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Jackson was 50 years old when he died this weekend after a long illness. Former Ledger-Enquirer reporter Tim Chitwood covered Jackson and wrote this story about him while Jackson was on leave.
The over-budget Judicial Center project in the heart of downtown Columbus is cutting down old, healthy trees to make way for a new tower. Residents and nonprofit leaders are outraged.
Each defendant spoke before his sentencing, and each apologized to the victims’ families. “I’m just sorry that any of this had to take place,” one said.
Nov. 15—The jury has reached verdicts in the trial of three alleged gangsters accused of killing two Columbus teenagers and wounding two more during a 2021 gang war. The jury
“They had no right to be riding around shooting up homes, and endangering people’s lives.... They ended up casualties of their own plan,” defense attorney William Kendrick said of the teens shot.