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OHIO — Central Ohio Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in locating two individuals wanted on outstanding warrants in the Columbus area. According to Crime Stoppers, Jillian Conforti, 25, is wanted on charges of failure to comply and possession of drugs. Conforti is described as a white female standing 5...

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AVC News) — A Columbus man is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say he carried out a series of thefts and burglaries in central Ohio before being arrested in Zanesville. According to the Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office, 26-year-old Liban Mohamoud of Columbus has been charged...

Annie Cannelongo and Annette Singh are neighbors who have lived in the same Hilliard, Ohio subdivision for years. It’s a classic suburb — two-story homes with well-kept lawns and neat sidewalks lining long, gently curving streets. Cannelongo and Singh both have young kids and seem to love the area. What they don’t...

Anyone who has ever stepped into a thrift store for one simple item and somehow left with a lamp, a jacket, and a waffle maker already knows how this goes. Ohio is packed with enormous secondhand stores where the shelves stay full, the selection feels almost endless, and the bargains can catch you off guard in the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Body camera footage is released of a fight that happened during a Ramadan Suhoor festival on March 1 at The Mall at Tuttle Crossing. The body camera footage shows a suspect in the fight being taken to the ground, his hands placed behind his back, then handcuffed, after police walk through a...

Whitehall officials are moving to tighten control over who can build detention facilities inside city limits, floating a new rule that would make would-be jail developers clear a much higher bar at City Hall. The proposal would require a special-use permit before any new detention-style facility could open, which...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A Columbus police officer accused of choking his live-in girlfriend appeared in court Tuesday morning. Jacob Smith is charged with strangulation and illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor-permit premises. His bond remains set at $225,000, and his trial was set for May 14.

AKRON, Ohio -- A quarter million dollars on home renovations, a half-million to his daughter’s now-defunct restaurant, $71,500 on auto detailing and more than $450,000 in credit card bills are among the sums a late, disgraced former Ohio utilities regulator is accused of dropping on a life of luxury.

An eatery that opened its doors in 1988 is set to close them for good. According to a lengthy statement posted on Monday by owner Cathy Shyu, the restaurant will close for good after service on March 31. Cathy Shyu— the widow of Gary Shyu, who opened the eatery in...