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It’s been a decade since Freedom a la Cart started helping women escape prostitution and human trafficking with counseling, education and a steady paycheck. On Monday, the nonprofit’s services expand considerably as they open their first storefront, the Freedom a la Cart Café.

A new push by local and state officials would levy higher fines and possible new charges on those who solicit sex. Columbus Police, the courts and the…

Columbus City Council on Monday night will vote on investing nearly $500,000 in Franklin County's specialty docket programs.Franklin County Municipal…

“That’s my mommy, look!” Three-year old Adalynn McMullen points a little dimpled finger at a collage of photos on a trifold board.The photos show her mom,…

Graduates walked into the atrium of the Ohio Statehouse, greeted by cheers from their friends and loved ones. One by one, they step up to the…

A three-day, multi-agency, undercover human trafficking sting in Central Ohio has resulted in the arrest of 104 people. This sting is just the latest in…

Advocates say referrals to a Franklin County specialty docket for people arrested for sex work were down 50 percent in 2018, at least in part because of…

Jenn Glaser lay in bed with a severe pain in her right hip. In the last few days a large abscess had developed under her skin--an infection from...