Up-and-coming rapper Boog the Bandit shot on Columbus' East Side, dies at hospital
Rather than fit the mold of a traditional Columbus hip-hop artist, Boog, a self-described pop star, was driven to shape a new sound within the city's musical silos.
Read MoreWhy does this keep happening? Experts discuss why Columbus has so many police shootings
As the community reels from the death of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant – the latest in a series of high-profile fatal shootings by police – activist Kiara Yakita is not surprised that another Black person has been shot and killed by an officer.
"Columbus is a tale of two cities," she said.
In the wake of Bryant’s death – and the four other Black people who have been killed by law enforcement in Franklin County since Dec. 4 – Yakita, the founder of the Black Liberation Movement Central Ohio, has been calling for a reckoning between Columbus police and the Black community.
Read MoreFormer Ohio State football player Bri'onte Dunn arrested after woman overdoses
Former Ohio State running back Bri'onte Dunn was arrested on a charge of felony drug possession Friday in Grandview Heights after a woman overdosed.
According to arrest reports, Grandview Heights police officers were dispatched around 8:43 a.m. Friday to the 800 block of Junction Way, where they discovered a woman who overdosed in the residence.
After police administered two doses of Narcan, the woman regained consciousness and was later transported to a local hospital.
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