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Four people were hospitalized, one critically, after a collision between a car and an SUV early Sunday on the Near East Side.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Q: I live in a 100-year-old wooden house in Norway and am doing most the refurbishing and maintenance myself. I'm making floor-to-ceiling built-in bookcases for one of my living rooms and would love some tips. One of my challenges is the bookcase needs to span about 6 feet over a piano. What would you do to support those shelves so there's no sag from the weight of the books? Any information you can share that would make this project look magnificent and be trouble-free would be appreciated.

The cavernous building, machinery and steel at Ohio Gratings made an interesting playground for brothers David and John Bartley. As youngsters, the pair spent many Saturdays trying not to get into trouble inside the company their father and grandfather started, David recalled. For the most part, they succeeded at avoiding trouble. Since becoming full-time employees of family-owned Ohio Gratings Inc., they have succeeded in helping the company grow.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};

Les Wexner is looking like a genius these days. Almost 10 years ago — in August 2007, to be exact — Wexner's company (then known as Limited Brands) sold 75 percent ownership of The Limited chain to private equity firm Sun Capital Partners.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};

Girish Dubey's name is well-known in his field. The polymer chemist created his company, STAR (Specialty Technology and Research), in 1986 after years working for leading sealcoating manufacturers in Ohio.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-BUSINESS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-BUSINESS"};

As of Tuesday Ohio’s deer season total, including the bow kill, was at 175,832 deer, some 5,100 behind the total of a year ago. Ohio Division of Wildlife biologist Mike Tonkovich had forecast a 2016-17 harvest of about 200,000 whitetails, bettering last year’s total of 188,335, though such an outcome now seems unlikely.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};

A 21-year-old Amanda man died in a crash on State Route 56 in Salt Creek Township in Pickaway County early this morning following a high-speed chase.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Ohio’s charter-school movement is stalling. In contrast to a few years ago, when dozens of new charters launched each fall, only seven opened statewide this school year, according to the Ohio Department of Education.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Declan Koehler was a little cranky Friday as he lay on the operating table at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Declan was ready to undergo a urology procedure that would have the surgeon cutting into him. But instead of general anesthesia, which would put Declan to sleep, the infant’s parents opted to allow him to stay awake during the surgery with a spinal anesthesia numbing and immobilizing him from the mid-chest down.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};

Both Pat Walsh and Melba Hompertz chose to retire in Grove City, but for very different reasons. Walsh, 65, a retired construction worker, has lived in Grove City since 1978. He wants the city to keep its small-town aura and worries about its changes.adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};