Whitehall

Columbus Water and Power says the area's drinking water supply wasn't impacted. The agency had to close a few wells that draw from Big Walnut Creek as a precaution. Crews are now cleaning oil from Three Creeks Metro Park.

Whitehall City Council on Tuesday voted to place tax break ordinances related to the Fairway Cliffs housing development on the Nov. 4 ballot as a part of a referendum. But city council will reconsider those ordinances in June.

Officials have issued several safety reminders, including telling area residents to stay out of water in the area.

Whitehall City Council members decided to reconsider three ordinances related to a citizen-led referendum effort targeting tax breaks for the proposed Fairway Cliffs housing development.

Whitehall City Council approved tax abatements for Fairway Cliffs last month. Now, hundreds of Whitehall residents are seeking to put referendums on the November ballot.

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.

Officer Enrique Ortega will be allowed to retire from the Whitehall Division of Police in good standing. He now works at the Mifflin Township Police Department.

Whitehall Police have charged the girl's mother, 21-year-old Charity R. Dreyer, with felony child endangering, but more charges — including murder — are possible.

A 16-year-old girl was arrested after telling Whitehall officials that a student had brought a gun to school. It was a false statement.