Steve Brown
Former Morning Edition Host and Managing Editor
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In addition to an increased police presence, the city of Columbus plans to add temporary lighting and surveillance cameras in city parks following several recent shooting in or around parks. -
Ohio Department of Natural Resources officials said the male hiker fell from an overlook at Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve. -
The city of Columbus and some partners have launched the Columbus Financial Empowerment Center, which will offer free financial counseling with licensed professionals for all Columbus-area adults. -
Anti-abortion groups and reproductive rights activists in Ohio were quick to react to Monday evening’s news that the U.S. Supreme Court appears to be on the cusp of overturning its landmark Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide. -
Citing a rise in COVID cases, Capital University is reinstating a mask mandate inside all campus buildings effective immediately. -
Federal investigators have reportedly linked the gun used in this week’s Brooklyn subway shooting to a Columbus pawn shop. -
Attorneys will get an extra day to finish closing arguments in the murder trial of former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel. -
Jury instructions are expected to start on Monday in the murder trial of former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel. He's charged with 14 counts of murder for painkiller doses that prosecutors say killed patients. -
In a move quickly criticized by Democrats, majority Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission voted Monday to bypass the work of newly-hired independent mapmakers and approve a map that disproportionately favors Republicans. -
The Urban League plans to put what they call gang violence intervention specialists in South and East Columbus neighborhoods where 14 to 24-year-olds stand the highest risk of gang involvement.
