The Columbus Blue Jackets and National Hockey League have announced a 2024-25 regular season schedule in which the club will play 82 games, including 40 home dates at Nationwide Arena and one at Ohio Stadium.

A former Nationwide Children’s Hospital employee who treated child burn patients pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court recently to downloading, exchanging and receiving child pornography.

With a trial date looming, the former marketing director for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium pleaded guilty Tuesday to 16 felony counts and one misdemeanor, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.

The reigning Landon Donovan MLS MVP Luciano Acosta and Golden Boot presented by Audi winner Denis Bouanga, Inter Miami CF stars Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, and Luis Suárez, and 2024 standouts Chicho Arango, Cucho Hernández, and Riqui Puig were among the 30 players honored Monday as Major League Soccer unveiled the complete roster for the 2024 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target.

A Columbus man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to time in prison recently for trafficking illegal drugs.

The Chillicothe Police Department announced that on Thursday, June 27 at approximately 2:49 p.m. in the 800 block of Adams Avenue, the Chillicothe Police Department assisted the Columbus Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service to successfully locate and apprehend Caleb Johnson, 26, of Columbus.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and first lady Fran DeWine joined central Ohio mental health and community leaders at a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week to celebrate the opening of a new residential facility in Columbus known as Melissa’s House.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), recently announced $105 million in funding to support more than 100 community-based organizations working to improve maternal and infant health.

A registered sex offender admitted in federal court recently that he transported images and videos depicting child torture, child mutilation and child murder. The defendant obtained the material on the dark web and traded it for images and videos of sexual abuse of young children.

Biogas projects at wastewater plants serving Columbus and Cincinnati will offset roughly 50,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas annually, according to city officials.

Two Columbus men were sentenced in U.S. District Court recently for their roles in aiding the armed robberies of postal carriers.

A man who laundered drug proceeds from Columbus cell phone store fronts to Nayarit, Mexico, was sentenced in U.S. District Court recently to 120 months in prison.

A Columbus man indicted on a dozen counts in connection with a Highland County Task Force investigation was sentenced recently to an additional two years in prison, after being convicted on multiple charges in Ross County earlier this year.

A leader in a case with 23 defendants involved in narcotics and human trafficking conspiracies pleaded guilty in federal court recently to drug, gun, human trafficking and money laundering crimes.

The 37th and final defendant was sentenced recently in a Northern District of Mississippi case that targeted the violent activities, drug trafficking and money laundering of the Simon City Royals prison gang.