Columbus and Franklin County Implementing New Stay-At-Home Order Dr. Mysheika W. Roberts, the Health Commissioner for the City of Columbus and Joe Mazzola, the Health Commissioner for Franklin County Public Health have advised all residents to stay home due to the “rapid rise of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the city and county”. Starting Friday, […]
On average, about 5,000 people, give or take a few, die from unintentional overdose deaths in the state of Ohio. The numbers over the last decade have been up and down consistently, however, in recent years it is clear that there is a true epidemic among us. According to the Franklin County Coroner’s office, they […]
After news broke of the disgusting conditions inside in the Franklin County Jail located downtown, many people are in an uproar. The photographs are only a small look into the hellish conditions inmates live in and officers are forced to work in. And those in charge did not seem to have any intentions to […]
Franklin County is giving residents a chance to reinstate drivers licenses that are expired or suspended in a step-by-step process this week. Get Breaking News & Exclusive Contest in Your Inbox:Â Â Ohio BMV representatives, Franklin County Municipal Court Clerks, volunteer attorneys, and many other community agencies will be held on December 4th and 5th from8:30 […]
The Franklin county prosecutor has confirmed that a grand jury has indicted six people in connection with human trafficking charges. The six people charged are as follows: Samuel Lee Edwards, 49 Elbert Louis Joiner Jr., 51 Lamonte Anthony Rayford, 55 Troy Eugene Whitfield, 58 Shelby Lynn Freeze, 26 Rene Roderick Carter, 58 The Central […]
There will be two sobriety checkpoints are being held in the Reynoldsburg area Friday night from 8 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. The Franklin County DUI Taskforce is operating a checkpoint tonight in the area of Brice Road and Livingston Avenue and another in the area of Main Street and Briarcliff Road in Reynoldsburg. Law enforcement […]
The Franklin County commissioners have approved a $350,000 contract to purchase kits meant to help civilians handle injuries from mass shootings or other violent attacks. The contract was approved Tuesday, according to The Columbus Dispatch. Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security plans to purchase 900 to 1,000 trauma bags from citizenAID North America to […]
This week we decide what issues will pass and what public officials will carry out our local duties. Â The polls in Franklin County will be open all day today from 6:30am until 7:30pm. Â Here is some information that can make your trip to the polls smooth and easy Where to go: Don’t know where your […]
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office are adamant about this unofficial war on drugs occurring in our city. The battle to keep drugs off the streets is constantly ongoing. This time the authorities were able to seize more than $750,000 worth of heroin in north Columbus. According to the sheriff’s office, they received inside information that […]
A reported assault led police to discover the huge bust. Franklin County Sheriff’s Office seized almost 15,000 Xanax pills on July 25th. Deputies were responding to an alleged assault call involving 24-year-old Grant Saale and 59-year-old Laura Saale. During questioning, deputies discovered that one had a large quantity of Xanax pills. Deputies alerted Special Investigations […]
Former Franklin County Police Officer, Robert Wells, 49, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for using excessive force as a law enforcement officer. Officer Wells is from Pataskala, Ohio and he was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for one count of deprivation of rights under color of law. Wells […]
NBC4 has collaborated with Volunteers of America Operation Backpack to provide backpacks and supplies to 25 school districts in Franklin and Licking Counties. Operation Backpack has served Central Ohio for 12 years and this year NBC4’s Stuff the Backpack and Volunteers of America are partnering for one of the nation’s largest backpack drives. Starting June […]
