update
  
  Read more

• New Year, New Law: Golf carts now allowed on roadways

  02-01-2017 04:02
  A new year means new laws for Ohio.
  One of them makes it legal to drive a golf cart on any street within the state with a speed limit of 35 mph or less.
  “If you're going a short distance that's fine. But why would you want to use one out on the road?,” said Cheryl Mox, who lives in Choctaw Lake and owns a golf cart.
  “We've had this about 4 years now I guess,” said Mox.
  Mox says she and her partner bought the cart to help them get around.
  “I'm 68,” she said. &l
  
  Read more

• Former Athens County Sheriff loses appeal and will serve seven-year prison sentence

  02-01-2017 03:07
  
  ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (WBNS-TV) - Former Athens County Sheriff Patrick Kelly will have to spend seven years in prison after losing his appeal to a conviction in 2015.Kelly appealed his conviction in the case where investigators said Kelly improperly paid for personal clothing, meals and party supplies with public funds.Kelly had been found guilty on 18 and 25 counts including theft in office, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, and perjury.He was first elected as Athens County Sheriff in 20
  
  Read more

• Darkness suspends search for plane missing in Lake Erie

  02-01-2017 00:53
  
  The search for a private jet from Columbus believed to have crashed in Lake Erie was suspended Sunday because of darkness. A bag found along the lakeshore is being investigated for any connection to the plane.
  
  Read more

Follow @Colombus_News on Twitter!