Suspicious device confirmed as class project

A suspicious device found in Caldwell Lab that prompted an evacuation of nearby buildings was a class project. Dan Hedman, a university spokespe…

University Police Division welcomes new officers 

Though last month was just the start for two new officers in the University Police Division, Kristen Kovach and James Welch are already looking at Ohio State as the last stop in their careers in the public sector. 

Letter to the editor: Buckeyes for a Safe Ohio State respond to USG condemning Columbus Police, ask university to issue statement

We write this letter in response to recent Lantern articles reporting that the Undergraduate Student Government passed a resolution April 6 demandi…

University Police officers, citizens honored at department’s annual awards

University Police Department officers were honored at the annual OSUPD award ceremony Friday to recognize their efforts and community members. A…

Letter to the editor: 26 years later, Ohio State community continues to remember officer Blankenship with Blankenship Hall

Twenty-six years ago on March 7, 1997, the old Veterans Administration Clinic at 901 Woody Hayes Drive was given a new name — Blankenship Hall.  Th…

Mitchell’s defense maintains innocence in hearing about Chase Meola’s murder, claims witness testimonies are ‘unreliable’

In the second pretrial hearing Thursday, the prosecution and defense finished arguments over eyewitness identification of Kintie Mitchell Jr. — a C…

Next hearing for Mitchell to take place Thursday, one step closer to Chase Meola murder trial

Over two years have passed since Ohio State student Chase Meola was shot and killed at an off-campus party, and the case is one step closer to trial in Franklin County.

Annual snowball fight erupts on The Oval during first snow of spring semester

Students got their first glimpse of a winter wonderland Sunday night, as almost two hundred people headed to The Oval for the first snowball fight of the season.

Ohio State’s Police Department hosts Toys For Tots for 75th anniversary, sets record number of collections

Ohio State’s Department of Public Safety hosted its annual drive-through collection of donated toys Dec. 8 at Blankenship Hall to provide a record-breaking number of presents to children in need throughout central Ohio in collaboration with the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots initiative.

Ohio State’s 2022 Annual Security Report: aggravated assault, burglaries increase

Aggravated assaults, burglaries and domestic violence are some of the few crimes that have increased in 2021, according to Ohio State’s annual security and fire safety report.