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Columbus City Council is scheduled to vote on a nearly $1 billion annual budget Monday night, following a failed bid to delay police hiring.

Columbus City Council has dropped a plan to delay the hiring of police recruits. Council president Shannon Hardin abandoned the proposal on Monday, saying

Last summer, as protesters demanding racial justice flooded Columbus streets, a meme began passing around social media, depicting the city budget as a bar

As Columbus City Council prepares to consider passage of a budget that would effectively cancel the June police recruit class, leaders in the Division of Police warn there could be unforeseen consequences — including longer response times.  But City Council President Shannon Hardin said the city needs to pause as the police hiring and recruiting process is evaluated, while also investing in alternative response and anti-violence measures. Hardin proposed an amendment during a Feb. 11 budg...

" An EMT helps a patient into an ambulance. Emergency medical services were pioneered by the Freedom House Ambulance Service in Pittsburgh in 1967. Granger Wootz/Getty Images It may seem like a given that when Americans call for an ambulance, a trained paramedic will be on board the truck to begin administering emergency care. But as recently as 50 years ago, this was not the case — ambulances were more like taxis to the nearest hospital. That all changed thanks to an ambulance crew recru...

Fewer people voted illegally in 2020, but voting rights groups want the state to stop punishing people who say they voted by mistake

Newly released documents from Columbus police show former officer Adam Coy had a history of reacting poorly under stress.

After a week in which the United States seemed close to coming apart, a naturalization ceremony offers a glimpse of an America yet to be.

ANDY JACKSON/Stuff Graeme Phillips, 79, is about to be recognised for 50 years of service to the Pātea volunteer Fire Brigade. Graeme Phillips’ dedication to duty with the Pātea Volunteer Fire Brigade once saw him disrupt the town’s TV reception. Before fire pagers were introduced, the only way to call out volunteers was the fire siren on the station at the far end of town, but up the other end where he lived, it was hard to hear if there was a northerly blowing, he said. So Phillips,...

Coroner identifies teen who died in York County crash Updated Dec 19, 2020; The York County Coroner’s Office has identified the 18-year-old man who died Friday morning in a two-vehicle car crash in Codorus Township. Mitchell Brown, of the 1700 block of Sorrel Ridge Road in New Freedom, was pronounced dead at 9:33 a.m. at UMPC Pinnacle Hanover Hospital, according to a news release. The Coroner’s Office said he died of multiple blunt force trauma from his injuries and the manner of death was...