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Police seeking information on SUV related to shooting death of 13-year-old Angel Diaz
Columbus police released additional information Thursday and are seeking help from the public in the investigation into the Sunday night shooting death of a 13-year-old boy in the city's Linden area. Police posted a photo of a silver or white SUV they believe is a 2008-2012 Ford Escape related to the death of Angel Salguero Diaz, 13, whom documents released Thursday by police show was found fatally shot just after 10:15 p.m. Sunday night in an alley...
Evacuation order for lithium battery fire west of downtown Columbus lifted
Authorities lifted an evacuation order for a one-mile area west of downtown Columbus Thursday morning hours after a tractor trailer carrying lithium batteries caught fire. Columbus Division of Fire...
Doctor accused of running pill mill on Columbus' North Side facing more than 140 charges
A doctor accused of operating a pill mill on the North Side of Columbus faces more than 140 criminal charges, according to an indictment filed Wednesday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Mark S. Fettman, 76, had already been facing a five count indictment filed in 2021 that accused him...
After decades, this Columbus-area pizzeria has closed for good
One of the area’s oldest pizzerias has officially called it quits. Anthony’s Pizzeria, which was located at 802 Pleasant Ridge Ave. in downtown Bexley, closed for good earlier this week. A sign taped to the front door of Anthony’s reads:. “We are permanently closed from today. (04/17th)....
Rain & rumbles with cold front overnight for Columbus area
Tonight: Showers later, few rumbles possible, low 57. Friday: Early AM showers, clearing later, cooler, high 65. It has been another beautiful day today with highs above normal in the lower to middle 70s. We will see temps slowly falling through the evening hours tonight as lows drop into the upper 50s. Rain showers and a few rumbles will be possible after midnight as a cold front approaches our area toward daybreak.
Columbus police failed to seek evidence in officer's drunken fatal crash, documents show
Columbus police investigators failed to pursue evidence that may have resulted in more serious criminal charges against an off-duty police officer who fled the scene after a fatal drunken-driving crash, a Columbus Dispatch investigation has found. ...
Family of Donovan Lewis files lawsuit accusing Columbus police of systemic racism
The family of a man fatally shot by a Columbus police officer in 2022 has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Columbus Division of Police of systemic racism with the hopes of achieving reforms that have eluded the department for decades. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Columbus against...
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