Franklin County News

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer has been traveling Ohio campaigning for the repeal of Ohio's death penalty.

Forbes is out with yet another list ranking cities, this time on misery . Columbus is not on the list of 20 cities even though sports team performance was one of the criteria.

Attorneys for White Hat, Ohio's largest for-profit charter-school management company, are considering their options after a Franklin County judge ordered the company to turn over financial records showing how they have spent millions in tax dollars.

A judge in Ohio has ordered a private management company that operates a group of publicly funded charter schools to turn over financial records requested by the schools' governing boards by March 6. The Thursday decision in Columbus comes in a lawsuit in which the boards of Hope Academies and Life Skills Centers in Cleveland and Akron asked to ... (more)

Worthington Schools are leading the way in schools being prepared for potential terrorist threats.

Plain Township fiscal officer John Brandt last month found a revenue-sharing agreement with New Albany that never was enacted.

Parent Seminar, 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at Brookwood Presbyterian Church, 2685 E. Livingston Ave.

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Reynoldsburg City Schools Superintendent Steve Dackin is proud of the district's accomplishments, but says much remains to be done.

The remains of one of Ohio's most elusive predators was found by a passing motorist on Upper Arlington's doorstep last week.

The Plain Township Fire Department is one of five township departments recently surveyed by Fire Chief John Hoovler that does not have full-time battalion chiefs for emergency situations.

There are numerous federal tax ramifications associated with the termination of a marriage.

Learn4Life, United Way of Central Ohio's Champion of Children and Community Research Partners are laying the groundwork for tackling childrens' greatest needs as they move through school and toward graduation with "Franklin County's Children: a look at their lives in and out of the classroom." A divided Columbus school board postponed a vote last ... (more)

Curated by Melissa Wolfe from the Columbus Museum of Art, 100 Years of Art serves as a tribute to C... Subscribe to home delivery of The Columbus Dispatch , The Dispatch E-Edition , The Dispatch for e-readers or a combination of all three.

Bill Yarbrough lives in New Albany in northern Franklin County and works as a training and development Consultant for a business in Columbus, and has never held an elected office.

Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. To mark the 12th annual event, public health departments around the country are launching public service announcements to emphasize the importance of getting tested.

Grief stricken sisters from Franklin County say not only did they have to deal with the loss of their mother, now they are trying to cope with what they call a botched burial.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday that it was working to track down the whereabouts of two sex offenders.

Neil Volz, a one-time aide to U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, was caught up in the Jack Abramoff scandal.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A conservative national group campaigning to cut pension benefits for government employees has released data singling out Ohio government workers it says will reap hefty annual payouts in retirement.