Zachary R. Ruppel is accused of soliciting nude photos from minors in exchange for a position in the All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir.
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A former music teacher at St. Francis DeSales High School accused of soliciting a sex act and nude photos from students surrendered to Columbus police Thursday.More>>
Twenty-one people were indicted Wednesday in connection with a year-long investigation into an alleged drug trafficking operation in Central Ohio.More>>
Wednesday, December 11 2013 5:49 PM EST2013-12-11 22:49:08 GMT
Several women at a Panera Bread location near The Ohio State University campus say they've been inappropriately touched by a man while inside the restaurant.
Several women at a Panera Bread location near The Ohio State University campus say they've been inappropriately touched by a man while inside the restaurant.
Thursday, December 12 2013 8:09 AM EST2013-12-12 13:09:29 GMT
A fire at a Southeast Columbus apartment building caused several thousand dollars of damage. According to firefighters, the fire started shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday on the 2700 block of Tennyson Avenue
A fire at a Southeast Columbus apartment building caused several thousand dollars of damage. According to firefighters, the fire started shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday on the 2700 block of Tennyson Avenue
Thursday, December 12 2013 9:26 AM EST2013-12-12 14:26:00 GMT
A group wants Columbus residents to vote on whether the city should be paying for its professional hockey team's home arena, and it has collected enough signatures to get the issue on the May ballot.
A group wants Columbus residents to vote on whether the city should be paying for its professional hockey team's home arena, and it has collected enough signatures to get the issue on the May ballot.
California officials are considering whether to change a decades-old anti-crime regulation and allow prostitutes to receive money from a victim compensation fund if they're raped or beaten by a john or pimp.
California officials have voted to allow prostitutes to receive money from a victim compensation fund if they have been raped or beaten.
A small plane carrying nine people crashed into the water off the Hawaiian island of Molokai, killing the director of the state Department of Health, officials said. The eight others survived.
Engine failure caused a small commercial plane carrying nine people to crash into the ocean off Hawaii, killing the director of the state's Health Department, the airline's owner said Thursday. Eight other people...
Defense attorneys say a Montana woman accused of killing her new husband won't testify in her defense.
A newlywed bride accused of deliberately pushing her husband to his death in Montana's Glacier National Park agreed Thursday to plead guilty to second-degree murder.
The investigation into the crash-landing of an Asiana Airlines flight at San Francisco's airport last summer has highlighted problems with cockpit culture and the trainee pilot's lack of confidence in his...
New details about the crash of an Asiana Airlines jet have renewed questions about whether a culture of strict deference to more-senior pilots can compromise air safety.
Sponges are getting squeezed out of a distinctive role in evolution. A new study says they don't represent the oldest branch of the animal family tree after all.
Sponges are getting squeezed out of a distinctive role in evolution. A new study says they don't represent the oldest branch of the animal family tree after all.
Wednesday, December 11 2013 6:01 PM EST2013-12-11 23:01:49 GMT
Clova Wide is a Marion dog breeder. Her specialty: Shiba Inus, the breed of dog that attacked and killed a 3-month-old girl in Columbus this week."They're quiet, and they very seldom bark," Wide says
Clova Wide is a Marion dog breeder. Her specialty: Shiba Inus, the breed of dog that attacked and killed a 3-month-old girl in Columbus this week.
Thursday, December 12 2013 9:26 AM EST2013-12-12 14:26:00 GMT
A group wants Columbus residents to vote on whether the city should be paying for its professional hockey team's home arena, and it has collected enough signatures to get the issue on the May ballot.
A group wants Columbus residents to vote on whether the city should be paying for its professional hockey team's home arena, and it has collected enough signatures to get the issue on the May ballot.
Wednesday, December 11 2013 5:49 PM EST2013-12-11 22:49:08 GMT
Several women at a Panera Bread location near The Ohio State University campus say they've been inappropriately touched by a man while inside the restaurant.
Several women at a Panera Bread location near The Ohio State University campus say they've been inappropriately touched by a man while inside the restaurant.
Police say a drunken panhandler charged with harassing the customers of a western Pennsylvania business falsely claimed to be a state trooper - but was found out when he claimed to work at a nonexistent barracks.
Police say a drunken panhandler charged with harassing the customers of a western Pennsylvania business falsely claimed to be a state trooper - but was found out when he claimed to work at a nonexistent barracks.
A New York man who went to check on an acquaintance and found him dead at his home is accused of stealing some of the man's artwork before calling 911.
A New York man who went to check on an acquaintance and found him dead at his home is accused of stealing some of the man's artwork before calling 911.
Authorities have recovered a huge haul of high-end swag that thieves snagged during a party at an empty mansion - including armor, shields and a stuffed snow leopard worth $250,000.
Authorities have recovered a huge haul of high-end swag that thieves snagged during a party at an empty mansion - including armor, shields and a stuffed snow leopard worth $250,000.
Police said 50-year-old Kenneth R. Herring shot 44-year-old Richell Dixon twice before fleeing the scene. 
Zachary R. Ruppel is accused of soliciting nude photos from minors in exchange for a position in the All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir.
