Jym Ganahl has weathered an enjoyable career
Jym will appear at the Young at Heart Festival in Hilliard on July 25th at the Makoy Center at 9:15 a.m. to meet guests. Information […]
Ohio State, other area colleges put abandoned bikes to good use
John Shrader can picture the too-full family SUV at the end of spring semester that couldn’t possibly fit a bicycle. He can comprehend how a […]
Forget owning stuff: the growing subscription economy
Matthew George and his girlfriend, Lauren Biller, had made up their minds: “Doctor Strange” was the movie they wanted to watch. George thought it was […]
Raccoon blamed for outage affecting nearly 10k in Columbus, Grove City and beyond
Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Monday Jul 22, 2019 at 6:04 PM Jul 22, 2019 at 6:04 PM Nearly 10,000 American Electric Power Ohio customers are without power on Columbus’ Hilltop and in the […]
Officer who exchanged gunfire with shooting suspect identified
Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Monday Jul 22, 2019 at 7:10 PM Jul 22, 2019 at 7:10 PM Columbus police have identified Nicholas Rubenstahl as the plainclothes officer who exchanged gunfire with a suspect […]
Two women who won age discrimination settlement sue Ohio State for public records
Two Ohio State University employees who got hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay and legal fees last year after they sued the school […]
Columbus City Council votes unanimously to reduce penalties for marijuana possession
Bill Bush The Columbus Dispatch @ReporterBush Monday Jul 22, 2019 at 9:18 AM Jul 22, 2019 at 6:25 PM The Columbus City Council on Monday unanimously approved marijuana-reform legislation that would make the fine for being caught in […]
Nearly 10,000 AEP customers without power in Columbus, Grove City and beyond
Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch @Woodsnight Monday Jul 22, 2019 at 6:04 PM Jul 22, 2019 at 6:04 PM Nearly 10,000 American Electric Power Ohio customers are without power on Columbus’ Hilltop and in the […]
Anti-ticket tax group failed to collect enough valid signatures for ballot issue
The effort to place a charter amendment on the November ballot that would eliminate Columbus’ two 5% ticket taxes and prevent future ticket taxes has […]
Husband gets 13-year sentence in New Year's Eve shooting death of wife
Sean Newman, 34, entered guilty pleas to charges of involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault for the shooting death of his wife, Ashley, who died on […]
Northeast Side man pleas guilty to threatening sheriff, FBI agent
Marc Kovac The Columbus Dispatch @ohiocapitalblog Monday Jul 22, 2019 at 2:21 PM Jul 22, 2019 at 2:21 PM A Northeast Side man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to threatening an Oklahoma sheriff online […]
Local MS-13 gang leader faces life with no parole for 5 murders
A Columbus man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to racketeering and murder counts in a move that prosecutors said represented the continued dismantling of […]
Local MS-13 gang leader gets life with no parole for 5 murders
A Columbus man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to racketeering and murder counts in a move that prosecutors said represented the continued dismantling of […]
Local MS-13 gang leader gets life with no parole for 5 murders
A Columbus man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to racketeering and murder counts in a move that prosecutors said represented the continued dismantling of […]
‘Cool’ front to bring rain, low temperatures in the 60s to Houston, forecast shows
Some areas north of Interstate 10 could experience low temperatures in the upper 60s Wednesday and Thursday mornings, according to the National Weather Service. >> […]
Plant-forward restaurant pushing the limits with natural ingredients
For those who think “farm to table” has become a hackneyed expression, John and Sunny Fahlgren agree. Even so, the owners of SOW Plated in […]
Columbus City Council set to vote on pot ordinance
Bill Bush The Columbus Dispatch @ReporterBush Monday Jul 22, 2019 at 9:18 AM Jul 22, 2019 at 9:18 AM The Columbus City Council is expected to vote Monday on marijuana-reform legislation that would make the […]
Chuck White fondly recalls good old days of television
Chuck will appear at the Young at Heart Festival in Hilliard on July 25th at the Makoy Center with a presentation at 11:00 a.m., then […]
New transportation services link rural residents to waiting jobs
Bus services are expanding in Athens, Knox and Licking counties. When Glenn Perry gets ready for work as a processor at Abercrombie & Fitch’s distribution […]
Crime Stoppers: Reward offered for information on stolen credit card users
Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch Monday Jul 22, 2019 at 7:17 AM Jul 22, 2019 at 7:17 AM Two people who used stolen credit cards at multiple area businesses remain at large, and Central Ohio […]
New aneurysm treatment saving lives at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital
The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) Aneurysm Embolization System, approved for use only in January, causes the base of the aneurysm to start clotting from the inside, […]
More churches choosing to house asylum-seeking migrants
More and more houses of worship are beginning to welcome immigrants to live inside their walls. But that’s not necessarily to avoid deportation by Immigration […]
12-year-old's suicide inspires grandma to launch 'Don't Give up' campaign
Dana Fullerton came across a video about the Don’t Give Up Movement during a church meeting as she was struggling to cope after losing her […]
COTA with confidence: New program hopes to help cognitively disabled community take the bus in central Ohio
As Charlie McDonald’s COTA bus pulled up to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, his phone buzzed and text flashed across the screen reminding him that […]
Random thoughts | Love of Columbus grows as departure nears
I have to get out of Ohio. At least, that’s what I told myself as a teen living in Dublin when it came time to […]
Obetz threatens to evict Crew if Browns don't promise to bring players to Franklin County
The Obetz village administrator is demanding that the Cleveland Browns bring a mini-training camp or other type of team excursion to his village in order […]
Homemade semi-automatic weapons among thousands of guns Columbus police recover each year
More than 25,000 weapons have been taken off Columbus streets by police in the past decade. Most are seized during criminal investigations, including those for […]
Co-working space Zora's House a social, professional anchor for women of color
LC Johnson had just about given up on entrepreneurship when she founded Zora’s House, a space in Weinland Park that serves as a spot for […]
Bottling still dominant, but more craft brewers putting suds in cans
When Sideswipe Brewing celebrated the release of Mojoflo at its West Side taproom on July 13, it served the hoppy amber ale in cans. Craft […]
Ohio State engineering school collaborates with nuclear company to speed up space travel.
