TOM DODGE | DISPATCH Crystal, left, Tiffany, Gary and Richard Phillips hug as details of Amy Phillips' murder are read during the arraignment of Donald Coleman III, who is accused of killing her, and of his mother, Kathy Coleman. Family hears details of killing No reason given for Hilltop woman's death A troubled Gahanna man was confronted by his younger brother Sunday after a body was found buried near their home along Big Walnut Creek. "He asked, 'Did you kill that girl?' " Gahanna Police detective John Power said in Franklin County Municipal Court yesterday.

Today's Top Stories

• Racist mailing, Web site rock OSU
  Administrators react to ugly incidents with letter, meetings

Central Ohio news

• Principal's culinary creation proves he's got good taste
• Man to plead guilty to charges after probe of real-estate deals
  Hilltop, North Linden homes were sold with high markups
• Homeless shelter sees rising need, will add 50 beds
  Winter saw dozens forced to sleep on chairs or floor mats
• PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP: Problem house becomes death site
• Obetz luring police chief out of retirement
  Adams is former leader of Groveport force
• 6 neighborhoods will get cleanup
• Ex-Columbus teacher cleared of having sex with 16-year-old
• Mayor's wife completed jail time for DUI in Akron
• One dead, I-70 closed after car runs into tractor-trailer
• Accident victims may get settlement guarantee
  Insurance companies warn bill could result in higher premiums
• Two-time felon arrested in killing of man who intervened
• EPA investigates effects of fire at tire-recycling business
• SUBURBAN BRIEFS

Election

• Clergy members turn up heat on 2 churches
  Blackwell still being boosted, IRS is told
• Slots opponent Blackwell owns stock in manufacturer
• FRANKLIN COUNTY: Glitch being rectified in new voting machines
• Cuyahoga County rigged '04 recount, official says
  Workers' actions may have been designed to avoid laborious task
• CAMPAIGN NOTES
• Lawmaker faces election inquiry
  Rep. Schmidt falsely claimed 2 nd degree, complaint charges

Around Ohio

• LICENSE REVIEW: Chiropractor says he adjusts with his mind

Community news

• Corrections
• Vital statistics
• Daily almanac

Other stories

• Foreclosures on the increase (April 7)

Of continuing interest

• Pipeline from Mexico
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• Docs Rate Docs
  Who do doctors go to when they're sick?
• The Alrosa Villa Shootings
  Complete coverage from The Dispatch and WBNS-10TV
• I-270 shootings
  Complete coverage from The Columbus Dispatch, WBNS-10TV and ONN: Ohio News Network
• Prison Medicine
  Health care in Ohio's 33 prisons is plagued with serious, deadly problems
• Campaign 2004
  An archive of Dispatch, WBNS-TV and ONN articles from the 2004 election

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