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When Michelle Thomas’ son JJ was diagnosed with leukemia in 2016 at the age of 13, the Dublin mom knew her family had a long […]

Dave Blom’s 17 years as CEO of OhioHealth have been characterized by unprecedented change in the health care industry, for OhioHealth and for Columbus. During […]

A coalition of Appalachian mayors is asking the state to change the way it provides auditing services to smaller municipalities, and to help alleviate the financial burden […]

Cody Smith doesn’t have to worry about how he will feed his cows on his Plain City farm. Instead of buying feed in bulk from […]

A group of about 30 Dispatch readers from across central Ohio and beyond has met with us once a month for most of the past year […]

Alicia Verbic was bartending in northeastern Ohio when a customer who worked in Ohio’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry sparked her interest in joining the trade. […]

A coalition of Appalachian mayors is asking the state to change the way it provides auditing services to smaller municipalities, and to help alleviate the financial burden […]

Libraries want to help children learn. But when children are hungry, that learning can be difficult. “They have to have that nutrition to learn. It’s […]

Jonathan Durishin can count on one hand the number of days off he took between the birth of his first son and going back to […]

High in a backyard silver maple are two wind chimes that, on closer inspection, look not quite right. Each fall, I pledge to take the […]

Three more apartment projects are planned for Franklinton, and two of the developers are asking for permission to build fewer a quarter of the parking […]

Three more apartment projects are planned for Franklinton, and two of the developers are asking for permission to build fewer a quarter of the parking […]

The marching band stopped playing, and a voice came over the loudspeaker. “Nina,” the voice said. “She’s here.” Cheers and roars filled the air near […]

The marching band stopped playing, and a voice came over the loudspeaker. “Nina,” the voice said. “She’s here.” Cheers and roars filled the air near […]

Lawyers suing over the toll of opioids asked a federal judge Friday to allow a structure for all 25,000 municipal and county governments in the […]

The marching band stopped playing and the voice came over the loud speaker. “Nina,” someone said. “She’s here.” Cheers and roars filled the air near […]

Holly Zachariah The Columbus Dispatch @hollyzachariah Saturday Jun 15, 2019 at 8:14 AM Jun 15, 2019 at 8:14 AM Authorities made no arrests for drunken driving at a scheduled OVI checkpoint in Obetz Friday night. […]

An I-670 ramp on the East Side will close this weekend for a month, officials say. I-670 eastbound to Route 62 eastbound into Gahanna will […]

Jerrod Mogan The Columbus Dispatch @JerrodAMogan Friday Jun 14, 2019 at 7:08 PM Jun 14, 2019 at 7:08 PM The entrance ramp from southbound Interstate 270 to Interstate 70 on the East Side remains closed […]

During a closed-door meeting in the basement of Family Missionary Baptist Church, Jonathan Robinson sat across the table from the Columbus police officer who punched […]

LANCASTER — Larry Redd remembers thinking the 199-year-old Mithoff building in downtown Lancaster would never receive the revitalization necessary to keep it operating. “When I […]

Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch Friday Jun 14, 2019 at 1:05 PM Jun 14, 2019 at 1:05 PM A 43-year-old Hilliard man died earlier this week as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash, Columbus […]

Lynn Bowers saw a mention on TV news about a Mental Health First Aid class that was open to anyone, and she didn’t even wait until […]

Jerrod Mogan The Columbus Dispatch @JerrodAMogan Friday Jun 14, 2019 at 7:08 PM Jun 14, 2019 at 7:08 PM The entrance ramp from southbound Interstate 270 to Interstate 70 on the East Side remains closed […]

A 29th lawsuit has been filed against Mount Carmel Health System and a doctor accused of killing intensive-care patients with high doses of painkillers. The […]

Ohio’s economy has bounced back. Jobs are plentiful. Unemployment is at its lowest level in nearly two decades. But for Ohio’s lowest paid workers, a […]

Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch Friday Jun 14, 2019 at 1:15 PM Jun 14, 2019 at 1:21 PM A Scioto County couple now faces aggravated murder charges in relation to the death of their infant […]

The Pine Kirk Care Center, where the Kirkersville police chief, a nurse and nurse aide were killed in May 2017, and its sister facility in […]

A second lawsuit against Mount Carmel Grove City was filed Friday by one of the 16 people who contracted Legionnaires’ disease at the hospital. The […]

A multi-state settlement will provide $6.8 million in debt relief to about 870 former Ohio students of the failed for-profit college ITT Technical Institute, Attorney […]

Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch Friday Jun 14, 2019 at 1:44 PM Jun 14, 2019 at 1:44 PM The Franklin County DUI Task Force will be holding a sobriety checkpoint in Obetz tonight. The checkpoint […]

Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch Friday Jun 14, 2019 at 1:15 PM Jun 14, 2019 at 1:21 PM A Scioto County couple now faces aggravated murder charges in relation to the death of their infant […]

Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch Friday Jun 14, 2019 at 1:05 PM Jun 14, 2019 at 1:05 PM A 43-year-old Hilliard man died earlier this week as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash, Columbus […]

Jim Arter didn’t want to leave the psychiatric ward. Behind its locked doors, he’d finally found something of a community. Half a century ago, Arter […]

Investment bank Goldman Sachs is taking a program statewide that is geared toward helping small businesses grow and add employees. Launched in 2012 at Cuyahoga […]

Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Thursday Jun 13, 2019 at 9:05 PM Jun 13, 2019 at 9:05 PM No further organized searches are planned after crews spent a third day scouring the Kokosing River in […]

Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Thursday Jun 13, 2019 at 9:05 PM Jun 13, 2019 at 9:05 PM No further organized searches are planned after crews spent a third day scouring the Kokosing River in […]

A child’s imagination can create more than fantastical stories, and it seems that the Columbus area isn’t short of inventive, young minds. In late May, […]

Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch Jerrod Mogan The Columbus Dispatch @JerrodAMogan Thursday Jun 13, 2019 at 8:28 PM Jun 13, 2019 at 8:28 PM The stepmother of a South Linden boy who accidentally shot himself in the […]

In anticipation of a half-million attendees descending on Downtown and the Short North for this weekend’s annual Stonewall Columbus Pride parade and festival, Columbus police announced they’ll […]

Mark Ferenchik The Columbus Dispatch @MarkFerenchik Thursday Jun 13, 2019 at 5:33 PM Jun 13, 2019 at 5:34 PM A yellow airplane buzzing Clintonville neighborhoods early Wednesday morning caused a stir for some residents who […]

Outerbelt Brewing in Carroll, which opens at noon Saturday, is the latest addition to the ever-growing brewery scene in Fairfield and Hocking counties. The brewpub […]

The former Fort Rapids Indoor Water Park site has been listed for sale for $6.5 million. The 16.5-acre site off Hamilton Road and Interstate 70 […]

The former Fort Rapids Indoor Water Park site has been listed for sale for $6.5 million. The 16.5-acre site off Hamilton Road and Interstate 70 […]

Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch Thursday Jun 13, 2019 at 1:16 PM Jun 13, 2019 at 1:16 PM The Ohio Attorney General’s office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a body found in a West Side […]

No one swiped the life-size bison sculpture that stood sentry the past few years in a vacant lot west of Downtown. “That’s a very valid […]

Another two federal lawsuits have been filed by former Ohio State University students this week, alleging their alma mater failed to address sexual abuse by deceased […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The topic of reparations for slavery is headed to Capitol Hill for its first hearing in more than a decade with writer […]

There shouldn’t be a Columbus police officer left on the street who has a problem with body cams. The value of the footage to distill […]