Lisa Rantala

More categories are up than down -
Community Shelter Board releases Columbus area numbers after 2026 point in time count: Unsheltered homelessness up 43%, Chronic homelessness up 16%, Individuals with severe mental illness up 42%, Survivors of domestic violence up 32%, Chronic substance use up 53%, Individuals with HIV/AIDS up 75%

The semi truck driver who Delaware County Prosecutor's Office of Melissa A. Schiffel says killed a family of three in a chain reaction crash.. has been convicted for an unsafe vehicle in 2024. You can't find that crash on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration even though I found out his truck was towed from the scene, which experts say would make it eligible to report. Did this case fall through the cracks?
Let us know in our poll & watch my story tonight at 6pm.
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This Cleveland girl, Columbus reporter branched out. I submitted to the Cleveland Press Club awards for the first time this year. All Ohio journalists are eligible. I was just alerted that I placed in Continuing Coverage and Best Reporter categories. What place? I won’t know until June 5th.

Pickaway County fires its newly hired chief dog warden. I'm waiting for official records to provide the reason why.. but the former employee is speaking out. Office remains under scrutiny after deadly mauling of grandmother.

More turmoil for Pickaway County, newly hired chief dog warden is fired a month into job Pickaway County has fired its newly hired chief dog warden just one month into the job.

Here's Part two of my investigation into Marion County Children ServicesMarion County Children Services. I uncover the agency hired a caseworker two weeks after she was fired as a caseworker at Franklin County Children ServicesFranklin County Children Services for violating its drug policy. MCCS responds in my story tonight.

Parents raise concerns after Marion County caseworker admits to smoking fentanyl A Marion County father is demanding changes at the county’s children services agency after police arrested his teenage son’s caseworker and found what officers

ICYMI - I've been looking into Marion County Children Services after the January arrest of caseworker Erika Funfgeld. She admitted to smoking fentanyl on Bucyrus Police Department body worn camera video. I uncovered she violated drug policy at Franklin County Children Services weeks before her hire. This is part one of my investigation. Part three air tonight.

Caseworker admits to smoking fentanyl while working for Marion County Children Services Police in Bucyrus say they may have saved a child’s life after stopping a Marion County Children Services caseworker who was headed to a home visit.

Caseworker with Marion County Children Services charged with OVI & drug possession. Bucyrus Police Department say Erika Funfgeld admitted to smoking fentanyl when stopped last month. Parents tell me she jeopardized their children's safety. What I'm asking Children Services tonight at 6pm on ABC6.

My backyard is ready for spring but it’s battling more snow and ice instead! 42 more days until spring!

Our poll is up when it comes to restrictions on institutional investors. Do you agree they should not be allowed to buy single-family homes?

Trump targets institutional investors in housing market crackdown, Ohio has not President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at curbing the acquisition of single-family homes by institutional investors.

Columbus Division of Police say Michael McKee is not talking to investigators after he was charged for the murders of his ex wife Monique Tepe and her current husband Spencer.
I uncovered a malpractice suit that recently added vascular surgeon Michael McKee out of Las Vegas. Attempts to serve McKee led to "fake addresses," questionable phone numbers and a former medical partner who said "he just disappeared."

'He just disappeared:' Nevada lawyer tried to track doctor months before Tepe murders Vascular surgeon Michael McKee, accused in a high-profile double murder in Columbus, managed to evade a malpractice lawsuit for months before the alleged crime.