The longer it takes astronauts to travel in space for missions, the more harmful cosmic radiation their bodies are exposed to in deep space. A […]
Honduran family lives in Northwest Side church while awaiting asylum
The young family, who say they have been threatened by gang members in Honduras, crossed the U.S. border legally June 26, nearly three weeks before […]
Franklin County casts critical eye over tax districts for suburban developments
Tax-increment financing is used to direct tax dollars as property values rise specifically for roads and other infrastructure that benefit the new development, preventing the […]
Distribution center bringing 400 jobs to Morrow County, but some worry about traffic
A Dollar Tree/Family Dollar distribution center is set to open next month near Marengo, with the potential to transform life dramatically in this part of […]
Billions of opioids shipped to Ohio in just 7 years
Nearly 3.4 billion prescription pain pills flooded the Buckeye State from 2006 through 2012, according to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration database released as part […]
Bexley man recalls being part of Apollo 11 team
Herb Brownstein, 99, was assistant to the director of space medicine and had the power to stop the launch during its final countdown Despite his […]
Moon landing inspired many to pursue space, science careers
Life on Earth came to a standstill when man first stepped on the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins were fulfilling the […]
Fund set up for teachers of closed Village Academy
Dean Narciso The Columbus Dispatch @DeanNarciso Friday Jul 19, 2019 at 5:25 PM Jul 19, 2019 at 8:21 PM A fundraising effort has been created for teachers at Village Academy in Powell, which closed this week because […]
Driver dead after losing control of stolen truck on West Side
Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch Ceili Doyle The Columbus Dispatch @cadoyle_18 Friday Jul 19, 2019 at 11:40 AM Jul 19, 2019 at 7:23 PM After stealing a 2013 Ford box truck on Friday morning, the […]
UnitedHealthcare’s reversal of denials for gene therapy impacts infant treated at Nationwide Children's
A family whose child is being treated at Nationwide Children’s Hospital for a rare and debilitating disease celebrated Thursday after UnitedHealthcare reversed previous denials and […]
U.S. EPA administrator touts new energy plan despite agency analysis
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, told members of the energy industry in Columbus on Friday that the Affordable Clean […]
Westland Area Library receives Safe Place designation, partners with Huckleberry House
After Michele Lowe toured the Huckleberry House in early June, she knew a partnership between the youth crisis shelter and the Westland Area Library would […]
Three more men charged in internet cafe robbery that left employees dead
Three more Columbus men were charged with robbing an internet cafe on the East Side at gunpoint, which left two employees, dead. On Thursday a […]
Looking for a co-working space in Columbus? Here you go
Over the past few years, co-working spaces have popped up in and around Columbus, giving people a place to do business without the overhead of […]
Columbus lands 2022 U.S. Conference of Mayors
Ellen Wagner The Columbus Dispatch @ewagner19 Friday Jul 19, 2019 at 4:30 PM Jul 19, 2019 at 4:30 PM The nation’s mayors are coming to Columbus. The annual U.S. Conference of Mayors will be held […]
Heat doesn't keep festival goers away from Jazz & Ribs Fest
Armed with a battery-powered fan on her lap and another around her neck, Karen Hunt, 54, of Groveport, bopped to the music in her red […]
Podcast | Window on the World: The Farmer & Adele
© Copyright 2006-2019 GateHouse Media, LLC. All rights reserved • GateHouse Entertainmentlife Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted.The Columbus […]
One dead in West Side crash
Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch Friday Jul 19, 2019 at 11:40 AM Jul 19, 2019 at 11:48 AM One person has died following a crash on the West Side Friday morning. The crash was reported […]
NWS: 'Rare 'cool' front in July could hit after weekend rain
The National Weather Service is predicting a ‘cool’ front next week. >>> Click through this gallery to see Houston’s best cold-weather, belly-warming dishes. The National […]
Deputy fire chief accused of misusing payroll system, costing city more than $440,000
A Columbus Division of Fire deputy chief carried out “what can only be described as the falsification of payroll,” resulting in the Fire Division overpaying […]
Former Westerville Central star Snell hosts camp
About 200 kids gathered at Westerville Central High School for a chance to work on their skills and see Westerville football legend Benny Snell Jr. […]