LANCASTER -- An inmate who committed suicide in his Fairfield County Jail cell Sunday had attempted to kill himself once before and had been on suicide watch three times during the six months he was incarcerated. Full Story »
LANCASTER -- The City Council unanimously approved the 2010 budget Monday night, more than a month earlier than this year's budget was finalized. Full Story »
Questions on opiate addiction came in faster than they could be answered during a online video chat Monday. Full Story »
LANCASTER -- One or two witnesses are expected to testify at an upcoming sentencing for a former Lithopolis fiscal clerk who admitted to stealing thousands of dollars in village funds. Full Story »
LANCASTER -- The Fairfield County commissioners could decide today whether to appropriate $10,000 to Lancaster Public Transit to help the agency continue servicing residents outside the city limits. Full Story »
BALTIMORE -- Voters in the Liberty Union-Thurston school district will have the opportunity to vote on renewing a .5 percent income tax levy in May. Full Story »
AMANDA -- Farmers are on the brink of harvesting the largest-yielding corn crop in state and county history, but opinions vary if next year will be even better. Full Story »
PICKERINGTON -- A 41-year-old Pickerington man and two teenagers were taken to Grant Medical Center Sunday following a one-vehicle accident on Refugee Road in Pickerington. Full Story »
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LANCASTER -- More than $1,300 worth of jewelry was reported stolen Dec. 12 from a residence in the 4000 block of Royalton Road in Lancaster. Full Story »
LANCASTER -- A man who pleaded guilty to attempted murder last week hanged himself Sunday afternoon inside his cell at the Fairfield County Jail. Full Story »
Watch a replay of our live chat about our Prescription to Addiction series. Guest experts Orman Hall, executive director of the Fairfield County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health board, and Dr. Richard Whitney, addiction services director at Shepherd Hill in Newark, answer reader questions about drug abuse. Full Story »
LANCASTER -- City Council is expected vote tonight on next year's proposed budget, which might rely on an improved economy to avoid spending cuts in 2011. Full Story »
LANCASTER -- The time has come to start thinking about replacing the city's fire engines, say city and fire officials. Full Story »
CUYAHOGA FALLS -- Elaine Metts believes she knows how retiree Linda Heindel is able to paint million-dollar smiles on the faces of kids and adults at Here's Hope Horse Farm. Full Story »
This photo of the 1950 snowstorm caught my attention at the Fairfield County District Library. Full Story »
Edmund Dickey incorporated the Lancaster Lens Co. in June 1910, and it was located in the building shown in this photo from the Fairfield County District Library's collection. Its address was 224 W. Main St. and it stood on the south side between Columbus and what is now Memorial Drive, in a building that formerly was the Ohio Shoe Co. They began with 30-50 workmen manufacturing one type of ... Full Story »
One of the featured photos on this page Nov. 23, 2009, was the "Stables of William F. Getz," and I asked readers for their help to discover where they had been located. Thanks go to all who responded, but special thanks go to Randy Getz and, his father, Thomas Getz. Full Story »
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Some central Ohio health officials are concerned they may end up with a surplus of swine flu vaccine as public interest wanes. Full Story »
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The city of Cleveland contributed to its foreclosure crisis by helping low-income people buy homes with mortgage payments they couldn't afford, a newspaper investigation published Sunday found. Full Story »
When Toni Tooill bought her house on East Allen Street 20 years ago, she never thought she would be living directly across the street from a large, graffiti-stained eyesore. But that's how Tooill has come to regard North Elementary School, the 83-year-old, three-story structure that has sat empty on East Allen Street for the past four years. Full Story »
LANCASTER -- Many residents browsed downtown shops and businesses as part of an annual holiday event Saturday. Full Story »
SAGINAW, Mich. -- Robert G. Heft, who is credited with designing and sewing the first 50-star American flag, has died. He was 67. Full Story »
Jay Kulpa, of Cincinnati, usually spends upward of $300 on gifts for his family alone during the holidays -- but not this Christmas. Full Story »
LANCASTER -- A Fairfield County grand jury indicted four people Friday on several unrelated felony charges, including theft, trafficking in marijuana, aggravated burglary and theft from an elderly person. Full Story »
A lynx is released in Villafranca de Cordoba, southern Spain. AFP/Cristina Quicler
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