A Downtown night club that was the subject of more than 75 police calls in 11 months, including a double homicide, has come into compliance with a judge's order. Franklin County Environmental Court ...

Former Franklin County Sheriff's deputy Jason Meade may try a new legal strategy in his upcoming retrial, legal filings show.

A Franklin County judge dismissed the rape case against Anthony Shinaul on Sept. 29. Shinaul had been indicted in 2013 as a 'John Doe' suspect based on an unidentified DNA profile. Common Pleas Court ...

A fifth measles cases has been reported in Franklin County. The case involves an unvaccinated 6-year-old child who traveled abroad, Franklin County Public Health spokeswoman Kristin Howard said ...

Columbus homicides dropped by considerable numbers in 2024, with the city experiencing a 17% decrease in killings over the previous year. The downward trend has continued in 2025 with homicides and ...

In the four and a half years since former Columbus police officer Adam Coy fatally shot Andre Hill, law enforcement officers in Franklin County have killed at least 27 people. Of those cases, ...

While cases filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court are assigned at random, the judge who gets a case could play a role in how quickly a case moves. Through the first nine months of 2025, Judge ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court has forced two high-profile, central Ohio homicide cases to reschedule their respective trial dates. The trial date for both ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A former Franklin County public defender was federally sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Stephen Chinn will serve eight years in prison after ...

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – An inmate was sentenced in Franklin County last Friday in connection with an attempted murder-for-hire plot. The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office stated that ...