Franklin County Children Services

A Franklin County Children Services report says child welfare workers should have known more about the violent background of a group home resident charged in the October slaying of a jogger in Blendon Township.

Sentencing is scheduled January 7th for a Columbus teen charged with assaulting a social worker and stealing her car last year.

Franklin County Children Services says it will review all of its group home placements after a 16-year-old group home resident was charged with fatally stabbing a jogger in a Blendon Township park on October 20th.

Local, state, and national experts gathered in Columbus earlier week this to discuss ways to better serve victims of child abuse and neglect.

The Franklin County Children Services board has voted to raise the pay of director Chip Spinning by 14 percent.

Columbus police say they have arrested the teenager who allegedly attacked a social worker and stole her car.