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Digital system will streamline entering data for easier access and cross reference.

Democratic gubernatorial candidates agree criminal justice reform is needed. But they have different ideas on how that should happen.

Columbus and Dayton officials today filed a lawsuit seeking a court order against Ohio's Bureau of Criminal Investigation to fix gaps in the state’s…

Columbus City Council last night approved legislation requiring bars and restaurants to close at 10 pm starting tonight due to the covid-19 pandemic.…

Columbus City Council tonight is expected to hold votes on police reform legislation. Council has been looking at four key areas, including the use of…

The group that’s hoping to ask voters to expand background checks on gun sales through a potential ballot issue says they're now pushing their initiative…

The overall percentage of Americans who support tougher gun laws is on the rise, even as the partisan divide remains stark, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

Two months and a day after Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced he was working on a plan to address gun violence in the wake of a mass shooting in Dayton,…

A group of protesters marched in downtown Columbus Wednesday in support of stricter gun regulations, especially expanded background checks and the red…

More than 36 hundred people have written letters, emails and made phone calls to Ohio Governor Mike DeWine in the month following the Dayton shootings.…