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Gerald Dowling pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Alexa Stakely, 29, who was killed a year ago during an attempted carjacking.

Morrow County Sheriff John Hinton identified the deputy who was shot and killed on Memorial Day as 31-year-old Daniel Sherrer.

The Franklin County Coroner's Office identified the child as 7-month old Elizah Turner.

The lawsuit alleges Gierra Perdue died in 2023 after Armor Health medical staff failed to make required safety checks.

Charity Dreyer was sentenced Wednesday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to 15 to 20 1/2 years in prison.

Charity Dreyer, 21, is scheduled to be sentenced on March 12.

The girl was upstairs sleeping when she was shot about 5 a.m. Tuesday in a home in the 8000 block of Beardsley Avenue.

Rebecca Westergaard, 75, was found dead on Christmas Day by Pataskala police at a home on Mink Street.

Wayne Lawson led the Ohio Arts Council from 1978 to 2006. During that time, he built the state agency to have a major presence nationally and internationally.

Heart disease is the second leading cause of death with 650 inmates.