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More than three years since he was fired, the murder trial of former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel began this morning with opening statements. Prosecutors say the former anesthesiologist ordered excessive doses of fentanyl that hastened the deaths of patients.

Across the country, school board members have increasingly been confronted at meetings by parents and community members angry over everything from mask mandates to how the history of racism is taught in the classroom.

The Ohio State Fair will return this year from July 27 to August 7 and is expected to welcome back all public visitors for the first time since 2019.

A group of Republican voters has sued in federal court to force the implementation of Ohio legislative maps previously tossed out by the state Supreme Court. The Ohio Supreme Court has twice rejected the maps for being gerrymandered in favor of Republicans.

While blue-light emergency call boxes don't make up the majority of calls to police dispatching services, they still serve a role in a myriad of campus security measures.

A new database from the Columbus Police Department allows the public to offer anonymous tips on unresolved homicides. The mothers of murdered Columbus children hope that the effort leads to convictions.

Dr. Mehdi Shishehbor started the Limb Salvage Advisory Council in 2019. A recent study he published shows it’s working to save limbs and address what some call an “amputation epidemic.”

In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Obergefell v. Hodges cleared the way for legal same-sex marriage across the country. After nearly seven years and tens of thousands of same-sex marriages in Ohio, the letter of the law still states that marriage can only be between one man and one woman.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission must reconvene and draw new district lines for the Ohio House and Ohio Senate that follow the state's anti-gerrymandering requirements.

Governor Mike DeWine has temporarily renamed three state parks in honor of the Super Bowl-bound Cincinnati Bengals.