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Rain, fog and gusty southwest winds today with a late changeover to light snow. Expect isolated slick spots this evening.
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Morrow County deputies say a traffic stop behind the Duke and Duchess on Tuesday led to the seizure of suspected meth, about 175 grams of fentanyl, a loaded firearm and $5,570 in cash.
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Vivek Ramaswamy will join Turning Point USA at Ohio State on April 21. The event, part of a campus tour honoring Charlie Kirk, lists Lawrence Jones and Savannah Chrisley on the bill.
A federal judge has thrown out Jaylen Fisher's civil-rights suit after reviewing body-cam footage from a 2022 Columbus police shooting that shattered his testicle.
Whitehall introduced a proposed ordinance to require special‑use permits for detention facilities, saying the move will protect land set aside for planned development.
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Sonic Temple added five late‑night metal aftershows at Columbus clubs, shifting bands into Donatos Basement, Ace of Cups and The KING of CLUBS. Aftershow tickets have passholder and public on‑sale windows in March.
A federal judge in Columbus denied Kalshi's injunction, allowing Ohio to enforce sports‑betting rules against prediction markets while the legal fight continues.
Transportation & Infrastructure in ...
Crews have started the Capital Line’s Gay Street phase, the two‑mile, roughly $100M walk‑and‑bike loop designed to stitch downtown to the Scioto Peninsula.
Real Estate & Development in ...
China Bell, a Grove City institution since the late 1980s, will close as the property is readied for a new development.
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Lorelai will convert a century-old storefront at 831 S. Front St. into a bar and restaurant next to the Jones Heel redevelopment in Columbus’ Brewery District.
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio paid $2 million for the 13,500-square-foot office at 920 Michigan Ave in Harrison West to centralize family-care services.
A juvenile was shot late Saturday on Columbus’s southeast side and was taken to Grant Medical Center. Police say no one is in custody and are asking for tips.
Senate Bill 55 would drop metabolite-based OVI rules, raise whole-blood THC limits to 5 ng/mL and let defendants challenge lab testing as it heads to the Ohio House.
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