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The Ohio Board of Education has voted to give state schools superintendent Paolo DeMaria a 2.75 percent raise and a 20 thousand dollar bonus. 

The man who supplied primarly undocumented workers from Guatemala to central Ohio egg farms has pleaded guilty to a labor trafficking charge. 

The Franklin County Sheriff's office has released details of last week's raid of a Buena Vista Avenue home, where deputies seized hundreds of pounds of marijuana and found 43 cats being hoarded.  

Public records show the Columbus police officer who shot and killed a woman after she reportedly stabbed him show a history of violence, drugs, domestic disputes and disturbances at the 15 local properties he owns. 

A meet-and-greet last night with a candidate for Columbus City Schools superintendent was cut short. 

The Greater Columbus Arts Council has revised its ticket tax proposal, saying venues up to 400 seats and events costing up to 10 dollars will be exempt from the proposed 7 percent fee. 

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed head coach John Tortorella a two-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season. 

A Clintonbille woman who was found living with nearly six hundred exotic birds is getting close to getting one hundred of them back. 

The Bellefontaine woman accused of suffocating her three young sons over a 13-month period has lost her appeal of a court order to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. 

Former employees say the Ohio State University team doctor accused of groping young men decades ago also had an off-campus men's clinic, which ran ads in the campus newspaper promising quick treatment of genital problems. 

Ohio State University created a task force earlier this year to review suicide prevention efforts and mental health support services after two students died in the last two years falling from parking garages. 

Authorities are trying to identify a toddler found wandering in an East Side alley early this morning.

The approximately 2-year old girl was found in an alley near East Livingston and Fairwood Avenues around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, by a passerby who notified police.

The girl is African-American and wearing a black shirt with pink sweatpants. She is just over three feet tall and weighs 32 pounds.  While she appears unharmed, she does not know her address.  

The man state lawmakers formally dubbed Ohio’s oldest elected official has passed away. 

The Columbus Public Service Director has signed an order banning the use of motorized scooters on sidewalks.  

The latest survey by the employment firm Manpower Incorporated shows 16 percent of central Ohio companies plan to hire more workers in the fourth quarter, while 3 percent plan to cut jobs.  

The gubernatorial campaigns of Republican Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray are hoping to reach people watching Hurricane Florence coverage.