Columbus Division of Fire

Carson A. Bigham, 23, of Lancaster, was arrested Wednesday.

Council members approved the $2.5 million ladder truck purchase after rejecting it narrowly last week. Sutphen, a Dublin-based company, is in a dispute with its union workers.

The 5-to-4 vote was split with council members Rob Dorans, Lourdes Barroso de Padilla, Melissa Green, Otto Beatty III and Nancy Day-Achauer voting against the purchase. Council President Shannon Hardin voted for the purchase alongside council members Emmanuel Remy, Christopher Wyche and Nick Bankston.

The Buckeyes triumph over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish was celebrated on campus well past midnight with fireworks and multiple burning couches. Some fans also stormed Ohio Stadium.

The firefighters' union and the city hired a fact finder last year to help find compromise on a pay raise. That fact finder recommended firefighters receive a 17.5% raise.

The two people were sleeping under a bridge in the area of Broad Street in downtown Columbus around 8:45 a.m. when the Scioto River started to rise.

Police allege Tyler Conners was negligent when he turned a fire truck left onto a turnaround from the middle lane of I-270 North in Gahanna on July 23, causing two vehicles to crash into the fire truck.

The city is working to hire a record number of police officers and firefighters.

Property owner Mohammad Ittayem sorted through the damage Monday morning as firefighters finished extinguishing the blaze.

Pyrotechnics that shoot in the air or explode and are self-propelled are illegal in Ohio. Sparklers, smoke bombs, snaps, snakes and sparkling fountains are allowed.