When Interstate 71 arrived in Columbus in the 1960s, the South Linden neighborhood was largely cut off from the rest of the city, wedged between railroad tracks to the south and east and the new concrete highway to the west. …
The city of Columbus is adding 14 emergency sirens around Ohio’s capital city. WCMH in Columbus reports that the Franklin County emergency agency director says a survey indicates some 85 percent of people count on sirens to warn them of …
The Columbus, Ohio fire division says a firefighter searching a vacant building in an arson case fell between levels and suffered back and rib injuries. The division says firefighters responding early Friday morning found heavy smoke and fire at a …
The city of Columbus, Ohio, is paying $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit claiming that large potholes on a city street contributed to a crash that left a bicyclist paralyzed. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Tuesday decision by city …
Firefighters in Ohio’s largest city are talking with development officials about finding a way to designate vacant homes to make responders aware of potential hazards during emergencies at those properties. There’s no specific plan yet, but officials in Columbus say …