By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Nov. 12--A siren perched on a pole between a South Side resin factory and a rail yard soon will be able to warn people of something other than tornadoes. The two-tone alarm, which will be tested for about a minute starting at 10 a.m.

By Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Oct. 24--Westerville has become the first of 92 member-communities to reject the prospect of long-term ownership in a coal-fueled power plant proposed for Meigs County along the Ohio River.

By Laura A. Bischoff Staff Writer COLUMBUS -- The

By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Jun. 14--A plastics factory on the Ohio River that's already dealing with pollution complaints from its neighbors and the state now faces a federal investigation. U.S.

Lanxess Corp. is closing three U.S. manufacturing plants as part of a global restructuring, but the consolidation hasn't affected its Addyston plastics plant so far, the company said.