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The Franklin County Engineer's Office says Hardy Parkway south of Frank Road will remain closed until at least Oct. 19 because of unexpected construction problems, pushing the roundabout project well past its original reopening timeline.
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The City of Hilliard is warning residents and business owners who applied for zoning variances that scammers are sending fake invoices demanding wire-transfer payments, and urges anyone who receives one to call the planning department at 614-334-2444.
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Crews will apply a pavement rejuvenation spray to 28 Hilliard streets starting Friday, Oct. 9, with work running through Wednesday, Oct. 14, as part of the city's annual street maintenance program.
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Hilliard Division of Police officers detained six Dayton suspects at a gas station after Dublin Police used Flock camera technology to track a vehicle linked to an attempted theft, with the arrests coming two weeks after Hilliard City Council paused its own Flock program.
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A Pickaway County man who sold fentanyl, meth and cocaine from a Hilliard Red Roof Inn was sentenced Tuesday to 22 and a half years in federal prison after agents seized kilograms of narcotics and 18 firearms from his hotel room.
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The Hilliard Division of Police will host a free, anonymous drive-thru medication drop-off at 5171 Northwest Parkway on Saturday, Oct. 24, as part of the DEA's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
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A driver was killed the evening of Thursday, Oct. 1, when a Chevrolet utility truck veered off the US-23 South ramp from I-270 East and struck a stopped semi-trailer in southern Franklin County, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said.
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Franklin County Public Health will spray six southeast Hilliard neighborhoods for mosquitoes Monday, Sept. 28, starting at 8:30 p.m. after trapped mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus.
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Norwich Township Fire Department, which serves Hilliard, is among 15 central Ohio agencies that reported gas line strikes tied to underground utility work, according to a 10 Investigates review that found 93 such incidents since 2023.
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Ohio has recorded 259 flash flood warnings through Sept. 21, nearly doubling the previous full-year record, with Franklin County and Hilliard seeing repeated warnings, road closures and storm damage since July.
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U.S. 33 between Fishinger Road and SR 161 reopened Wednesday after a 51-day closure for a $2.2 million culvert replacement and storm sewer upgrade, ending a detour that routed Hilliard commuters onto I-270.
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Linworth Road between Postlewaite Road and Linworth Village Drive is closed for approximately 30 days while Columbia Gas installs a new gas line, the Franklin County Engineer's Office announced.