Jim Letizia

Sixteen people who previously rejected plea deals were convicted yesterday of hair- and beard- cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio.

A Columbus man has been arrested on charges of assaulting a woman at Goodale Park.

The U.S. Census Bureau says median household incomes in Columbus and Franklin County fell by more than four percent between 2010 and 2011, a rate higher than in the rest of the state and the nation.

Executive privilege is among Republican Governor John Kasich's arguments in a lawsuit filed by the Ohio Democratic Party over access to his schedule of  appearances.

Franklin County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a Greek Orthodox priest  on sex crime charges in a sting that developed after he posted an ad on an adult social networking site.

Two Ohioans are among three people charged by Federal authorities in a multi-million-dollar scheme involving the sale of Iraqi currency and two non-existent hedge funds.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is planning a more aggressive schedule of campaign events in Ohio and Colorado.

The Ohio Supreme Court today ruled a Tea Party-sponsored measure repealing a portion of the 2009 Westerville Schools levy may not appear on the November ballot.

The top Ohioan on the newly released Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America is Les Wexner of New Albany.

Images by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz will be on display at the Wexner Center for the Arts starting Saturday and running though December 30th.

Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz is in Washington today to brief officials considering a bill that would restrict the private ownership and breeding of lions, tigers and other exotic animals.

Ohio this morning executed the Columbus man convicted of killing two strangers on a Belmont County road in 1989.

A Columbus City Schools source tells WCBE superintendent Gene Harris will announce her retirement this afternoon.

Advocates for the poor and elderly say a plan to eliminate landline telephone service in parts of the state next year is not being properly studied.

More than 11-hundred Ohio State University students evacuated from their dorm rooms because of a water leak may now return.

Akron-based utility FirstEngery says 200 of it's 17-hundred workers will lose their jobs in November.

More than 100 people will lose their jobs next month when Lancaster-based Global Contact Services closes its call center on Mill Park Drive.

Cincinnati-based Kroger is recalling ten ounce packages of Kroger Fresh Selections Spinach supplied by NewStar Fresh Foods due to concerns they may be tainted with listeria.

A Colorado man sickened by inhaling the artificial butter smell of the microwave popcorn he regularly ate has won a 7.2 million dollar verdict against Cincinnati-based Kroger and various food companies. Wayne Watson sued after he developed respiratory problems in 2007. He says the companies failed to warn consumers inhaling the smell could put them at risk of lung injury. 

The Columbus Board of Realtors says nearly 24-hundred homes were sold in August, an increase of more than 12-percent over the same month last year.