COLUMBUS, Ohio March 8, 2026 – Mike DeWine will deliver his 2026 State of the State address Tuesday at noon at the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus. Lawmakers from the Ohio General Assembly will gather for the speech in the Ohio House chamber. This will be DeWine’s seventh and final State of the State address … Read more
COLUMBUS – Power companies restored electricity to thousands of homes and businesses Saturday after strong storms caused outages across parts of central Ohio. Data from South Central Power Company shows that outages peaked at about 10,600 customers in Pickaway County and 3,400 customers in Fairfield County Saturday afternoon. Utility crews worked for several hours to … Read more
COLUMBUS, A person died after a shooting early Saturday outside a hotel in north Columbus, police said. Officers from the Columbus Division of Police received a call about a shooting around 1:31 a.m. on the 6100 block of Quarter Horse Drive. Police went to the scene and found a person with a gunshot wound. The … Read more
COLUMBUS — The Las Vegas Raiders are sending star pass rusher Maxx Crosby to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for two first-round draft picks, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The trade was agreed to Friday but cannot be made official until the new NFL league year opens next week. Crosby, … Read more
The Ohio Senate is considering legislation that would create a statewide emergency alert system for missing children with autism and other developmental disabilities, a proposal that previously passed the Ohio House unanimously. House Bill 359 would establish what lawmakers are calling a “Joshua Alert,” a notification system designed to quickly alert the public when a … Read more
Columbus City Council approved rezoning for a 368-unit apartment development on 19.8 acres at 5295 N. Hamilton Road in northeast Columbus, clearing the way for Columbus-based developer The Daimler Group to build the project known as Langham at Chestnut Hill, according to official city records. The Columbus City Council agreed to change the zoning rules … Read more
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is warning Columbus residents about fake text messages that claim they owe unpaid parking or toll fines and must pay right away or show up in court. The texts are scams. The fines are not real. And clicking the QR code in the message could put a virus … Read more
COLUMBUS — A teacher at Independence High School is on leave after she took students out of class during school hours to join an anti-ICE protest on Feb. 20 — something the school had not allowed. The school is on Refugee Road on Columbus’s south side. The teacher has not been named publicly. Columbus City … Read more
COLUMBUS — Charles Hughes still remembers the call from his son. It was May 2020, and floodwater from the Olentangy River was rising fast on the dead-end street near Broad Meadows Boulevard in Clintonville. Neighbors were throwing what they could into their cars. His son’s family waded through the water just to reach the driveway. … Read more
COLUMBUS — Kokosing Construction is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the driver who struck and killed one of its workers in a downtown Columbus work zone last week and drove away. The victim, Jordan Thomas, 25, died at the scene at 2:12 a.m. on February 28. He had worked … Read more