Columbus police posted new wanted photos as Day 2 of "Operation Turn Up the Heat," naming several people wanted on violent-crime warrants and asking for tips.

Council approved nearly $50M in tax abatements for five projects that officials say will create jobs and preserve more than 1,200 local positions.

Columbus Business First's 2026 employer list names 650+ Central Ohio organizations that together employ nearly 400,000 people across seven counties.

A Marion County jury convicted Mark Kelley of first‑degree rape and gross sexual imposition in the assault of a four‑year‑old child. Sentencing is pending.

Scannell has started a 1.18M‑square‑foot speculative warehouse in Commercial Point, adding big‑bay logistics capacity beside Rickenbacker and Anduril’s Arsenal‑1.

The historic Mount Vernon News building has been reborn as Founders Food Hall, bringing kitchens, duckpin bowling, a bar and new office and campus space to downtown.

Ohio’s attorney general announced a Romance Impostor Scams Forensic Initiative and a mid‑July hotline to help trace and stop romance fraud aimed at older Ohioans. The effort will pair digital forensics with a central reporting line for law enforcement and the public.

A national engineering firm has bought a historic Gay Street building and will base its national headquarters at 34–38 W. Gay St. in downtown Columbus.

The Point on Main, a decade-long East Side restaurant and live-music room, has closed. Owners said they want more time with family and travel.

Records show executive protection overtime and personnel costs spiked in Columbus as the city faces a roughly $15M shortfall, prompting council scrutiny.

A Columbus man faces a felony weapon charge after court records say he strangled and pistol‑whipped his girlfriend at an apartment on Winslow Drive. The victim was taken to Mount Carmel East; the suspect is due in court Monday.

A person was found unconscious on East Livingston Avenue and remains in critical condition; police arrested a 29-year-old suspect. Detectives are asking witnesses to call in tips.

A second man, 57-year-old Antonio Travis, was indicted and jailed in the December 2024 South Columbus triple homicide; court records list him as a co-defendant.