Columbus News

Ohio's unemployment rate rose to 10.5 percent in October from 10.1 percent the month before, but, curiously, the state's job count rose by 1,400, Ohio officials said yesterday. That is the reverse of the trend set by the past two...

Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) to create a national model for building jazz and music audiences, entitled the Jazz Audiences Initiative. The 21-month project, which spans November 1, 2009 through July 31, 2011, will enable the Jazz Arts Group...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Dozens of people began to gather early Friday morning outside a north side bookstore where former Alaska governor and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin will make an appearance. Palin, who is on tour touting her new book,...

Peter Sprenger lost his right eye to shrapnel from an exploding car bomb during his first combat tour in Iraq, but the Army infantryman never let the wound dim his focus on staying in the fight. With the help of...

The wife of former NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. Columbus, where Chris Spielman co-hosts a show, says 42-year-old Stefanie Spielman died Thursday at the family's home in Upper Arlington. Stefanie...

Ohio’s attorney general sued Standard & Poor’s , Moody’s and Fitch Ratings on Friday, asserting that they provided misleading credit ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses for state funds. The official, Richard Cordray, filed the lawsuit in...

Enough H1N1 vaccine has reached Ohio to protect 1.6 million of the estimated 5.5 million residents who fit into the priority groups considered most at risk...Sen. Sherrod Brown and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden gave...

Ohio – Ohio’s top public defender is taking on a rare challenge: accepting cases of convicted criminals who say they’re innocent but don’t have the DNA to prove it. The Ohio Public Defender’s Wrongful Conviction Project is one of a...