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Columbus Police Department officers seized an AR-15-style weapon with a high-capacity magazine from a 16-year-old Tuesday night, according to a CPD press release.

Mayor Keith Gaskin broke a tie during Tuesday’s Columbus City Council meeting to hire two part-time security guards for City Hall.

Christopher Martin said his girlfriend, Erika Daniels, came at him first with a knife before he stabbed her 26 times in 2018 at his S. Side apartment.

In the wake of a devastating Fiscal Year 2020 audit report, Chief Financial Officer James Brigham said at a Wednesday press conference the city is already working to correct the problems, estimating it would take about six months to get it all under control.

Ohio State President Kristina Johnson attended her last board of trustees meeting on Thursday.

Change is coming to the command structure at Columbus Police Department, with the establishment of a second assistant chief position.

The city council on Tuesday voted 5-1 to spend $975,000 on a new truck for Columbus Fire and Rescue. Although the city has some of the money to cover the cost in hand, the source for the rest isn’t clear.

Columbus Police Department is investigating four shootings that happened over the weekend, according to a CPD press release.

A Columbus police officer is serving a 30-day suspension without pay for clocking in and filing overtime for shifts she did not work. Mayor Keith Gaskin

NBC News is reporting that a 9mm Glock handgun left at the scene of Tuesdays mass shooting has been traced by investigators to an Ohio pawn shop.